Chefs de Mission Dossier

3. Pre-Games and arrivals3.1 Accreditation and Sport EntriesAccreditation is the process of identifying individuals and their roles at the ParalympicGames while ensuring that they are granted appropriate access to fulfil their roles.The role of the NPC is to appropriately register its athletes, officials, dignitaries andpress from its territory in compliance with the IPC Handbook and against a definedrole set out in the Accreditation and Sport Entries at the Paralympic Games – User’sGuide (June 2011) .TimelinesDates Applies to ActivitiesJanuary 201217 February 2012 PressDelegation;Dignitaries;Press27 February 2012 Dignitaries29 February 201220 April 2012Press27 April 2012 PressDelegation;Dignitaries14 May 2012 DelegationLOCOG distributes Press By Number, PressOrganisation Data forms and NPCaccreditation/Sport Entries application material,Dignitary Accreditation Request forms , IPCEligibility Code form and other materials to NPCsby courierDeadline for return of completed Press By Numberform and Press Organisation Data forms by theNPCs to LOCOGDeadline for NPCs to return DignitaryAccreditation Request forms to LOCOGLOCOG distributes the Press by NameAccreditation Manual and related applicationforms to NPCs that have returned their Press byNumber formsDeadline for NPCs to submit completedaccreditation application forms for all delegationcategories (NPC, NPC**, Aa, Ab, Ac, Am, Ao,As & P) to LOCOGDeadline for NPCs to submit completedaccreditation application for all Press categories(Press by Name)Pre-Delegation Registration Meetings (Pre-DRMs)beginLondon 2012 – NPC Chefs de Mission Dossier25