Strategic Sports Planning in Latvia
2012
Signe Luika

Strategic planning is a structured complex of the aims, tasks and activities considered together with the model, how to achieve and implement them. First sport policy planning document „Basic Statement for Sport Policy in the period from 2004 to 2009” of Latvian Cabinet of Ministers was approved confirmed on September 15. The Regulation Nr. 632. This document was worked out to determine long-term aims and main directions of activity in the policy of the field of sports. To carry out activities, defined in this document Latvian Cabinet of Ministers on October 31, 2006 with the Regulation Nr.838 ratified “National Program for Sport development in the period from 2006 to 2012”. These documents characterize strategic sports planning of the Republic of Latvia. The analysis of strategic planning in Latvian sports policy was complicated due to the fact that no institution – either governmental or non-governmental – performs recording and analysis of the indicators of „National Program for Sport development in the period from 2006 to 2012”. The Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia summarizes statistics only about the count of sports teachers or lecturers, coaches, sports managers, sports employees – specialists, the objects of sports complexes in Latvia. For carrying out its activity statistical information about sports summarized also by the society “Latvian Council of Sports Federations”, but only according to the following indicators: sportive achievements; the number of sportspersons in the corresponding types of sports; government financing allocated to the kinds of sports. The conclusions: 1. Sports development strategy has been formulated in accordance with internationally recognized principles and norms. 2. In total the implementation of the strategy is performed in the stated direction. 3. The state does not secure the evaluation and control of the results.


Keywords
sport, strategic planning, main directions, programme

Luika, S. Strategic Sports Planning in Latvia. The Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol.20, 2012, pp.90-93. ISSN 1407-9291. e-ISSN 2255-8543.

Publication language
Latvian (lv)
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