Under the autorithy of the Director-General, Jacques Lambert, the managerial team handles all the tasks entrusted to the Organising Committee: Finance and Human Resources, Sports and Competition Facilities, Media and Telecommunications, Information Technology, Logistics, Marketing, Partnerships and Ticketing, Press and Communication, Safety and Accreditations, Venues, and Animations and Special Events. Coordination, Steering and control are the key words of the preparations for the 1998 World Cup. PRESIDENCY Fernand SASTRE & Michel PLATINI GENERAL DIRECTION Jacques LAMBERT COMPETITIONS DEPARTEMENT PROTOCOL Jacques GROSPEILLET Jérôme CHAMPAGNE ANIMATION & SPECIAL EVENTS FINANCES & HUMAN RESOURCES Josée SANTONI Jean-Claude BRUNETEAU PRESS & COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES Bruno TRAVADE Jean-Claude FLORENCE TICKETING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Isabelle DELAYE Philippe VERVEER LOGISTICS MARKETING & PARTNERSHIPS Odile LANCEAU Philippe VILLEMUS MEDIAS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECURITY & ACCREDITATION Jacques BOUILLON Dominique SPINOSI VENUES Serge BERGAMELLI BORDEAUX LENS Jean-Louis GACHET Jean COTE LYON MARSEILLE Gerard DE PEYRELONGUE Jean-Louis GENOVESI MONTPELLIER NANTES Christian FINA Jean-Pierre MAFFE PARIS SAINT-DENIS Jean-François COTTIN Alain MANIFACIER SAINT-ETIENNE TOULOUSE Henri BLANC Alain DUBOUT CIM Essar GABRIEL The CFO staff 471 salaried employees for the period of the World Cup (a figure which rises to 639 when personnel from partners' and suppliers' companies are included) 41% women 59% men 35.5 average age "No Organising Committee, whether it be for the World Cup or the Olympic Games, can do without the help of volunteers. They are absolutely essential," says Michel Platini, the Co-President of the 1998 French Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup. A general rallying round has, in fact, become a tradition when it comes to organising major events, recent examples in France being the bicentenary celebrations for the French Revolution in 1989, the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, and more recently in 1997, the Journées Mondiales de la Jeunesse (World Youth Days). Outside France, thousands of volunteers have likewise answered the call for help for such large-scale events as the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, the World Cup USA 1994 and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. FRANCE 98 is to be no exception to this rule: 12,000 volunteers will be involved in organising the 1998 World Cup finals from 10 June to 12 July, the largest volunteer programme ever undertaken in France (9,000 volunteers worked at the Albertville Olympics). The Volunteers 12,000 Volunteers selected from the 22,000 candidates who applied 25% are women 32 is the overall average age (35 for the men, 27 for the women) 41% are professionally active 40% are students 9% are retired 71% have at least the "Baccalaureat" (exam taken at 18 in French schools) among their qualifications 36% come from the footballing community (clubs, district leagues, etc.) 160 different jobs will be carried out by the Volunteers 38% of them will be working in Security 16% with the Media 15% in reception facilities 250,000 training hours will be carried out by 2,000 training staff will oversee 90 different training modules