Halifax 2014 Participates in Candidate City Seminar

Representatives from the Halifax 2014 bid committee are joining delegates from Glasgow, Scotland and Abuja, Nigeria, this week for a three-day seminar on the Commonwealth Games bidding process.

The Commonwealth Games Federation invited 10 participants from each candidate city for the 2014 Commonwealth Games to participate in the seminar in Melbourne, Australia, July 10-13.

"With our management team fully in place, this is a tremendous opportunity to continue educating ourselves on the bidding process before the May 9, 2007, deadline," said CEO Scott Logan. "The Melbourne Games' organizers learned a lot about what they did well and where they would have done things differently -- and we're keen to learn from their experience."

Candidate city participants are attending 17 lectures and receiving final instructions on the requirements for preparing and submitting bids.

The Commonwealth Games are an international sport and cultural event held every four years in which athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and territories compete. In December 2005, Halifax won the right to be Canada's candidate city for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

In competition with Glasgow, Scotland and Abuja, Nigeria, the Halifax 2014 bid committee is now focused on developing and winning the international bid, which will be awarded by the Commonwealth Games Federation on Nov. 9, 2007, in Sri Lanka.

A list of the Halifax 2014 delegates participating in the candidate cities seminar is available at www.2014halifax.com .