Planning a Major Public Event – European Youth Judo Championship 2017

As a co-participant in the process of planning and organising a major sporting event, he faced the challenges and responsibilities involved in executing such events and presented this in his diploma thesis. In doing so, he came to the conclusion that a successfully completed event, involving a large number of people, serves as confirmation for the organisers and security providers of their capabilities and the adequacy of their planning. Equally important when conducting an analysis of the success of executing a major sporting event is the opinion of the public, which observes the execution process from a different perspective than all those who are actively involved in the proceedings.

Solution and Method

As a co-participant in the process of planning and organising a major sporting event, he faced the challenges and responsibilities involved in executing such events and presented this in his diploma thesis. As an active participant in the preparation of the event, he had the opportunity to gain insight into proceedings that otherwise remain hidden from all those who attend the event only during the execution phase. In doing so, he had the opportunity to learn that the planning process is not based solely on the idea for execution, but is a systematic and precisely planned course of action based on existing legislation.

In the process of preparing his diploma thesis, he therefore reviewed the legislation that defines the execution of major sporting events and the operation of all those involved who are responsible for the safety of participants present. In collaboration with the head of security and the event organiser, he prepared a threat level assessment and, based on this, a security plan for the event with an evacuation plan. The author of the diploma thesis presented cooperation with emergency services and described in detail the measures taken by security personnel.

In doing so, he established that successful execution of the work of security personnel and stewards requires thorough knowledge of legislation and quality training for all those who are actively involved in such work processes. The satisfaction of event participants and organisers is therefore also dependent on the competence of the people involved in the security process. The actions of the latter are visible at mass events and are of key importance in forming an assessment of the success of execution, both from the perspective of the organiser and from the perspective of the public.

In the second part of the diploma thesis, he conducted interviews with the head of security and the client or event organiser, thereby confirming the established hypotheses and assumptions. The aforementioned interviewees were extremely satisfied with the course of the event.

Results

In doing so, he came to the conclusion that a successfully completed event, involving a large number of people, serves as confirmation for the organisers and security providers of their capabilities and the adequacy of their planning. Equally important when conducting an analysis of the success of executing a major sporting event is the opinion of the public, which observes the execution process from a different perspective than all those who are actively involved in the proceedings. Of course, in this context, one must not overlook the fact that the media assessed the execution of the European Youth Judo Championship 2017 as being of high quality.

The latter represents great praise for the participants in the planning and execution process and confirmation of their competence to carry out such extensive and demanding tasks. In the process of writing his diploma thesis, he established that the event succeeded primarily due to good mutual cooperation between the organiser and the head of security, who deserve great credit for making it possible to execute the event under the given conditions at all. Equally, the event could not have been carried out without quality-trained personnel who helped at the event primarily from the perspective of security and ensuring order at the venue.

For the execution of the event, legislation clearly anticipates and requires security planning and the execution of the event itself. If they had not adhered to the requirements anticipated by law or had not fulfilled the conditions set out in the law on organising public events, they would not have been permitted to execute it. The author of the diploma thesis achieved all the objectives he set himself at the very beginning of preparing the assignment.

Throughout the diploma thesis, he confirmed all the established hypotheses. In the research part of the diploma thesis, with the help of theoretical foundations, he confirmed the assertion that both organisers and heads of security, security personnel and stewards are responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of security at public events. Throughout the diploma thesis, he confirmed all the established hypotheses.

In doing so, he established that legislation determines the use of security measures, which influences the correctness of the actions of all those involved in the security process at sporting events. Confirmation of the second hypothesis points to the importance of the competence of heads of security, as their actions influence the ensuring of safety for participants at mass events. As a final but nevertheless extremely important fact, there is confirmation of the third hypothesis.

This indicates the interdependence of the quality of planning and execution of event security with client satisfaction, which is also reflected externally in the satisfaction of other participants. In this regard, I am thinking primarily of the satisfaction of competitors and coaches, visitors and, at such events, the numerous international media present. Following all the important findings already recorded, I can assert that writing a diploma thesis based on active participation in executing security at a major sporting event, whilst gathering data intended for the research part, is also an invaluable experience and confirmation of the knowledge acquired in the training process.