NATIONAL PROGRAMME OF SPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA 2014-2023 April 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2 MISSION .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 3 STATE OF AFFAIRS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 4 VISION ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 5 OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 6 ACTIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 6.1 Sports programmes ..................................................................................................................................... 12 6.1.1 Sport in the education system ......................................................................................................................... 14 6.1.2 Leisure time physical education of children and youth ....................................................................... 15 6.1.3 Phyisical education of children and youth with special needs.......................................................... 17 6.1.4 Extracurricular sports activities .................................................................................................................... 18 6.1.5 Physical education of children and youth, oriented into quality and top level sport ............. 19 6.1.6 Quality sport ............................................................................................................................................................ 20 6.1.7 Top level sport ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 6.1.8 Sport of disabled .................................................................................................................................................... 23 6.1.9 Sports recreation ................................................................................................................................................... 24 6.1.10 Sport of senior citizens ....................................................................................................................................... 26 6.2 Sports facilities and outdoor natural sports areas ......................................................................... 27 6.3 Development tasks in sport ...................................................................................................................... 30 6.3.1 Education, training and specialisation of expert professionals in sport ....................................... 30 6.3.2 Statutary rights of athletes, coaches and trainers, expert support to programmes ................ 31 6.3.2.1 Education of talented and top level athletes .......................................................... 31 6.3.2.2 Monitoring of athletes’ physical prowess, training advice and expert support to programmes ............................................................................................................ 33 6.3.2.3 Health care of athltes ............................................................................................... 35 6.3.2.4 Top level athletes and top level coaches employment in state administration as well as in business companies (dual career) .......................................................... 36 6.3.3 Publishing in sport ................................................................................................................................................ 37 6.3.4 Scientific and research work in sport .......................................................................................................... 38 6.3.5 Information communication technology in sport ................................................................................... 39 6.4 Organisation of sport .................................................................................................................................. 40 6.4.1 Functioning od sports organisations ............................................................................................................ 40 6.4.2 Voluntary work in sport ..................................................................................................................................... 41 6.4.3 Professional sport ................................................................................................................................................. 42 6.4.4 International cooperation in sport ................................................................................................................ 43 6.5 Sports events and promotion of sport .................................................................................................. 44 6.5.1 Sports events ........................................................................................................................................................... 44 6.5.2 Sports tourism ........................................................................................................................................................ 45 6.5.3 Public information about sport ....................................................................................................................... 46 6.5.4 Sports heritage and sport museums ............................................................................................................. 47 6.6 Social and environmental responsibility in sport ............................................................................ 48 6.6.1 Sporting behaviour ............................................................................................................................................... 49 6.6.2 Prevention of doping in sport .......................................................................................................................... 50 6.6.3 Athletes’ Ombudsman ......................................................................................................................................... 51 6.6.4 Sustainable aspects in sport ............................................................................................................................. 51 6.7 Support mechanisms for sport ................................................................................................................ 52 6.7.1 Friendly business environment for sports organisations ................................................................... 52 6.7.2 Prevention of abuse in sport betting ............................................................................................................ 53 6.7.3 Inspection in sport ................................................................................................................................................ 54 2 7 MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................................................................................. 54 8 FINANCING ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 9 PRIORITIES ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 1 INTRODUCTION Sport enriches the quality of peoples’ lives and has an important influence on society through its impacts. Sport has exceptional potential to bring people together and to touch each person regardless his/her age or social origin. People participate in the vast majority of sports activities as amateurs, however, for some people sports is their profession. People participate in sport in an unorganised way or they can unite themselves into clubs and associations or other sports organisations. In the National Programme of Sport 2014-2023 of the Republic of Slovenia from 2014–2023 (hereinafter National Programme of Sport 2014-2023) the concept of sport is being applied based on the definition of the Council of Europe1. Sport means all, by the sports expertise agreed and determined forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels. In addition sport contributes to various forms of thinking and to the development of personality. The social role of sport is based on the scientific evidence on the significance of sport for health (physical, mental and social), on socialisation and on economy2. Sport has also been recognised as having an