“I think it creates a catalyst for change,” continued Clegg who was the British Olympic Association chief executive for 12 years.
“Everyone recognises how strong the Pan-American and Pan-Asia championship brands are.
“We want a Europeans to at least stand alongside those – if not become the leading multi-sport regional Games.”
Clegg insists all Baku 2015 competition venue construction is “on schedule” with the final structures – for athletics, shooting and swimming – due to be completed in early February next year.
The record-breaking performances of the Great Britain gymnasts at the recent European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria secured Team GB their first berths for Baku 2015 with more expected in the coming months.
