María José Free appear in the congress of Members

• The next Law of sport and plans are equal priority
• Before being brought before the Members of the commission of culture and sport, the president of the sports Higher Council has expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the golf player Celia Barquín, murdered in United States.

Madrid, 18 September 2018.- The president of the High Council of sports, María José Free, has appeared today at their own request in the congress of Members to inform the spokespersons of the commission of culture and Sport on the general lines of government action.




Before starting his presentation, Free has expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the golf player Celia Barquín, murdered in United States.




In his first speech in the commission of culture and Sport of the congress since he took office as president of CSD, on 22 June, Free has claimed that his past as elite athlete, “in which I brought with me the effort, perseverance and honesty for 22 years of sport career, ” will be the values that will integrate into its leadership of the Spanish sport.




The secretary of state for sport has gone detailed agency objectives which chairs, highlighting among others, “a new regulation of sport, the promotion of physical activity and fight against sedentarism, the momentum of actions aimed at achieving gender equality and opportunities for people with and without disabilities, improving transparency and governance of organizations and the financing of sport ”.




Future Law of sport

María José Free has said that, as noted by the minister of culture and sport, Jose Guirao, one of the first actions will be the future law of sport. "The constitution of the sectoral conference last July has raised the level of communication with the Autonomous Communities and will continue to work to refer to the General Cuts a bill that meets the needs of a society that is in deep change ”.




“this future law has received 83 proposals of administrations, sports federations, sports associations, schools officers, private entities and private citizens, ” said the secretary of state for sport, which also added that“ this week will start the meetings in the CSD of the expert group, persons of recognized prestige in the world of sport, which will develop a draft which subsequently begin the formalities to achieve their status of legal standard ”.




Good governance and transparency

“during the coming months we will boost the development of protocols of good governance and transparency, aligned with the latest and successful practices in the international arena, especially those driven by the council of europe, which we believe will benefit the entities themselves and, fundamentally, sportsmen, ” said Free.




Gender equality

“one of the clearest priorities of this government is achieving gender equality in all facets and social fields. And to achieve this goal, are playing an important role the extraordinary sports results achieved by our athletes. It is imperative to deepen in the development of policies aimed at increasing the participation of women not only in sports but in tables technical management and direction of sports bodies, and of course, to reconcile personal life, labour and sport, ” said Free.




“Moving an action plan on gender to deepen in the advocacy and promotion of sport. Continue betting by the program Woman and Sport, both through its consideration of Event of exceptional public interest as through subsidies granted to Spanish sports federations for the development of projects," added.




Equal opportunities for athletes with and without disabilities

Free has claimed that “there is a demand, a need and a right for people with disabilities to make físico-deportiva activity, and therefore will have a plan to facilitate access to sport to all persons with disabilities, with specific programmes at all stages of life ”. Furthermore, has said that“ the law budgets for 2018 declares Event of exceptional public interest Inclusive Sport program, which will run until the end of 2011, to encourage the participation of private initiative and to offer tax benefits to companies, thus responding to the demand of social responsibility policies ”.




Policies to promote physical activity

“as part of the policies of social content cannot forget the promotion of physical activity and its special incidence as an element to combat sedentarism and its clear benefits for health, at any age and with any level of practice. There will be a National action Plan of physical activity Beneficial to health, which will require coordination with the ministry of Health, the Spanish Agency of consumption and Food security, with health departments and Sport of the Autonomous Communities and of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, ” explained María José Free.




Top-class sport

“the main hallmark of Higher Council of sports is support for the athlete. Therefore, we will spend the largest percentage of our budgets to supporting the Spanish sports federations in preparation for the high-level international competitions. Through invitations to aid, will go nearly 75 million euros for federations, representing an increase of nearly 38% over the year 2017, ” said.




In this regard, María José Free has added: “Moving centres of high performance and Sophistication. Are 55 recognized places that guarantee the preparation of top athletes' ”.




Insularity

“aid to insularity are increased more than doubled compared with last year for sportsmen and clubs of the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla cope with travel costs competitions, as Noted the minister Guirao, so that all athletes can participate on equal terms, without geographical discrimination, ” he said.




DESIGNED and ADOP programs

“We are working on a proposal to improve both programs, adapted to new circumstances and conditions affecting the sport. Despite the complexity of this process, ” has continued Free,“ we hope to achieve with the Olympic Committee English and with partners a new model to not very long term ”.




Social protection of the sportsman

“Apostaremos and potenciaremos the agenda of attention to the Sportsman (PROAD), offering social support, training and professional through guardians when athletes to finish his career, thus facilitating the transition process. Furthermore, in general state budgets 2018 was just adopted a new Event of exceptional public interest, called“ New Targets ”, which complements and reinforces the PROAD ”, has referred María José Free.




Spanish agency for health protection in sport

“from the AEPSAD will continue to work in the fight against doping. We will deepen in the development of new anti-doping control tools, such as the introduction of the biological passport, whose implementation Spain, is an international reference ” has concluded the president of sports Higher Council in its appearance, at their request, in the commission of Culture and sports of the congress of Members.