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Disability Inclusion in the Australian Sports Outreach Program

Disability Inclusion in the Australian Sports Outreach Program. Rob Regent, Consultant, Sport for Development Australian Sports Commission. What is the Australian Sports Outreach Program?. A partnership between AusAID and the Australian Sports Commission that aims to:

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Disability Inclusion in the Australian Sports Outreach Program

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  1. Disability Inclusion in the Australian Sports Outreach Program Rob Regent, Consultant, Sport for Development Australian Sports Commission

  2. What is the Australian Sports Outreach Program? A partnership between AusAID and the Australian Sports Commission that aims to: increase the capacityof partners (local authorities, development partners, agencies and communities) to plan and conduct quality, sports-based activities which contribute to addressing locally identified development priorities.

  3. What do we do now and where? Country/regional programs Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu Caribbean India

  4. Pacific Sports Partnerships Sport Partnershipswith 5 Australian/Regional sports Netball Rugby league Football/soccer Rugby Cricket

  5. Sport for Development Grants • Pacific and targeted (non-Pacific) grants • ASC/AusAID/DFAT • Predominately Commonwealth countries • Do not receive ASOP assistance • Do not receive strong support/funding from other sources • High priority for public diplomacy • Australian diplomacy representation in country • High development priority

  6. How we’ve included people with disabilities in the past Pacific Sport Ability (2004-5) Boccia, goalball, sitting volleyball and other activities Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, South Africa Pacific Junior Sport Program (2006-8) Games based activities for children 6-12 Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland

  7. How we include people with disabilities now Country/regional programs Vanuatu – Paralympic Committee and Sanma Frangipani Association Fiji – Fiji Paralympic Committee (funding and technical assistance) India – Special Olympics (funding support) Caribbean – Education departments/special schools (funding support) Pacific Sport Partnerships Focus on including people with disabilities in Football and Cricket Sport for Development Grants Small grants to community based organisations (eg wheelchair basketball in East Timor, sitting volleyball in Zimbabwe, community clubs in Malawi)

  8. What we’ve achieved Increased understanding of how to include people with disabilities in sport Increased opportunities for people with disabilities to participatein sport (in both communities and schools) Increased inclusionof people with disabilities in mainstreamsport Improved quality of life for many people with disabilities through their participation Increased awarenessof disability in countries where we work Increased awareness of the possible use of sport as a tool for inclusive development

  9. What we’ve learnt Sport alone can have tangible non-sport benefits for people with disabilities Sport is a valuable tool to help promote positive community attitudes towards people with disabilities There are limitations to the value of sport for people with disabilities Sport for people with disabilities can be delivered in a varietyof settings and by a variety of groups Mainstreamingdisability into other S4D initiatives is a challenge

  10. Questions?

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