Interested Parties will be shortlisted for “Strategic Dialogue” in March 2027 and will have to answer the Future Host Questionnaire and submit core financial guarantees before being considered for the final evaluation stage, known as Targeted Dialogue.
The next available edition of the Olympic Winter Games is 2038. In December 2023, the IOC Executive Board (EB) decided to grant the non-edition-specific project, Switzerland 203x, a special status by inviting it into "Privileged Dialogue" for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2038. This could result in a Targeted Dialogue being opened by the EB and, subsequently, a host election. If this does not happen by the end of 2027, the IOC will return to Continuous Dialogue with other Interested Parties.
In May 2026 the EB decided to put the election process for the 2030 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) on hold. This decision was taken to allow time for reflection on the core objectives of holding the YOG and for the IOC to focus on a holistic Olympic Youth Strategy, in order to engage with young people across the world, and to ensure that the Olympic Movement has a strong and unified vision to inspire and engage the world’s youth in sport.