María José Free chairs the Sectoral Commission of sport

Representatives of all communities and autonomous towns



Free chaired the Sectoral Commission of sport

• This Committee emerges as a result of agreements adopted on 23 July, the date on which the minister of education and culture, José Guirao, presided over the first conference Sectoral sport.
• Have been treated matters such as the championships of Spain school and university students, the programme PROAD, promoting the sport, the network of centres of high performance and sophistication, the work of the AEPSAD and European week of sport.

Madrid, 07 November 2018.-The secretary of state for sport, María José Free, chaired during the afternoon of Monday, 5 and the morning of Tuesday, November 6 hours of sectoral Commission sport, support body and operational emerged as a result of the agreements adopted on 23 July, the date on which the minister of education and culture, José Guirao, presided over the first conference Sectoral sport. The Sectoral Committee consists of responsible for the High Council of sports and secretaries-general or CEOs of Sports of autonomous communities and cities.




After the creation of the rules of operation of this sectoral commission last Monday, Tuesday's meeting focused on treating the rest of items on the agenda. María José Free thanked the assistance of all those responsible for sports and has called “ positive and highly productive the two days, ” which have tried various issues, such as the organization of the championships of Spain School and university students, the programme PROAD, promoting the sport, the network of centres of high performance and sophistication, the work of the AEPSAD or European week of sport.




María José Free has stated that “ the promotion of women's sport is a strategic line of this government ”, which has made available to all communities and Autonomous Towns a set of content for all physical education teachers have gender perspective and equality in sport. The CSD has advance to the next days 21, 22 and 23 November, there will be a face course for teachers to use these contents.




The PROAD (programme of attention to the Sportsman), Free has put in value that this initiative “ has given stability and solutions to the labour insertion of the sportsman. We Need people very well formed and want to push ahead with this program always thinking in what you need the sportsman at the end of his career, ” said. By the CSD, anticipated that the program “ New Targets ” will complement the PROAD and was created with the aim of facilitating this transition of working life of athletes, has already been declared “ Event of exceptional Public interest ” to attract private companies and they benefit from tax breaks provided by law.




The meeting also has come the director of the Spanish Agency for the protection of the health of the athlete, José Luis Sand, which has moved the CCAA an initiative to which athletes from each of them are trainers in the education and awareness campaigns to prevent the use of banned substances and familiarize themselves with the AEPSAD regulations.




Another of the issues covered in the meeting has been championships school and university Spain 2019. The main feature is that will be organized by the respective Spanish sports federations. it is intended to modernise these Championships for the reference event of Spanish sport system of sport base. Serve to promote physical activity, sports inclusive and to identify the best talent. The great spanish athletes have gone through these championships. For the next year, and always approval of general state budgets 2019, will have live broadcasting, a professionalization adapted to these ages and the intention to expand the number of sport modalities.




María José Free moved to all attendees the goal of becoming the organisational reference in europe European week of sport, which is why has called “ suggestions for the fifth edition of this initiative ”, which in 2018 was in Madrid, Castellano The Stain, Catalonia and March.




It was also announced a meeting in the High Council of sports with the principals of the 56 centres of high performance and Technicization recognized by the state to improve efficiency in the management of the same.




Moreover, the meeting agreed to the inclusion in the table of Sport Inclusive driven by the CSD of two representatives of the Autonomous City of Ceuta and of the autonomous community of Castilla-La Stain acting on behalf of autonomous communities and cities.




Between points of the day that have been tried, stresses the formalization of the working groups created by agreement of the sport Sectoral Conference last 23 July. in these groups (on promotion of sport and sport inclusive and on the promotion of healthy habits to improve health and social integration through sport) will bring together representatives of all communities and Autonomous Towns.

Finally the president of CSD stressed the importance of this commission to coordinate with all the CCAA their needs and transferring them to the conference Sectoral.