POST GAMES REPORT - Commonwealth Games Federation

Under Protocol 2 of the Host City Contract, in accordance with
Article 27 C of the CGF Constitution and the approval of the
CGF, the IOA was delegated the responsibility for fulfilling the
Contract. In accordance with the four-phase plan as set out in the
IOA’s Delhi 2010 bid, the Organising Committee Commonwealth
Games Delhi 2010 (OC CWG Delhi 2010) was formed and
registered as a non-government, not-for-profit Society under the
Societies Registration Act 1860, on 10 February 2005.
In early 2006, the CGF General Assembly, held at
Melbourne, empowered the CGF Executive Board to
approve the Delhi 2010 Sports programme presented by
the OC CWG Delhi 2010. The CGF Executive Board, in a
meeting held in Kuala Lumpur in November 2006, approved
two additional Sport with the number going up to include
17 sports: Archery, Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing,
Cycling, Gymnastics, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby
Sevens, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting
and Wrestling. Based on this approval, a detailed plan of the
stadia, training venues and other infrastructure required to
hold these sports competitions was drawn up by the OC
CWG Delhi 2010 and approved by the Group of Ministers
(GoM), set up by GoI to oversee the Games arrangements.
Institutional Set Up
An endeavour of the size of CWG Delhi 2010 required
tremendous coordination from the delivery partners. The
Host City Contract identified the five key stakeholders who
were ultimately responsible for the delivery of Delhi 2010:
the GoI, CGF, IOA, OC CWG Delhi 2010, and GNCTD.
The ministries, departments and agencies under these key
stakeholders played leadership, coordination, supervisory and
executive roles to deliver Delhi 2010.
The institutional arrangements outlined by GoI for the
delivery of Delhi 2010 were:
1. The Group of Ministers, under the chairmanship of first
the Minister for Human Resource Development, and then
the Minister for Urban Development, to review projects
and take decisions to facilitate smooth implementation of
all activities related to Delhi 2010
2. Committee of Secretaries, chaired by the Cabinet
Secretary to review and coordinate all activities related to
the organisation of Delhi 2010
3. Empowered Security Committee, chaired by the
Home Secretary to oversee and approve the security
arrangements for Delhi 2010
4. Venue Monitoring Committee, chaired by Secretary,
(Sports), to review all aspects related to Delhi 2010, and
to coordinate the activities of the different stakeholders
5. Infrastructure Review Committee, chaired by Secretary,
(Urban Development), to review the progress of city
infrastructure development
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