Acknowledgements The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) wish to sincerely thank a wide variety of experts and officials who contributed to this Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events: Promoting Sustainable Security and Legacies.
The Guide represents a cornerstone of the security component of the Global Programme on Security of Major Sporting Events, and Promotion of Sport and its Values as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism, and its aim to protect major sporting events as a common good of the international community. The Global Programme is made possible thanks to the generous contributions and support provided by the People’s Republic of China through the United Nations Peace and Development Fund (UNPDF), the State of Qatar and the Republic of Korea. The Global Programme’s partners would like to express their sincere gratitude to Mr. Mauro Miedico, Deputy Director, Chief of UNOCT Special Projects and Innovation Branch, for his oversight and continuous impulse to the programme in all its components; and to Mr. Massimiliano Montanari, CEO at ICSS, for the strategic contribution given to the Guide and for his supervision; and to Ms. Carol Jimenez, ICSS, for coordinating a drafting process which included an extraordinary community of committed experts and officials from the world of sport, security, academia and international cooperation. A special thank goes to the chairs of the Task Groups which led to the completion of the Guide, including the Coordinator of the Global Programme, Mr. Valerio De Divitiis, UNOCT; Ms. Anne-Maria Seesmaa and Mr. Jean-Philippe Morange, CTED; and Mr. Duccio Mazarese, UNICRI; and to the the principal drafters and coordinators of the Task Groups, namely Mr. Esteban Giudici and Mr. Brendan Heffernan; ICSS officials Mr. Diogo Guia and Mr. Dale Sheehan, as well as Mr. Eddie Marshbaum, Mr. Stefano Betti and Mr. Brian London: your expertise, knowledge and commitment have made this Guide a reality. Mr. Richard Chalk, Mr. Travis Heneveld, Mr. Stuart Hodge, Mr. Howie Lodder and Mr. Giovanni Pisapia are kindly thanked for their expertise and contribution in the drafting of specific sections of the Guide. A special thanks also goes to Mr. Alex P. Schmid and Ms. Anna Korula for their reviews and content integration. Thanks go to the officials involved from the UNOCT Special Projects and Innovation Branch: Ms. Guadalupe Megre, Ms. Sereena Karsou and Mr. Khalil Otmane. Your support across the various moments of the drafting has been highly appreciated.
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