His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said issues a decision to evaluate sports activities, cultural and youth programs
Muscat, October 7 (ONA) - His Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, issued a ministerial decision to form a committee to evaluate sports and youth programs and activities and cultural events.
The decision comes based on Royal Decree No. 87/2020 to establish the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, define its terms of reference and approve its organizational structure, as it was decided to form a committee to study the harmonization and evaluation of sports and youth programs and activities and cultural events, which were previously implemented by the Ministry of Sports Affairs, the Ministry of Arts Affairs, the Ministry of Heritage and Culture (activities related to cultural affairs), and the National Youth Committee, with the terms of reference of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth contained in Appendix No. (1) attached to the aforementioned Royal Decree No. 87/2020.
The issuance of this decision also comes in the belief in the importance of keeping pace with and meeting the aspirations of youth and foreseeing the future to build generations capable of creativity and innovation in all fields and in a way that will contribute to achieving Oman's vision 2040.
The ministerial decision stipulated the appointment of His Excellency Sayyid bin Sultan bin Yarub Al Busaidi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth for Culture, as chair of the committee, and the membership of Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Al Busaidi, Hilal bin Saif bin Salem Al Siyabi, Khalifa bin Saif bin Rashid Al Essayi, Hisham bin Jumaa bin Saeed Al Sinani Muhammad bin Suleiman bin Muhammad Al Yahmadi, Awad bin Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Luwaihi, and Maryam bint Nasser bin Sulaiman Al Kharboushieh as a member and rapporteur of the committee.
The ministerial decision also stipulated that the committee shall determine all the programs, events and competitions which were previously implemented, before its cancellation, by the Ministry of Sports Affairs, the Ministry of Arts Affairs, the Ministry of Heritage and Culture (Culture Sector), and the National Youth Committee, in everything related to programs and events and determining the budgets that were previously allocated to the implementation of the programs and activities previously referred to in the decision.
The committee shall be responsible for developing a clear vision for the harmonization of these programs and events, as well as setting a clear vision for the mechanisms for implementing the proposed programs after being harmonized, and also determining the responsibility of the concerned authority in this ministry for their implementation. The committee shall also set a time frame for the implementation of these programs and events annually or according to the recommendations of the committee in this regard, and the committee shall propose the financial budgets required for each program or event. The committee may seek the assistance of whomever it deems appropriate to assist in carrying out its work, provided that the committee submits a report on the results of its work within a month of the issuance of the decision.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth has been organizing many different summer programs over the past years, including the Sports Summer Program, the Cheer Your Team Program, the Youth Program, and the Youth Club Camps Program. The organization of these various events and programs in the summer season comes through the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth’s endeavour and its interest in youth, directing them towards better ways to invest leisure time and directing the interest and energies of young people in a way that benefits them in their daily lives.
The summer programs deliver an important message, which is to contribute to preparing a generation familiar with sports, health and social knowledge and skills, to contribute to creating a sporting community with the support of sports coaches. The program carries many objectives. Regarding the first theme, which is that sport is for all, it aims to expand and spread the culture of sports practice among various groups of society, raise awareness of the importance of practicing sports, improve health and general fitness indicators among various groups and segments of participants, and provide the participant with principles of sound health habits through learning and practicing basic health principles.
As for the second focus, practicing sports, it aims to provide the opportunity for young people to discover various activities and sports, learn about the rules for their practice, discover sports talents and direct them towards practice in sports clubs and complexes. The third focus, sports, psychological and social health, aims to develop cognitive and behavioral experiences related to sporting activities in a way that contributes to the formation of balanced features, and the exploitation and use of free time in beneficial activities in a way that promotes a sound physical and social upbringing and instilling the concept of sportsmanship and Olympic values in thought and practice.
(ONA)