Ministry emphasizes collaboration for sports promotion

The Ministry of Youth and Sports is laying emphasis on professionalism, collaboration, coordination and partnership with various sports related organizations for development and promotion of sports sector.

The Ministry is planning to incentivize several national organizations to attract investment in sport sectors as well as to develop sports culture. Secretary at the Ministry Dr Damodar Regmi opines that organizations related to sports have an important role to take forward the dynamics of sports and to make the sports more professional.

Considering the role of sports organization for integrated development of sports, the Ministry has come up with plans and programs to promote such organizations and to upscale them.

The team of experts having wealth of experience of sports management also contribute towards the promotion of sports. Considering this, the Ministry would also leverage the acumen of experts for promoting sports sector.

The Ministry is shouldering the responsibility of policy maker and facilitator for sports sector in the country while several governmental agencies and other sports related organizations have remained as implementing partners.

The major concerns in sports sector are breeding quality sports persons, construction of physical infrastructures and running various competitions and sports activities, shared secretary Regmi. The need of the hour for the State is to coordinate efforts with schools to create a breeding ground for sports, says Regmi.

Implementing various sports related activities at school level is necessary to attract, scout and encourage raw sports talents and to breed them into a fine sportsperson, views swimming couch and former swimming champion Nayana Shakya.

Shakya suggests that the State as well as sports related organizations should pay their attention towards creating and enabling environment for the sportpersons to earn their living through sport

Lately, the leadership of different sports associations have been accused of deviating from the main responsibility of development and expansion of sports sector rather focusing on retaining their power. The need of internal democratic practice has been felt as most of the associations have failed to conduct general assembly and programs in a regular manner.

However, different organizations related to sports have been organizing programs for capacity building of players and competitions for the promotion and development of country’s sports sector. According to the Ministry, 206 organizations related to sports sector have been formally registered.

Out of 181 organizations active in the country, 124 have conducted annual general assembly in the previous fiscal year. Of them, 148 organizations have got international recognition.

Various sports related programs are being organized at local level to build a moral, disciplined and dignified society through the medium of sports.