adminattend and issues to be discussed include the national sport strategy and an update on the preparations for the Zone Six Youth Games set to be held in Bulawayo next year and the All-Africa Games in 2015.
SRC corporate communications officer, Tirivashe Nheweyembwa, said they are going to discuss governance and compliance by national sport associations.
National sport associations are required, in terms of the SRC Act Chapter 25:15 of 1991, to submit their audited financial statements, activity reports, estimates of income and expenditure for the ensuing year and their calendars of activities no later than March 31 of every year. The country’s biggest sporting discipline, Zifa, did not submit their audited financial statements at its last annual meeting in the capital.
“We will have an update on the state of preparedness to host and participate in the Zone Six Youth Games, which are scheduled to be hosted in Bulawayo in 2014, and an updS)ate on the preparations for the All-Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville in 2015,” said Nheweyembwa.
“So far we have done interviews for the position of the chief executive (for next year’s Games).
“We are also going to have an update on the induction of more former athletes into the Zimbabwe Sports Hall of Fame and finally there shall be a presentation on Hiv and Aids in sport by National Aids Council.”
Nheweyembwa said the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee and the Zimbabwe National Paralympic Committee are expected to present their strategies and preparations for Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Sports Commission will update the stakeholders on the progress made to come with a national sport strategy.
“Delegates to the meeting will also be updated on how far the SRC has gone in putting together the new national sport strategy,” said Nheweyembwa.
“SRC shall also take the opportunity to elicit for their input during the meeting since they are one of the major stakeholders.
“The purpose is we need to change the way we deal with sport.
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