SPORT COUNTRIES NETWORK GUIDELINES

Ignasi Doñate i Sanglas

SPORT COUNTRIES NETWORK

The network is an international group of permanent work, formedby public administrations of differents sport countries whichadhere to it to put in common their sport policies to establish ties of international cooperation

FEATURES OF THE SPORT COUNTRIES NETWORK

- Network of networks- International network- Network of institutional iniciative- Network with triple democratic requirement: individual, social and institutional

PROPOSALS I

Sport Countries Steering Committee, suggested to work on these

Proposals and objectives:

1. To maintain the use of “sport countries” concept, as a common

frame and large concept grouping together different types of

countries with the intention and will to support its own sport

system.

2. To define the common use and management of the “sport

countries” web.

3. To promote exchange of information with updated filled

questionnaires and country reports.

4. To study common sport features of countries related to the

network.

PROPOSALS II

5. To establish some objectives in common as axis of mutual

collaboration.

6. To act as a voluntary and useful network on sport issues in the

international framework and sport movement.

7. To promote sport events in related sport countries and to enlarge

the public knowledge of these events.

8. To promote, in general, international competitions and sport

exchanges at different levels.

9. To promote international courses on sport issues by TIC support

following the background of Sport Countries Network.

TOOLS

1.- Sport Country features questionnaire

2.- Sport country report

3.- International Sport Countries Conference

4.- International Sport Countries Tournaments

5.- Agreements between Sport Countries

STRUCTURES

1. Technical Secretariat

2. Steering Committee

3. “Sport Countries Conference” Organizing Committee

HOW TO JOIN SPORT COUNTRIES NETWORK ?

Al countries administrations fulfilling sport country features

and sharing the aims of network proposals will be linked to the

Sport Countries Network.

Each administration should fulfil the sport country

questionnaire –see the web- and nominate a contact person.

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DAY AFTER THE CONFERENCE- To enhance Steering Committee by the effective participation of five different administrations.

- To receive sport country administrations proposals in order to organize the third sport country conference, two years from now, and to suggest main topics of these conference.

- To entrust the scientific committee of this conference to create an special link in the sport countries web devoted to sport&health issues.

- To enhance the sport country network with other networks which have collaborated with this conference as an important step.

- To increase networking among sport countries.