Caribbean
History
The Australian Government has been supporting the Australian Sports Outreach Program (ASOP) and other sport development programs in Caribbean countries since 1998. New funding for Sport for Development was announced in 2009 and a more regional, development-focused program began implementation in 2011.
Structure
ASOP Caribbean is implemented through a partnership between AusAID and the Australian Sports Commission. It involves close collaboration with the Caribbean Community and the Trinidad and Tobago Alliance for Sports and Physical Education (TTASPE).
The ASOP Caribbean aims to:
- increase regional collaboration on sport for development
- develop young people’s leadership and participation in nutrition, sexual health and other life-skills programs
- increase opportunities for people with disability to participate in
sport and physical activities.
Partners
TTASPE is the implementing partner of ASOP Caribbean and has become a leading community sport development agency that has strong relationships with government and non-government sport and community development bodies.
Some of the other partners and stakeholders involved include:
- United Nations agencies
- international donors
- regional agencies
- sporting organisations
- civil societies.
Participation
Countries included in ASOP Caribbean are the member states of the Caribbean community eligible for development assistance, together with Dominican Republic and Cuba. Activities target young people and people with disability, together with coaches, teachers and community volunteers who deliver Sport for Development programs to these groups.Implementation
Key programs include:
- Regional collaboration activities — encourage shared learning on sport for development through research, internships and conferences
- Sport-based youth development activities — including activities that use sport analogies and games to convey messages about healthy lifestyles and HIV/AIDS to young people
- Disability sport activities — provide opportunities for people with disability to participate in sport and physical activity.
Examples of specific activities are:
- Elementary School Physical Education — helps primary school-aged children to develop fundamental motor skills and promotes the value of sport
- Jump Rope for Heart — helps children develop habits of regular physical activity to promote healthy lifestyles
- Kicking AIDS Out — uses sport analogies and games to convey messages about HIV/AIDS to young people
- Ready and Able — provides opportunities for people with disability to participate in sport and physical activity.
- Australian Sports Outreach Program Caribbean (
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