Sport and Recreation: Overview

Overview

Purpose:
To optimise social behaviour through sport and recreation.

• Develop school sport and recreation in the Western Cape
• Promote competitive sport in the Western Cape
• Provide operational support regarding programme execution within the regions

Implementation Arms

Directorate: Sport Development
Director: Sport Development
Deputy Director: School Sport
Deputy Director: Recreation

Directorate: Sport Promotion
Director: Sport Promotion
Deputy Director: Infrastructure and Major Events
Deputy Director: Client and Scientific Support

Functions of the Directorate:

• Manage the development of sports people across the age spectrum to enhance excellence and increase global competitiveness
• Ensure effective partnership with stakeholders
• Build capacity of stakeholders to leverage international, national and other external stakeholders
• Facilitate dispute and find resolution for disputes within stakeholders
• Transform sport through specific interventions
• Ensure global competitiveness
• Ensure identification of latent talent
• Ensure the development of latent talent and deployment of such talent
• Ensure participation of sport persons in national and international events to increase their competitiveness and in so doing, increase the participation base
• Ensure the creation of an enabling environment for the successful development of talented sports persons
• Ensure the establishment of regional academies in the five District Municipalities and the Cape Town Metro
• Ensure the development, implementation and maintenance of a talent nurturing system
• Ensure equity, access and growth opportunities for marginalised groupings in sport and recreation
• Ensure support for the application of new technology within the sector
• Ensure utilisation of applied research to enhance talent development programmes
• Develop a facilities plan for the province taking into consideration the historical pass legacies
• Ensure a plan to recognise the performance of deserving sports people