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Qatar's Sport Development Will Empower Other Sectors, Says Sheikh Saoud
Doha, August 09 (QNA) - Qatar's sports sector development plans are in consonance with the country's long-term vision and will be a catalyst in the empowerment of other key sectors, a senior Qatar Olympic Committee official said.
The QOC launched here Monday 'Sport Sector Strategy 2011-2016' that highlights the primary goals the country aims to achieve by 2016.
Launching the strategy at the ceremony QOC General Secretary Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said, "The Sport Sector Strategy aims to achieve ambitious goals which will be factors of empowerment for other sectors."
Qatar's Sport Sector Strategy, is one of the 14 sector strategies within the National Development Strategy (2011-2016) initially launched by HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on March 28 earlier this year.
The strategy is prepared in co-operation with the General Secretariat for Development Planning (GSDP) by a panel from the relevant government authorities.
Based on six important domains including Sports Facilities, Media Promotion, Sports Culture and Awareness, Development of Athletes Careers, Sports Management and Hosting the International Championships, the strategy reflects Qatar s concern on issues of sustainable development of its community.
Qatar's National Vision 2030 defines the long-term outcomes for the country and provides a framework by which national strategies and plans can be developed.
Qatar aims to be an advanced society capable of sustaining its development and providing a high standard of living for its populace. Qatar's Sport Development Will Empower Other Sectors, Says Sheikh Saoud
The three main initiatives defined in the strategy are: increasing the participation of local community in sport and physical activity, enhancing and integrating planning for general and specialized sports facilities; increasing and enhancing the process of building, managing and improving the performance of sports talent, Gulf Times newspaper reported Tuesday.
Further to the enhancement of general health, the strategy focuses on the necessity to provide enabling environment for sports and physical activity through the achievement of the outcome 'Enhancing and integration of planning for general and specialized sports facilities'.
In addition to that, the strategy took into account the balance between the needs of society and the needs of the environment.
The QOC has launched the first system in the world to assess the sustainability of sports facilities, signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gulf Organization for Research and Development to co-operate in building sustainable sports facilities through the adoption of the Qatar Sustainability Assessment System (QSAS).
"The three outcomes identified by the strategy are fully consistent with the QOC goals," said Sheikh Saoud mentioning two key areas to achieve performances by elite athletes in Arab, Asian or Olympic Games and promoting the culture of sports and physical activity in the Qatari society.
"In line with the country s direction to focus on investment in human capital, the QOC has given considerable attention to building citizens' capabilities through scholarship programmes for employees and talented athletes," he said.
The QOC general secretary is confident that Qatar's successful bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 will bring more positives to the country.
"Hosting the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup will positively reflect on accelerating the development of Qatar," he said and added that the programmes and projects carried out by the QOC, working together with its partners from other government agencies, private sector and civil society institutions will pave the way for achieving the results of the Sports Sector Strategy.
The QOC launched here Monday 'Sport Sector Strategy 2011-2016' that highlights the primary goals the country aims to achieve by 2016.
Launching the strategy at the ceremony QOC General Secretary Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said, "The Sport Sector Strategy aims to achieve ambitious goals which will be factors of empowerment for other sectors."
Qatar's Sport Sector Strategy, is one of the 14 sector strategies within the National Development Strategy (2011-2016) initially launched by HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on March 28 earlier this year.
The strategy is prepared in co-operation with the General Secretariat for Development Planning (GSDP) by a panel from the relevant government authorities.
Based on six important domains including Sports Facilities, Media Promotion, Sports Culture and Awareness, Development of Athletes Careers, Sports Management and Hosting the International Championships, the strategy reflects Qatar s concern on issues of sustainable development of its community.
Qatar's National Vision 2030 defines the long-term outcomes for the country and provides a framework by which national strategies and plans can be developed.
Qatar aims to be an advanced society capable of sustaining its development and providing a high standard of living for its populace. Qatar's Sport Development Will Empower Other Sectors, Says Sheikh Saoud
The three main initiatives defined in the strategy are: increasing the participation of local community in sport and physical activity, enhancing and integrating planning for general and specialized sports facilities; increasing and enhancing the process of building, managing and improving the performance of sports talent, Gulf Times newspaper reported Tuesday.
Further to the enhancement of general health, the strategy focuses on the necessity to provide enabling environment for sports and physical activity through the achievement of the outcome 'Enhancing and integration of planning for general and specialized sports facilities'.
In addition to that, the strategy took into account the balance between the needs of society and the needs of the environment.
The QOC has launched the first system in the world to assess the sustainability of sports facilities, signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gulf Organization for Research and Development to co-operate in building sustainable sports facilities through the adoption of the Qatar Sustainability Assessment System (QSAS).
"The three outcomes identified by the strategy are fully consistent with the QOC goals," said Sheikh Saoud mentioning two key areas to achieve performances by elite athletes in Arab, Asian or Olympic Games and promoting the culture of sports and physical activity in the Qatari society.
"In line with the country s direction to focus on investment in human capital, the QOC has given considerable attention to building citizens' capabilities through scholarship programmes for employees and talented athletes," he said.
The QOC general secretary is confident that Qatar's successful bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 will bring more positives to the country.
"Hosting the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup will positively reflect on accelerating the development of Qatar," he said and added that the programmes and projects carried out by the QOC, working together with its partners from other government agencies, private sector and civil society institutions will pave the way for achieving the results of the Sports Sector Strategy.
