#Basketballforgood FIBA Pacific Sports Partnerships Program Report 2014-2020 Table of Contents Executive Summary ______________________________________________________________________ 5 Introduction ____________________________________________________________________________ 7 Background _____________________________________________________________________________ 9 Program Description _____________________________________________________________________ 11 Major Achievements _____________________________________________________________________ 15 Youth Participation 15 Women and Girl’s participation 18 Twilight Basketball 19 Soft Power Media Coverage 20 Progress Towards Intended Outcomes _______________________________________________________ 23 Overall Participation 23 Governance 23 Unintended Outcomes _____________________________________________________________________ 25 Employment 25 Increasing basketball skills 25 Program Performance Assessment __________________________________________________________ 27 Relevance 27 Efficiency 27 Effectiveness 28 Diet/nutrition and exercise 28 Reducing alcohol and smoking 29 Self-esteem and positive attitudes 29 Changing attitudes towards sport and healthy lifestyle 30 Value for money 31 Sustainability 32 Gender equality & social inclusion 33 Risks & Safeguarding 36 Innovation 36 Private sector engagement 37 Lessons learned _________________________________________________________________________ 39 Recommendation ________________________________________________________________________ 41 Annexes ________________________________________________________________________________ 43 Annex 1 Program timeline and key events 43 Annex 2 Key partners 44 Annex 3 Key program activities 46 Annex 4 FIBA’s Program Logic 48 Annex 5 Reports, evaluation, research 50 Annex 6 Participation – PSP / FIBA 51 Annex 7 National Federation Workforce Capacity – PSP / FIBA 53 Annex 8 Media and Communications 55 Annex 9 Budget – Pacific Sports Partnership - 2014 – 2020 56 Abbreviations AFP Australian Federal Police AG Australian Government BA Basketball Australia BF Basketball Fiji BFPNG Basketball Federation Papua New Guinea BOF Board of Federations FIBA International Basketball Federation KBF Kiribati Basketball Federation M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NCD Non-Communicable Disease NF National Federation NOC National Olympic Committees PNG Papua New Guinea PSP Pacific Sports Partnerships RPNGC Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary SIBF Solomon Islands Basketball Federation SNBA Samoa National Basketball Association TB Tuberculous UN United Nations UNSDG United Nations Sustainable Development Goal VNF Vanuatu National Federation WHOHSP World Health Organisations Healthy School Program 4 FIBA FIBA PSP program report 2014 – 2020 PSP program report 2014 – 2020 Executive Summary Nelson Mandela once said “Sport has the power to Soft Power change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else The key highlight of the soft power impact of Basketball does ... Sport can create hope where once there was For Good is the increased awareness of Australian only despair.” FIBA’s Basketball For Good strategy Government support through the social media reach, fundamentally aims to utilise this power and through the cumulating in excess of 3 million at the end of 2020. Australian Government’s Australian Aid Pacific Sports All of which reference the Australian Government’s Partnership (PSP) FIBA’s regional office in Oceania has partnership. The creation of several documentary been inspired to do this since 2014. videos promoting the activities has been one of the major contributors to this. Further, the partnership From 2014 to 2020 FIBA and it’s National Federations in with the Australian Government has enabled National Oceania have delivered Sport for Development activities Federations to connect with local agencies to bolster aimed to increase the empowerment of women and and facilitate sport for development activities. This girls, improve opportunities for females, engage inactive has included building a relationship with every youth through participation, provide opportunities for National Olympic Committee and Government agency. social inclusion, increase healthy living and decrease Specifically, in Fiji with local Government, Fiji Sports the rate of non-communicable diseases. The strategy Commission, Fiji Sports Foundation and Military; aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Kiribati local Government; PNG Business for Health: TB Goals (UNSDG) and World Health Organisations Healthy (Tuberculous), Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary, Schools Program. PNG Sports Foundation and Australian Federal Police; The PSP Program has been delivered