Hayono's office to get an operational board
Hayono's office to get an operational board
JAKARTA (JP): State Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Hayono Isman indicated that his office is to have an operational
board to support its function in developing sports.
After the four-day National Sports Coordinating Meeting and
the National Sports Conference, Hayono said Friday that most
participants had given their vote to this option over two others.
The other options were, first, to change the state minister's
office into a department and second, to make the National Sports
Council a nondepartmental government body.
"The conference has yet to decide but the participants threw
their weight behind this option," he said.
The operational board is a nonstructural board to promote and
develop national sports.
Other ministries involved in the boards are:
* the Ministry of Home Affairs
* the Ministry of Education and Culture
* the Ministry of Health
* the Ministry of Social Services
* the Ministry of Religious Affairs
* the Ministry of Public Works
* the Ministry of Transportation
* the State Minister of Research and Technology Office
* the State Minister of Environment Office
* the State Minister of Women's Roles Office
* the State Minister of Population/Chairman of the National
Family Planning Board Office
* the Ministry of Defense and Security Commander of the Armed Forces
Hayono said the structure of his office as the coordinator of
those offices and ministries is still weak.
"To face the needs in the 21st century, it's weak. If we are
satisfied with champion of the SEA Games, we can't improve our
rankings in the Asian Games and the Olympics," he said.
"But we have ambitions to be better in the Asian Games and the
Olympics," he said.
Sports observer Mangombar Ferdinand Siregar said Thursday that
the office needs to optimize its staff effectiveness and
efficiency.
"We have to maximize the function of those offices and
ministries in order to boost our athletes to achieve better in
international events," he said.
Hayono said the office needs to have a one-gate policy.
"All sports planning and budgeting must be approved by the
state minister's office before being approved by the National
Development Planning Board," he said.
Hayono refuted any possibility that there could be an
overlapping between the board and the council.
"If the President approves to have the board, some members
must come from the council," he said.
By having the board, Hayono is expected to receive a bigger
part of the State Budget.
Bill
Hayono said the conference also discussed the national sports
bill draft.
"The draft will make sure that sports facilities are important
before the law and no one can change their functions to anything,
even another social function," he said.
"But waiting for the draft become a bill will take about four
years," he added.
Hayono said that the government will have to include sports
facilities in provinces as a requirement to receiving the
Prasamya Purna Karya Nugraha award for sports development.
"If a province cannot develop its sports well, it doesn't
deserve the award," he said. (yan)