Collaborations between National Olympic Committees and public authorities Henk Erik Meier/ Borja García García University of Münster, Germany/Loughborough University, United King- dom Final report for The IOC Olympic Studies Centre Advanced Olympic Research Grant Programme 2018/2019 Award December 18, 2019 Meier & García – Collaborations between NOCs and public authorities Table of contents TABLES ...................................................................................................................................................... IV FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................................... V ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ VI SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................. 7 1. PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 2. OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 3. METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................... 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ 8 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 10 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND: THE CRISIS OF SPORTS AUTONOMY .......................................................... 11 2.1. THE REFINEMENT OF SPORTS AUTONOMY: FROM STRICT TO CONDITIONAL................................................................... 12 2.2. SPORTS AUTONOMY AS A ‘FIRST WORLD’ CONCEPT ................................................................................................. 18 2.2.1. Sport’s career as all-purpose policy instrument .................................................................................. 18 2.2.2. Social and political prerequisites of sports autonomy ........................................................................ 20 2.3. EMPIRICAL LIMITATIONS OF SPORTS AUTONOMY: NOCS AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS ............................................... 22 3. STUDYING COLLABORATIVE SPORT GOVERNANCE REGIMES ................................................................... 25 3.1. THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE APPROACHES ...................................................... 26 3.2. AN EMPIRICAL STRATEGY FOR STUDYING COLLABORATIVE SPORT GOVERNANCE ............................................................ 26 4. RESEARCH DESIGN ................................................................................................................................ 29 4.1 SAMPLING OF NOCS ......................................................................................................................................... 29 4.2 DATA COLLECTION ............................................................................................................................................. 31 4.3 DATA ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................. 32 5. THE CASE STUDIES ................................................................................................................................ 33 5.1 BOTSWANA: A POSITIVE BUT OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP ........................................................................................ 33 5.1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 33 5.1.2 Legislative and regulatory framework ................................................................................................. 35 5.1.3. Funding................................................................................................................................................ 41 5.1.4 The BNOC-BNSC link ............................................................................................................................. 43 5.1.5 The Long-Term Athlete Development Framework ............................................................................... 50 5.1.6. Preparation of teams for major sport competitions ........................................................................... 55 5.1.7 Collaboration in the area of anti-doping ............................................................................................. 57 5.1.8 Micro-cooperations .............................................................................................................................. 60 5.1.9 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................ 62 II Meier & García – Collaborations between NOCs and public authorities 5.2 GUATEMALA: DREAMLAND FOR A NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ........................................................................... 64 5.2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 64 5.2.2 Legal and political framework ............................................................................................................. 65 5.2.3 Funding and financial accountability ................................................................................................... 72 5.2.4 CONADER: A coordinating institution .................................................................................................. 77 5.2.5 Educational programmes through the Olympic Academy ................................................................... 81 5.2.6 Micro-cooperations .............................................................................................................................. 85 5.2.7 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................ 86 5.3 SRI LANKA: AN INTERVENTIONIST LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND LACK OF A COHERENT SPORT SYSTEM...................................... 89 5.3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 89 5.3.2 Legal and political framework ............................................................................................................. 90 5.3.3 Funding ................................................................................................................................................. 93 5.3.4 The reform of the 1973 Sports Law ...................................................................................................... 94 5.3.5 Selection of national teams.................................................................................................................. 96 5.3.6 Biding and organising events ............................................................................................................... 99 5.3.7 Micro-cooperations ............................................................................................................................ 104 5.3.8 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 106 5.4 GERMANY: NEO-CORPORATISM UNDER STRESS ..................................................................................................... 108 5.4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 108 5.4.2 Legislative and regulatory framework ............................................................................................... 111 5.4.3 Funding ............................................................................................................................................... 112 5.4.4 Elite sport funding .............................................................................................................................. 113 5.4.5 Child and youth welfare provision...................................................................................................... 119 5.4.6 Prevention of sexual child abuse ........................................................................................................ 123 5.4.7 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 127 6. DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................................ 128 6.1 THE DIVERSITY OF NOCS .................................................................................................................................. 128 6.2 NOCS AS KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN NATIONAL SPORT SYSTEMS ...................................................................................