DOSB PRESIDENT CALLS FOR “PACT FOR SPORT”
DOSB President Thomas Weikert called for a “Pact for Sport” during the special session of the Conference of Sport Ministers (SMK) on Tuesday (16 August) in Munich.
“We have to ask ourselves what kind of competitive sport we want. We have to ask ourselves how we can support our athletes and coaches even better. We have to ask ourselves how we can increase the importance of exercise and sport in the entire life cycle of people in our country, in competitive and popular sport,” said Weikert.
“We have to lead the discussions here in the SMK, but also the movement summit announced by the Federal Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, and roll them out throughout society. We also suggest asking our society in a broad scientific study how it evaluates sport and competitive sport. Building on the overall results, we then have to conclude a “Pact for Sport” that will enable a trend reversal in sport and thus also in competitive sport!”
Dirk Schimmelpfennig, DOSB board member for competitive sports, explained which adjustment screws the DOSB and its member organizations also believe must be adjusted in order to achieve a turnaround. “We need a clear understanding of roles in competitive sport, the promotion of sport must be made less bureaucratic and more flexible, we must reignite enthusiasm for sport and exercise at daycare and school age, identify, retain and develop talent, and recruit more qualified trainers and competitive sports personnel and train them in a targeted manner – we have to pursue all of this consistently and implement it in concrete terms so that we can return to the top of the world in summer and winter sports.”
Overall strategy to protect against violence in sport
Thomas Weikert also reported to the sports ministers of the federal states about the dialogue process for protection against violence in sport by DOSB, Deutsche Sportjugend (dsj) and their member organizations, which was completed last week.
“ Our position on the Center for Safe Sport is a first milestone on the way to a plan for the future. Our goal should be to create a strong Safe Sport network of sport, politics, science and professional practice,” said Weikert.
overcoming the energy crisis
The impact of the energy crisis on organized sport was also on the agenda. Weikert once again warned against “closing swimming pools and sports halls, because this prevents organized sport from being able to provide its social services.”
The DOSB has drawn up a catalog of measures to overcome the energy crisis, which provides for a short-term reduction in energy consumption, medium-term financial relief for sports clubs and long-term decarbonisation of sports facilities in Germany.
(Source: DOSB)
