{"id":15573,"date":"2024-01-18T16:17:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15573"},"modified":"2024-01-18T16:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T16:17:58","slug":"funding-for-sport-bodies-to-be-aligned-with-monitoring-evaluation-strategy-minister-ramson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/funding-for-sport-bodies-to-be-aligned-with-monitoring-evaluation-strategy-minister-ramson\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding for Sport Bodies to Be Aligned with Monitoring &amp; Evaluation Strategy &#8211; Minister Ramson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Minister Charles Ramson Jr., responsible for sport, has assured continued financial support to sports associations as they develop their academy programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he emphasized that funds would be allocated based on a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation (M&amp;E) strategy, taking into account the specific needs and successes of each association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister highlighted the strategic approach taken by the ministry to ensure that funds are expended judiciously, aiming for maximum value for each dollar spent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December, the Ministry of Sport, Culture, and Youth announced a half-million-dollar subvention to eight core sports to facilitate the acquisition of equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Ramson emphasized that future subventions to associations and federations would be tailored to their specific needs and outcomes, avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The core sports that received funding included rugby, tennis, table tennis, squash, swimming, volleyball, hockey, and badminton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Football and cricket, being core sports, already received annual funding from their international bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, Minister Ramson mentioned plans to expand the core sport program to include cycling and boxing in the coming years based on their respective successes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He acknowledged the challenge faced by cycling due to the lack of a dedicated facility, a crucial feature of the core sports program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, efforts are underway to find a solution, with the National Sport Commission actively working towards addressing this issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister Charles Ramson Jr., responsible for sport, has assured continued financial support to sports associations as they develop their academy programs. However, he emphasized that funds would be allocated based&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15574,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15573\/revisions\/15574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}