“National Sports Policy circulation and consultations – Draft available online”

“A form of sensitization on laws governing sports and a rallying point of discussions, the Government of Guyana call on stakeholders to peruse and provide responses on the National Sports Policy (NSP) Draft, available online.

Further feedback is invited on the NSP Draft, generated November 2016 – June 2018, based on research, reviews, consultations and analysis, as chronicled in the document, taking a comprehensive approach to the development of Sports in the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

Notable areas of focus include historical and philosophical narratives; vision & mission; fundamental and guiding principles; national, regional and internationally applicable laws; collaboration among national agencies on sports programmes and projects; sports governance, administration, management, organization, education and educational institutions, medicine, financing (funding, sponsorship, incentives), tourism, manufacturing, intellectual property rights; elite athlete development, the media, overseas offices, Diaspora support, and anti-doping.

The National Sports Policy is an implementation requirement of the National Sports Commission Act, 1993, Cap. 39:14-5(d) whereby “… the function of the Commission to … encourage the conduct of sporting activities in accordance with the national policy on sports”.

Sports policies are international best practice tools used in regional and global territories to regulate local agencies and exercise the full potential, and capacity, of the nation’s sports sector.”

 

For further information on the National Sports Policy, please contact:

Ministry of the Presidency

Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sports

71-72 Main Street, Georgetown, Guyana

226-3601, 226-3738, 227-7860

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