Priorities for People 20042008

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Priorities for People2004-2008
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Promoting Leisure as integral to social, cultural
and economic development
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• Where leisure is ...
• recreation
• the arts and culture
• sport
• festivals and celebrations
• play
• travel and tourism
• health and fitness
• and ...

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where ...

• Social Development means ...
  enlarging choice and access
• Cultural Development means ...
  affirming and enriching
  cultural identities
• Economic Development means ... achieving
  sustainable and well distributed
  growth

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• How does World Leisure achieve these goals?
• by advocating the importance of leisure
• by fostering research and inquiry
• by programming directed at policy and executive
  development

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The Four Priorities of World Leisure for
2004-2008
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• 1. Heightening the Awareness of Leisure Benefits
• Expanding the appreciation of leisure
  as a contributor to individual and community
  wellbeing, especially among those who stand to
  benefit most from participation.
• 2. Improving Policy and Legislation
• Encouraging Governments to develop effective
  policies and practices in providing for leisure
  especially the lowering of barriers to
  involvement and participation.
• Strengthening Leadership
• Providing education and training programs for
  those in positions of responsibility who have the
  greatest impact on the development and delivery
  of leisure programs.
• Expanding International Cooperation
• Identifying and promoting cooperation among
  governmental and non-governmental agencies and
  organizations.
• Leisure contributing significantly to social,
  cultural and economic development, reflected in a
  greater commitment resources, expanded and
  better prepared leadership, and a significant
  rise in levels of participation.

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• The Results
• By 2008, a world more fit for living ...

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• ... a world where
• Governments provide policy and legislation,
  and support programs designed to
  optimize leisure opportunities
• The community is informed of the benefits of
  participation
• Children and adults have acquired knowledge
  and skills to derive full benefits
• The public, commercial and voluntary sectors
  cooperate to optimize outcomes
• All sectors work towards removing barriers to
  leisure involvement

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World Leisure Priorities for People 2004-2008

• What it Will Take
• a clear vision
• strong leadership
• high quality programming
• continuous, open and effective communication and
  advocacy
• strong management and regular monitoring of
  progress and results
• adequate financial resources
• and ...

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• ... making choices
• Whereas all people have a right to good
  quality leisure experiences
• Whereas many face special barriers related
  to disability, gender, age, social status,
  poverty, domicile or education and
• Whereas resources are always limited ...
• We choose to concentrate our efforts
  where needs are greatest.

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The Four Priorities of World Leisure
2004-2008 A
CLOSER LOOK ....
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PRIORITY ONE Heightening Awareness of Leisure
Benefits WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE - Add
leisure to the agenda of major international
Government Organizations - Identify and
target major opinion leaders and policy makers
- Develop a strategic media program with
special reference to developing countries,
children and older persons - Strengthen
World Leisure initiatives -
Ensure leisure benefits is a major feature of
World Leisure EXPO 2006
exhibitions, conferences, research, legacy
- Ensure leisure benefits is a major
feature of World Leisure Congresses
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PRIORITY ONE The Results
2004 - 8th World Leisure Congress in
Brisbane promotes new directions of World
Leisure - Strengthened or new presence in
UN Special Agencies, especially UNESCO,
UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, and WTO - Stronger World
Leisure media programs, especially electronic
2005-7 - Regional Conferences
North America Leisure and the social, cultural
and economic development of Aboriginal
peoples Europe Meeting the needs
of political, social, and economic migrants
2006 - World Leisure EXPO Hangzhou Benefits
of Leisure exposed to opinion leaders, policy
makers and thousands of visitors - World
Leisure Congress New research findings and best
practices presented - Leisure Summit 2008
- Significance of leisure incorporated more
fully in the language and
documentation of UN and other international
agencies - Ensure latest leisure
benefits findings are a major element of the 10th
World Leisure Congress in Québec
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PRIORITY TWO Improving Policy and
Legislation WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE -
Create a coherent rationale for leisure policy
and legislation - Raise the awareness of the
importance of leisure among policy makers
- Make existing leisure policies and
best practices widely available and accessible
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PRIORITY TWO The Results 2004 -
Significance of leisure already present in major
International conventions identified and
promoted (particularly the UN,
UNESCO, UNICEF, WTO) 2004 - Data
base of existing national leisure policies and
best practices established - World Leisure
Executive Development Program Designed, with
pilot implementation 2005-6 - World
Leisure Executive Development Program expanded,
especially in jurisdictions where needs are
greatest 2006 - Executive development
conferences/workshops as part of the World
Leisure EXPO 2006 - Forum for senior policy
officials from developing countries at the
World Leisure EXPO 2006 2008 - Conference
of most senior policy makers at the 10th World
Leisure Congress 2008 in Québec
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PRIORITY THREE Strengthening Leadership WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE - Strengthen and
expand World Leisure post graduate international
programs - Develop and deliver
short courses and seminars strategically designed
to address needs of marginalized or at-risk
populations, such as children, women and
older persons, the poor, and among refugees
and victims of armed conflict. -
Establish bridges between policy makers and
practitioners - Involve practitioners
increasingly in the work of World Leisure and
encourage the establishment of professional
organisations in individual countries
- Establish a registry of those willing to
volunteer their services in relevant
training programmes.
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PRIORITY THREE The Results 2004 -
WICE-Wageningen Program New partnership with
Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
implemented - Agreements established with
other institutions to offer vocational
training and education programs 2005 -
Pilot training and educational programs
offered 2006 - Training programs in place
for practitioners at executive and management
levels, with special emphasis on those to be held
in conjunction with World Leisure EXPO
2006 2008 - A significant increase in the
size of the leadership pool trained to offer
programs - Evaluation conference
convened in the context of the 10th World
Leisure Congress in Québec
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PRIORITY FOUR Expanding International
Cooperation WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
- Greater cooperation among international
agencies and organizations - Make
existing information and documentation more
accessible
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PRIORITY FOUR The Results 2004 - New
affiliation agreements between World Leisure and
other international non-Governmental leisure
organizations, both practitioner and
scholarly based - Increased participation in
meetings an programs of international
governmental organizations, especially those
of the UN - World Leisure web site available
in Chinese - Web site content strengthened to
reflect priorities 2005 - Major print
documents translated into languages of
strategic significance - World Leisure
web site available in four languages 2006 -
Special programs devised to contribute to the
World Leisure EXPO in 2006 -
International research program on involvement
barriers and constraints to involvement in
leisure - Leisure Summit as component of World
Leisure EXPO 2006 2008 - Follow-up of 2006
Leisure Summit included in World Leisure
Congress 2008 in Québec
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STEP ON THE WORLD STAGE

• 8th World Leisure Congress Leisure
  Matters   
• Brisbane, Australia   September
  12-17,2004
• North American Regional Conference Social,
  Cultural and Economic
• Development of Aboriginal Peoples
• Penticton, Canada. September 26-30, 2005
• 9th World Leisure Congress     
• Hangzhou, China   October, 2006
• World Leisure Expo 2006
• Hangzhou, China   May to October, 2006
• 10th World Leisure Congress   
• Québec City, Canada  October 6-10, 2008
  Leisure ... integral to social,
• cultural and economic development

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Promoting Leisure as integral to social, cultural
and economic development
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure,
including reasonable limitation of working hours
and periodic holidays with pay.
- Article 24 United
Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights