3 NOVEMBER 2024
#20kmGeneve
Partners
We would like to thank our Official Partners and Suppliers who guarantee the success of the event. Without their help, we would not be able to provide the same experience to our riders.
Becoming a partner of the Balexert 20km Geneva represents the opportunity to associate your brand with a dynamic event and to rub shoulders with running enthusiasts from all over the world. There are varying degrees of partnership depending on your budget and goals.
If you would like to join our family of partners, contact Alexandre: alexandre.abrami@ocsport.com or +41 (0) 78 608 95 01
Title Partner
Balexert
Balexert is proud to support the 20km of Geneva, whose sporting values it shares.
An important economic and social player since 1971, the Balexert center has always been committed to supporting local sports, as evidenced by its involvement with the Geneva-Servette Hockey Club since 2019.
Balexert is a true destination: shopping, fooding, cinema, bowling, fitness, well-being and health; all under one roof!
Synonymous with a place to live and located between the airport and the city center, Balexert is the place of choice for the 20km of Geneva that will take place next fall.
Official Partner
Procter & Gamble
P&G is proud to be the Official Partner of the Balexert 20km of Geneva and is committed to supporting the efforts of the Geneva community to strengthen the health and well-being of all. A long-time partner of the Generali Geneva Marathon, P&G is keen to support an additional program, which offers multiple possibilities: if you want to participate, there is a race for you.
In addition, by participating in the Balexert 20km in Geneva, P&G will work with its long-standing partner, the Clairbois foundation, to give disabled children the opportunity to participate in the race, on their joelette (adapted wheelchair), and pushed by of P&G employees to reinforce the inclusiveness of the event.
Services Industriels de Genève
SIG is proud to support the Balexert 20km of Geneva with which it shares common values around sport, health and sustainable development. A way of expressing its role and its public service mission, of showing its closeness to residents beyond its usual services. SIG is continuing its awareness campaign to promote tap water, excellent quality water, which contributes to everyone's well-being and the preservation of the environment. SIG will ensure the runners are supplied with Eau de Genève throughout the 20km and 10km races.
Institutional Partners
Ville de Genève
Geneva is an international city as well as a global financial and diplomatic center due to the presence of numerous international organizations, including the headquarters of most United Nations agencies and the Red Cross. The city has been designated as the world's most compact metropolis and the "Capital of Peace."
Pregny-Chambésy
With more than 3,500 inhabitants, the town of Pregny-Chambésy is located on the right bank of Lake Geneva, at the gateway to the Geneva countryside. It is distinguished by its village character which it has managed to preserve as well as its green setting. The commune is made up of three entities: the village of Pregny, the village of Chambésy at the top and the hamlet of Chambésy at the bottom. In recent years, several projects have been born in the municipal territory and demonstrate its dynamism. It is to continue on this path that the municipality has decided to support this race by becoming a partner.
Bellevue
Between the lake and the French border, crossed by the railways and the motorway, Bellevue is a privileged communication and transit route between Geneva and Switzerland. The village takes its name from its exceptional views, offered by the mountains which rise behind Lake Geneva. The development of the municipal territory, ports and beaches in particular, as well as the events organized there, make Bellevue an attractive place for its inhabitants and people passing through.
Genthod
Located on the edge of the lake, the commune of Genthod is bordered to the north by the commune of Versoix, to the west by that of Collex-Bossy and to the south by Bellevue. The main street of the village has kept its typical character and its old appearance. From a rural commune, Genthod has become essentially residential. Today, it still has three agricultural operations in addition to its shops, restaurants and its few craft businesses.
Charity Partner
The Breast Cancer Network
Breast cancer remains the most common cancer in women and affects 1 in 8 women. In Geneva alone, around 8,000 women of all ages live with this diagnosis and its repercussions on many areas of their lives. To face this reality, the Breast Cancer Network / Association Savoir Patient was created in 2001 in Geneva and then extended to French-speaking Switzerland to reduce the impact of the disease, by bringing together professionals and patients.
Security Partner
Touring Club Suisse - Section Genève
Founded on June 4, 1917, the Geneva section of the Touring Club Suisse (TCS) is delighted to join forces with the Balexert 20km of Geneva, celebrating sustainable mobility and road safety. Our association has a tradition of actively engaging in supporting initiatives aimed at enriching the social and economic fabric of Geneva. This partnership demonstrates our desire to promote a dynamic lifestyle while emphasizing the crucial importance of safety and responsible mobility. By participating in the Balexert 20km Geneva, we are not only providing financial support; we also work to raise community awareness of road safety, thus helping to make this event an unforgettable and meaningful experience for the entire Geneva community.
