Secretariat promotes course on sporting legacy.
This initiative is one of the first steps towards Minas Gerais becoming a national benchmark in the development of innovative public policies focused on sports; its purpose is to provide an exchange of experiences and knowledge with professors from Griffith Business University, a leading institution in the study of the impacts of major sporting events.
Minas Agency - The State Secretariat for Sports and Youth (Seej), in partnership with the Regional Council of Physical Education of Minas Gerais and the Brazilian Service for Support to Micro and Small Enterprises (Sebrae), is holding the course "Legacies of Major Sporting Events", which will be taught, until this Thursday (4), by Griffith Business University, in the auditorium of Sebrae Minas, in Belo Horizonte. The official opening of the training was held this Tuesday (2).
The purpose of the qualification is to provide participants with opportunities to exchange experiences and knowledge with professors from Griffith University of Business, who are considered leading experts in the study of the impacts of major sporting events.
According to the Deputy Secretary of State for Sports and Youth, Rogério Romero, the initiative is one of the first steps for Minas Gerais to become a national reference in the development of innovative public policies focused on sports and physical activities.
The discussion will cover the meaning of legacy from sporting events and their impacts, the need for planning, international trends, the role of the sports community, and the challenges and paradoxes of public policy.
Kristine Toohey is a professor of sports management and is internationally recognized as a researcher on the Olympic Games. "This is an opportunity to show the world the numerous cultural facets and to focus on the shared management of local and regional public policies," she emphasized.
Christopher Auld is also a professor of sports management and has a reputation in the areas of sports volunteering, governance, and the impacts of sporting events. "A legacy is planned, formed by structures that will be created through a sporting event that will remain after its conclusion," he explained.
The series of lectures and debates will be free and aimed at employees of public and private sports organizations, government institutions, and educational institutions. The course will have a workload of 20 hours.