Sports Ministry holds inaugural conference next month

THE CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT MINISTRY WILL HOLD ITS INAUGURAL
SPORT CONFERENCE EARLY OCTOBER Minister Charles Ramson (Jr) announced.
Ramson said next month’s meeting is to encourage dialogue among local bodies and to help
them improve.
“The objective of the sport conference is two purposed; it is to flesh out and finalise the details
on the consultation on our sport academy (which) is going to be launched about four weeks after
that (next month’s conference).”
“The second purpose of the sport conference is for the associations to talk to each other so it is
going to be panel-discussion-driven, so we will have a full information session,” Minister
Ramson said.
The minister anticipates the dialogue with sporting bodies will be regular to help narrow gaps
between them and the ministry.
“It is very important to me having that monthly engagement with them (sport associations) and it
was also great for them to talk to me but they were not talking to each other, and so this sport
conference will be the vehicle for that,” he stressed.
Ramson is pleased with progress of some organisations in the year he is in office.
“Some of the sport associations are bettering their administration than others and some have been
able to employ different techniques that have been beneficial, and that have produced better
outcomes,” he disclosed.
Next month’s caucus forms part of the government’s wider commitment to ameliorating
local sports and to ensure equitable opportunities for all athletes in Guyana.