Sport for All

Pursuant to art. 1 of the act of January 18, 1996 on physical fitness, citizens irrespective of age, gender, religion, race, degree and type of disability have equal rights to participate in various forms of physical activity.

The Sport for All Departmentis (DSP) an organisational unit of the Ministry of Sport and its main goal is to popularise sports activity in the community. The tasks of DSP include the specification of priorities and objectives in the scope of the people’s participation in systematic physical activity and cooperation with the relevant minister and pedagogic supervision organs in the scope of physical education and popularising of sport in the schools.

Acting in agreement and cooperation with the regional self-government units and with the non-government organisations, DSP supports the development of various sporting, recreational and similar activities and events.

The main task of DSP is to commission state tasks to non-government organisations on behalf of the Minister that are financed from budget funds and from non-budget funds (Physical Fitness Development Fund and the Fund for Sports and Recreation Activity for Pupils) administered by the Minister of Sport.

Budget funds cover tasks related to the popularising of physical fitness and sport in rural areas, academic circles, in the family and in different professions and communities as well as to promote physical activity in obesity prevention.

The Physical Fitness Development Fund subsidises tasks related to the development of sport among children and youth and, in particular, to the purchase and distribution of sporting equipment, training of teachers, instructors, volunteers, animators and sport organisers, as well as the organisation of mass sporting and recreation events, sports and recreation camps during school holidays, the issue of training and methodology publications, and other promotional activity in the scope of sport for children and youth.

The Fund for Sports and Recreation Activity for Pupils subsidises systematic and universal extra curricular activities for pupils organised by regional self-government units and by sports clubs acting as associations as well as by other non-government organisations whose statutory activity includes tasks in the scope of popularising physical fitness and sport.