Official Suppliers
Apex Swiss Security
Apex Swiss Security is convinced of the benefits of sport. Founded by two running enthusiasts who attribute their innovations and success to their active lifestyle and daily physical training. We encourage our employees and our network to benefit from sporting activity.
As a pillar of health in Geneva, the Balexert 20KM Geneva allows the City of Geneva to come together around sport with the aim of overall improvement. Apex Swiss Security is proud to collaborate with the Balexert 20KM in Geneva.
Apex Swiss Security is a security company based in Geneva offering a range of services such as surveillance rounds, traffic management, order service during events,
bodyguards, security guards, alarms and private investigations. Our agents embody diversity and reflect the multicultural spirit of International Geneva. Apex's mission is your safety.
Enervit
There is no conquest without commitment. There is no result without work. And Enervit's commitment has, for over 40 years, been to support athletes of all levels to help them improve their performance.
Pioneers in the world of sports nutrition, Enervit is an independent company made up of doctors, researchers, food science specialists, athletic trainers, specialist technicians, constantly dedicated to research and innovation.
A team of experts who work in the field alongside the greatest champions and who have written the history of nutrition and sports supplements – Before, during and after sport.
Geneva Terroir
Created in 1995 with the aim of promoting agricultural products, Opage (Office for the Promotion of Agricultural Products of Geneva) is a private law foundation. The office's founding board is made up of representatives of the State, Agrigenève and all agricultural sectors in the canton.
The structure and resources of the office evolved after the vote, in 2004, of the law on the promotion of agriculture, then the signing, in 2009, of a four-year service contract with the state.
In 2009, the office moved to the new Maison du Terroir located in Lully, a place where courses are organized throughout the year.
General Hospice
A Geneva player in better living together, the General Hospice works so that everyone has their place in the community and can make their contribution.
Present in more than 50 locations throughout the canton, the General Hospice's mandate is to prevent social exclusion. To this end, it devotes most of its activity to social assistance for Geneva residents and the reception of asylum seekers.
It provides social and financial support to people temporarily facing precariousness so that they can regain lasting autonomy. It organizes and encourages actions aimed at cohesion, exchanges and mutual aid.
It also carries out other prevention and information tasks for all categories of the population.
Tourist Office of the Pays de Gex - Monts Jura
This spring season is a sparkling invitation to be dazzled by the new brilliance of colors, to be intoxicated with the scent of flowers, and to be stunned by the songs of nature. Everything embalms, is reborn and awakens.
Do you have an irrepressible desire to go out for a run?
Close to you and close to everything, the Pays de Gex offers an ideal break to open, for a day, or several days.
From the must-sees of the destination to the most secret places, in these few pages we take you on surprising sporting and cultural discoveries.
The Pays de Gex, a few steps from Geneva, borders the Jura to the northwest, of which it lists the highest peaks, to flatten and soften at the gates of the city, very close to its airport and Lake Geneva. . Further south, it is bordered by the Rhône, which will continue its course well after Lyon.
It is a land of contrasts both in terms of landscapes and character and a wonderful adventure playground.
Rey Group
“Creator of living spaces”
For more than 50 years, Rey Group has been developing its activities in Geneva and abroad in areas such as real estate, hotels, consulting, etc. The family group participates in large-scale real estate operations and has also specialized in the rental of apartments. Rey Group offers hotels and residences in Geneva, notably the Drake Longchamp on the right bank and the Sagitta on the left bank. Finally, stemming from a family passion carried on for decades, the Versoix – La Bâtie Equestrian Center completes the offer.
Media Partners
Tribune de Genève
All the information that matters to Genevans, primarily local but also national and international, is what the Tribune de Genève offers its readers. La Tribune de Genève offers information and debate, without ever forgetting the pleasure of reading and introducing people to the fantastic riches of the end of Lake Geneva.
Official Supporter
Serbeco
In the field of sustainable development, Serbeco is often cited as an example in the canton of Geneva. Its development was based on environmental as well as social and economic considerations. A pioneer in sorting, recycling and recovery of waste, this family business processes more than 80,000 tonnes of waste per year and recycles all types of secondary raw materials. For 25 years the company has been carrying out energy efficiency actions to limit its consumption of fossil fuels. It innovates in terms of collection engineering and offers its customers ever more ecological and responsible transport solutions with the development of hybrid and electric vehicles and the use of biofuel.
