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SPORT AND RECREATION SOUTH AFRICA

• Improving the quality of life of all South
  Africans through sport and recreation

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A MAJOR SPORTS EVENTS STRATEGY FOR SOUTH
AFRICA
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PROJECT

• A planning conference to determine South
  Africas strategy towards bidding to host
  major sports events over the next 20 or 30
  years
• Date 5 February 2003
• Venue Cape Town

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INTRODUCTION

• SA has no strategy for hosting international
  sporting events
• National Federations go to international
  meetings, come back to inform us they will be
  hosting major events
• No feasibility studies, no business plans
• Can be embarrassment to country
• Often Government has to come to the rescue

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INTRODUCTION (cont)

• Hosting of major international events has become
  an attractive economic proposition
• Needs to be done strategically
• Hence 20 or 30 year plan

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EXPECTED CONFERENCE OUTCOMES

• To develop a clear plan for the hosting of
  strategic international events
• Debate economic/environmental/social impact of
  hosting major events
• Foster strategic alliances between all relevant
  stakeholders to facilitate future collaboration
• Nominate a committee to put together a draft
  strategy
• Align planning cycle to this strategy

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HUMAN RESOURCE REQUIREMENT

• Main organizing committee
• 2 Persons each from
• SRSA, SASC, Western Cape Department for Sport
  Recreation
• 1 Person each from the City of Cape Town and
  DEAT/SA Tourism
• Possible others co-opted unto sub-committees.

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STAKEHOLDERS (173)

• Government Departments (Nat Prov)
• Sports sector
• Major cities
• Private sector
• Media
• Worker unions
• Political parties
• Other (Assoc. of Marketers, Nat. Conference
  Assoc., International speaker, Auditing
  companies, Sponsorship resource seekers)

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PROGRAMME (CONT)

• Conference
• Opening Balfour/Moosa
• Possible topics backed by working sessions
• International perspective (speaker from
  Australia, UK, Canada)
• Report on impact study (cities that are able to
  host)
• Summary of major events already scheduled (as
  obtained from federations)
• Report back on Manchester/Sydney/ Kuala Lumpur
  general trends
• Report back on SA Games, AAG, previous Olympic
  bid general trends

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Programme (continued)

• Pre conference
• Study by auditing firm (economic impact study)
• SA Case Studies e.g. cricket/football
• Lessons learnt form previous bids, major events
  staged
• Obtain proposals for major event from all major
  National Federations
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

• 4 February 1800 OPENING SESSION
• Ministers Balfour and Moosa
• Cocktail Function
• 5 February - Conference
• 6 February - Golf day for humanitarian aid