THE SYSTEM OF FUNCTIONING OF THE 1 SPORTS FEDERATION, DEPENDING ON Darko Mitrovi ć , Željko 1 STRUCTURAL AND FINANCIAL Rajkovi ć , Vladimir 1 INDICATORS Mileti ć & Aleksandar č ć2 Kova evi 1University of Belgrade, Faculty of Sport and Physical education, SISTEM FUNKCIONISANJA Belgrade, Serbia 2Sports Association of Mionica SPORTSKOG Municipalities, Mionica, Serbia SAVEZA U ZAVISNOSTI OD STRUKTURALNIH I FINANSIJSKIH Review article doi: 10.5550/sgia.191501.en.mrmk POKAZATELJA UDC: 796.062 Received: 12.03.2019. Approved: 10.09.2019. ABSTRACT Correspondence: Željko Rajkovi ć, PhD. Sports clubs are the bearers of sport development University of Belgrade, Faculty of in every community. The Municipal Sports Associations Sport and Physical education, ć in Serbia (e.g. municipality of Mionica) recorded Blagoja Parovi a 156, 11000 Belgrade, very poor results in an overview of regular physical Serbia exercise among the general population. Indeed, 96.45% +381 65 2009 026 [email protected] of the residents of the municipality of Mionica do not exercise regularly. Of the total number, 88.7% of Sportlogia 2019, 15 (1), 1-16. Mionica’s population lives in rural areas. Estimates put E-ISSN 1986-6119 approximately 1,000 Mionica’s residents per one sport club. The municipality annually allocates only 445 dinars (3.7 euros) for sports per resident. Considering the financial constraints, administrative and HR- related solutions were proposed in order to increase the population’s participation in sports activities. For more significant changes, urgent, active action is needed in terms of cooperation between all sports organizations, in addition to the health, educational and business organizations on a local level. Offered activities must rely on the interest of the population and their tradition. In the newly envisioned system, the Secretary General of the Municipal Sports Association would have the active leading role, with greater authority, as well as performance- based funding. The newly defined model for sports organization on the territory of the municipality needs to be researched in practice, so as to examine the pros and cons of the new system. Key words: evaluation, sport strategy, annual program, promotion, general secretary Mitrović, D., Rajković, Ž., Miletić, V. & Kovačević, A. (2019). The system of functioning of the sports federations, depending on structural and financial indicators. Sportlogia, 15 (1) , 1-16. doi:10.5550/sgia.191501.en.mrmk INTRODUCTION SANU, published on the 100 th anniversary Sports clubs are the bearers of sport of Mionica being declared a town by king development in every community. The Aleksandar Obrenovi ć, it is noted that the primary role of sports clubs as sports municipality of Mionica stretches to the organizations is to be able to satisfy the borders of the Maljen and Suvobor community’s needs, and interests regarding mountains at the North and to the right bank sport, in terms of an organized gathering for of the Kolubara river, south of Belgrade in athletes of various ages, creating suitable the North-Western region of Serbia. In close conditions for their successful education, proximity to the municipality are several development, training and competing in the significant traffic routes (Ibar Highway lies chosen field of sport, in order to achieve the 15km away from Mionica), as well as the best possible results, as well as organizing highway route from Belgrade to Čačak, sport functions, maintenance, and currently in construction. The distance construction of sport facilities and so on. between Mionica and the Belgrade-Bar The topic of this paper is to identify railway and between Mionica and the airport the activities, specifics, structures and for small aircraft in Divci is 7km. Regional financing of sports clubs in the municipality traffic routes Divci-Mionica-Ljig and of Mionica (The Republic of Serbia). Županjac-Mionica-Div čibare connect Aside from regular reports about Mionica with Belgrade (86km via work done on a local community level, there Bogova đe, 94km via Divci), Valjevo need to be further analyses of the purpose of (20km) and other places. sports clubs’ work from the angle of According to the results from the strategic sports development, a decision latest census of the population, households made by Ministry of Youth and Sports and dwellings in the Republic of Serbia („Službeni glasnik RS“, number 1/15, 2014). (http://popis2011.stat.rs/?page_id=2162), Therefore, measures were suggested which was organized in 2011, by the for a fundamental change in the working of Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, Municipal Sports Organizations that would in 36 populated places in the municipality of lead not only to a better performance of Mionica lives 14,355 residents, while 1,620 sports clubs in municipalities, but would also residents live in the municipal seat. The contribute to the overall health, condition largest majority of the overall populations and capability of municipalities’ residents. are Serbs with 96%. The national minorities make up 4%, the Roma being the largest Basic information about the municipality with 2.45%, while the remaining 1.55% of Mionica consists of ethnic Muslims, Croats, The municipality of Mionica Montenegrins, Slovenians, Hungarians, etc. administratively falls under the Kolubara When taken into account, the official district (municipalities: Valjevo, Mionica, statistics published by the Statistical Office Ljig, Ose čina, Ub and Lajkovac). With an of the Republic of Serbia, pertaining to the area of 329km 2, this municipality includes population census over the past period, show parts of two geographical regions Podgorina a reduced number in the overall population, and Kolubara (Opština Mionica, 1995). In as well as demographic aging. the aforementioned publication of the The average age of the Geographical Insititute ''Jovan Cviji ć'' of municipality’s population according to the Mitrović, D., Rajković, Ž., Miletić, V. & Kovačević, A. (2019). The system of functioning of the sports federations, depending on structural and financial indicators. Sportlogia, 15 (1) , 1-16. doi:10.5550/sgia.191501.en.mrmk 2011. census is 44.38, which is unfavorable other competitions. The development of when compared to the national average of sports in the municipality’s area during the the Republic of Serbia (42 years) interwar period was marked by the forming (http://popis2011.stat.rs/?page_id=2162). of the football club “Vojvoda Miši ć” in The rural population makes up 88.7% Mionica which exists to this day under the (12,715) of the municipality’s residents, name FC ''Ribnica - Mionica'' (Program while the urban population only 11.3% razvoja sporta u opštini Mionica za period (1,620). However, keeping in mind the od 2016. do 2018. godine, 2016). The constant prominent migratory patterns from development of sports after World War Two, rural to urban areas, this ratio has changed in and especially during the 1970s and 1980s the interim. In the municipality of Mionica, was marked by the forming of basketball, the populated areas are scattered with some karate and chess clubs, followed by the households in the mountainous area women’s first sports collective with its inaccessible. handball and volleyball clubs. During the past few decades, many METHODS successful athletes that achieved notable results on both national and international This paper employs the method of level, in both individual and team sports, theoretical analysis of official information came from Mionica’s sports clubs. Among previously obtained from the records of the Mionica’s sports collectives, the chess club Sports Association of the municipality of “Ribnica” from Mionica went the farthest in Mionica, and contents from scientific and senior competitions, earning second place in professional literature, as well as the causal a state tournament for two seasons in a row. method with systematization of the author’s Football club “Ribnica” from Mionica held professional experiences in the field of the title “srpskoligaš” (third tier in Serbia’s physical education, sports, and recreation, by professional football League) for ten whole applying logical, inductive and deductive years starting from the 1995/6 season and reasoning. was, on two occasions, on the brink of joining the Second League at the beginning of the 21 st century. Basketball club RESULTS “Mionica” was a regular member of former Yugoslavia’s First League in the 1980s Besides the rare newspaper articles, (third tier), while the women’s volleyball there is no exact information or saved club “Ribnica” has been competing for documents about partaking in the sports, and several years in the Second League (fourth physical culture during the 19 th century, and tier competition). the first half of the 20 th century, although there are a few remnants, and passed down However, it is the young athletes memories about the endeavours, and from Mionica who have achieved the most achievements of members from various meaningful results, primarily the karatekas sports clubs and organizations, like the from the karate club “Mionica”. Pioneer ‘Sokolsko Društvo’ gymnastics club, Nikola Sekuli ć is Serbia’s current champion ‘Strelja čka Družina’ shooting clubs, football in katas in the blue belt rank, while Đur đa clubs, achievements in equestrian sports, and Raki ć, and Jovan Beloševi ć earned bronze Mitrović, D., Rajković, Ž., Miletić, V. & Kovačević, A. (2019). The system of functioning of the sports federations, depending on structural and