within FIBA’s Solomon Islands Royal Solomon Islands Police Force Basketball For Good program and information relates and the Australian Federal Police; and Vanuatu Local to the period of support for the National Basketball Government. Federations of Fiji (2014 – 2020), Kiribati (2015 – Australia’s High Commissions in Fiji and PNG have 2017), Papua New Guinea (2016 – 2020), Samoa (2016) been regularly involved in Basketball For Good program Solomon Islands (2016) and Vanuatu (2016 – 2017). initiatives. Australia’s High Commission in Fiji was The Asian Sports Partnership has seen programs hosted involved in the launch of the Mum’s A Hero and Hoops in Singapore (2017) and Timor Leste (2016 - 2017). For Health programs, as well as contributing to the final preparations of the Fiji National Women’s team attending Primary Activities the Pacific Games. In PNG the High Commission has supported BFPNG activities posting program updates and FIBA’s primary activities include: impacts. BFPNG has also had significant engagement • ‘Hoops for Health’: focusing on engaging male with PNG Government at competition and organisational and female youth in safe and inclusive basketball levels. activities with appropriate health messaging (UNSDG 3& 8); Program Effectiveness • ‘Pikinini Hoops/Bula Hoops’: targeting young girls A key indication of the effectiveness of the programs is and boys to create awareness and engagement in reflected in the total participation numbers reported, physical activity (UNSDG 3 & 8); showing a year-on-year total from 17,497 in 2014 • ‘Mums’ A Hero’ and ‘I’maGIRL’: designed to support to 244,701 by 2020. Further reported success of the women and children by providing an environment partnership with local agencies is reflected in the where they feel safe and confident to participate in comments provided by National Federations within this community activities (UNSDG 5 & 10); report. • ‘Twilight Basketball’: complements existing law enforcement strategies, and provides a safe inclusive environment for basketball in partnership with local police, army, and other agencies (UNSDG 16 & 17) • ‘Women’s Empowerment’ (UNSDG 5, 8 & 10) and ‘Pacific Youth Leadership’: (UNSDG 3, 4 & 8) targeting the development of potential female and youth leaders around the Pacific. FIBA 5 PSP program report 2014 – 2020 Executive Summary Program Outcomes Value for Money The program has seen an increase in female Over the period 2014 – 2020, the Australian Government participation in all nations over the reporting period, with contribution was more than $2 million, together with the proportion of female participants remaining relatively FIBA’s investment of more than $9 million, the sport has steady (ranging between 39% - 49%). The introduction played a significant role for the Oceania Region, creating of sport into the school curriculum was reported as an opportunities through our partner National Federations. important catalyst for increased female participation. During the period the proportional income contribution Female role models (program deliverers) encouraged to FIBA’s program activities from the Australian female involvement in the programs. A major shift Government has reduced from 38% in 2015 to 16% in in school engagement has been reported by many 2019, this increased in 2020 due to the financial impact schoolteachers where the programs operate, sighting of the COVID-19 pandemic on this organisation. the attraction of participation in the Basketball For Good activities as the reason for better school attendance. Lessons Learned The review of the activities highlighted a range of • National Federations need to have a degree of benefits, including improved community cohesion, pride, readiness in their development and engagement with and physical health, increased knowledge of healthy FIBA to be able to deliver these kinds of programs lifestyle choices, self belief, aspiration, perseverance, discipline, self-esteem, and confidence. It also showed • In-country program management is seen as critical better-quality basketball skills, facilities, and recognition to the success of the program of ability. The success of ‘Twilight Basketball’ is a • The program provides economic benefits to the highlight of the program integrating with partner individuals involved, National Federation, and the agencies, where disengaged youth are involved in country participation ultimately resulting in a reduction in crime where activities have been hosted. • Venues and availability have an enormous impact on program delivery Several complementary but unintended outcomes have been observed, these include individual’s transfer of • In-country partnerships are key to the longevity of program delivery ‘life skills’ into other full-time work the program positions