SPORT AND RECREATION SOUTH AFRICA “Improving the quality of life of all South Africans through sport and recreation”
A MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS STRATEGY FOR SOUTH AFRICA
SRSA 3 PROJECT A planning conference to determine South Africa’s strategy towards bidding to host major sports events over the next 20 or 30 years Date:5 February 2003 Venue:Cape Town
SRSA 4 INTRODUCTION SA has no strategy for hosting international sporting events National Federations go to international meetings, come back to inform us they will be hosting major events No feasibility studies, no business plans Can be embarrassment to country Often Government has to come to the rescue
SRSA 5 INTRODUCTION (cont) Hosting of major international events has become an attractive economic proposition Needs to be done strategically Hence 20 or 30 year plan
SRSA 6 EXPECTED CONFERENCE OUTCOMES To develop a clear plan for the hosting of strategic international events Debate economic/environmental/social impact of hosting major events Foster strategic alliances between all relevant stakeholders to facilitate future collaboration Nominate a committee to put together a draft strategy Align p lanning cycle to this strategy
SRSA 7 HUMAN RESOURCE REQUIREMENT Main organizing committee 2 Persons each from: SRSA, SASC, Western Cape Department for Sport & Recreation 1 Person each from the City of Cape Town and DEAT/SA Tourism Possible others co-opted unto sub-committees.
SRSA 8 STAKEHOLDERS (173) Government Departments (Nat & Prov) Sports sector Major cities Private sector Media Worker unions Political parties Other: (Assoc. of Marketers, Nat. Conference Assoc., International speaker, Auditing companies, Sponsorship resource seekers)
SRSA 9 PROGRAMME (CONT) Conference: Opening: Balfour/Moosa Possible topics backed by working sessions: International perspective (speaker from Australia, UK, Canada) Report on impact study (cities that are able to host) Summary of major events already scheduled (as obtained from federations) Report back on Manchester/Sydney/ Kuala Lumpur – general trends Report back on SA Games, AAG, previous Olympic bid – general trends
SRSA 10 Programme (continued) Pre conference: Study by auditing firm (economic impact study) SA Case Studies e.g. cricket/football Lessons learnt form previous bids, major events staged Obtain proposals for major event from all major National Federations
SRSA 11 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 4 February 18:00 OPENING SESSION: Ministers Balfour and Moosa Cocktail Function 5 February - Conference 6 February - Golf day for humanitarian aid