2020 Olympic Winter Youth Games

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The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games are the third edition of the Youth Olympic Winter Games and the sixth edition of the Youth Olympic Games.

Lausanne was designated as the organizing city on September 1, 1993. The competitions took place at several sites in Lausanne, Leysin, Villars, Les Diablerets and Vallée de Joux in the canton of Vaud, Champéry in the canton of Valais, Saint-Moritz in the canton of Grisons and the Tuffes in the department of Jura in France.

Selection of host city

Nomination process
: deadline for NOCs to have informed the IOC of the name of their city running for the YOG
2013: Signing of the application procedure for the organisation of the OJJ
14-: IOC Seminar for Applicant Cities at the 2020 YOG (Lausanne)
: submission of applications and other documents
16-: 2014 OJJ Observer Program in Nankin
2-: preselection of Candidate Cities by the IOC Executive Board
: video conferences between candidate cities and the evaluation commission
- Election of the host city at the IOC session in Kuala Lumpur. Lausanne is elected and will organise the OJJ in 2020.

Candidate cities
Two applicant cities were presented by their respective NOCs and both were selected as candidate cities.

Brașov (Romania)
Brașov officially submitted his candidacy for the organisation of the Youth Olympic Games in November 2013. In 2013, the city also organised the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. She signed the application procedure for the Olympic Youth Games on .

Lausanne, Switzerland
The city confirmed its candidacy on . The city is the seat of the International Olympic Committee. The city was a candidate for the 1936, 1948, 1952 and 1960 Summer Olympics, failing each edition. She signed the application procedure for the Olympic Youth Games on 1 January.

Cities considering an application
Sofia, Bulgaria
Lake Placid (United States)

Vote
The vote took place at the IOC in Kuala Lumpur, along with the election of the host city for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Organization

Budget and Organizational Committee
In 2015, the estimated budget for the event is USD. 66.66 % of government grants distributed between the city of Lausanne, the canton of Vaud and the Swiss Confederation, 14.17 % of IOC contributions and 17.22 % of local sponsorships, suppliers, licences, lottery and ticket sales. The city of Lausanne and the canton of Vaud are guarantors in case of a deficit in equal shares.

This modest budget, compared to the Olympic Winter Games, is one of the features of the Olympic Youth Games. The regulation requires that no infrastructure be built specifically to accommodate the Games. This constraint explains that