State Ministry of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement - Progress Report

State Ministry of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement

CREATING THE ENABLERS FOR A

ENERGETIC NATION PROGRESS

2021

Success always feels sweeter when one faces adversity...

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State Ministry of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement

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Introduction

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The macro-task

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Special priorities

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Vision, Mission and Objectives

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Organizational Structure

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Duties and responsibilities

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Recurrent expenditure of the ministry up to 31st October 2021

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Progress of development projects for the year 2021 up to 31st October 2021

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Development plans and projects for the year 2022

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Institutions under the State Ministry of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement

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Institute of Sports Medicine (ISM)

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National Institute of Sports Science (NISS)

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Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency (SLADA)

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Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Authority

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“Sport is the language of youth.

Our aim is to create a generation of youth who are energetic, healthy and disciplined”

His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka “Vistas of Prosperity” Page 26

“The goal of sports should be to create an energetic and healthy nation that can take its sportspersons from the village greet to international victory”

Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa The Prime Minister of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

“We are living now in one of the darkest phases of human history in terms of ensuring the security of our people’s lives, livelihoods, income sources and jobs.

We can win. The era where sports contributes to our economy has arrived”

Hon. Basil Rajapaksa Minister of Finance

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Message from

Hon. Namal Rajapaksa Minister of Youth & Sports,

Minister of Development Co-ordination and Monitoring and State Minister of Digital Technology and Enterprise Development

Victory is sport not only brings glory to the country but also contributes substantially to the national economy. This fact is well known to developing country who provide every facility required for sport as well as opportunities for sportspersons to engage in their various disciplines.

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Sport is not merely an exercise that ends in either victory or defeat. It is a massive, world changing marketplace. I see the way in which we position ourselves within this marketplace as a national need.

For a developing country such as Sri Lanka, sports may well afford a very large space to develop itself and prosper. The fact that the majority of Sri Lanka’s population are youth is a bounty and an opportunity.

Victory is sport not only brings glory to the country but also contributes substantially to the national economy. This fact is well known to developing country who provide all requisites required for sport as well as opportunities for sportspersons to engage in their various disciplines. We can see the results of those arrangements with many athletes from such countries excelling in the international arena to the betterment of their nations. As a country, we must therefore create our strategies with both farsighted

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and foresighted sensibilities. When considering the world, we can see that sport has spidered into every facet of the global socio-economy and created a world encompassing sports tourism industry, sports goods market, massive information interchange and mass communications network, ultra-modern technology, huge infrastructure development and a fashion industry that is significantly profitable.

Identifying these options one by one and directing our youth towards them is one of our priorities.

It is against this background that we have introduced a sports economy and sports culture. Owning a USD 1 billion sport economy by 2025 is not a dream.

It is a goal well within our reach. Sport must be a phenomenon that is intrinsically and irrevocably bound to the very lives of our people. To make this happen it is critical that an island encompassing sport infrastructure is established to the highest standards

and the arrangement required to provide every area in the country including unreached and underserved areas with rural, public, school sports grounds as well as the formulation of strategies and the implementation of plans to improve sport school infrastructure is underway. Despite development setbacks due to the pandemic, the steps taken to identify priority goals and create the strategic map to achieve them is a praiseworthy effort. Due to this effort, the development goals that had to be postponed as well as new targets will both be achieved easily, quickly and optimally during 2022.

I deeply appreciate and praise the leadership provided for this task by Minister Thenuka Widanagamage and the secretary and staff of the ministry who steadfastly support the effort.

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Message from Hon. Thenuka Vidanagamage State Minister of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement

The staff of my ministry and all line agencies coming under its portfolio work towards realizing national policies and are committed to fulfilling the needs of all its service recipients and will ensure that by 2024, every single one of them is financially independent of the treasury and not a burden to the government.

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It must be first mentioned that since there was a requirement to change the socioeconomic direction of the country in 2019 and since we had the leadership that could do that, towards the end of 2019, His Excellency the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fulfilled the aspirations of the people and closed the gaps existing in the country by becoming its leader and in the subsequent parliamentary elections, Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed as the Prime Minister thereby establishing a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna government.

I would like to state that the plans for developing Sri Lanka over the next ten years was communicated to the people of Sri Lanka during the 2019 Presidential election and the 2020 parliamentary election through the manifesto “Vistas of Prosperity”. The ministerial subjects, portfolios and tasks were created in line with this manifesto by collating facts submitted by the general public, state officials, people’s representatives and experts while state ministries were created to undertake and focus on special, priority thrust areas with state ministers at their helm while the ministries were themselves strengthened to enable them to perform their primary responsibilities.

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Accordingly, the State Ministry for Rural and Sport School Infrastructure Improvement was established and a strong organizational structure was created to enable it to function under the leadership of the Youth and Sport Ministry. I was duly appointed as the State Minister for this ministry and tasked with organizing activities aligned with the duties and responsibilities as well as the special priorities for the ministry detailed by His Excellency the President in the special gazette notification 2187/27. I thank Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, the Minister of Youth and Sports for the guidance and support that was provided by him to the state ministry.

Therefore, considering the year 2021 as the foundation year to realize the statement in the manifesto “The power of sport for creating a generation of energetic youth”, I commenced my work, developing play grounds and developing the infrastructure of sports schools and the construction of rural sports, public and school grounds according to recognized standards. I would like to state that these activities will be expanded in the four years from 2022 onward through a strong and committed organizational network.

We ask you to kindly consider that the facts presented herein of the progress of the development work of the State Ministry of Rural and Sports Infrastructure Improvement are provided with extreme humility.

Furthermore, I wish to state that the staff of my ministry and all line agencies coming under its portfolio work towards realizing national policies committed to fulfilling the needs of all its service recipients and will ensure that by 2024, every single one of them is financially independent of the treasury and not a burden to the government.

I attempted at all times to adhere to the common health and security laws affecting the entire country while working towards success in the tasks that were set for the year 2021. I give my heartfelt respect and thanks to everyone who supported that effort.

I give my very special thanks to the President, His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Honorable Mahinda Rajapaksa, Finance Minister Honorable Basil Rajapaksa and the Minister of Youth and Sports, Honorable Namal Rajapaksa for the unstinting advice, leadership, contribution and support offered to me.

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Message from Anuradha Wijekoon Secretary Ministry of Youth and Sports

We will be able to identify rural school children with sporting capabilities at early stages of their lives and ensure that their skills are honed and tempered to turn them into high performance athletes able to win in the international arena and bring glory to the country.

It is with great pleasure that I send this message to the annual report of the Ministry of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement that provides essential infrastructure in an era where the need of the country is not simply to play and win in sports but rather to create an energetic generation of youth through the establishment of both a sports economy and a sporting culture in Sri Lanka.

The creation of a generation of energetic, healthy and disciplined citizens is the chief task of the Ministry of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement is aligned with the national policy “Vistas of Prosperity”, of His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa and it is my observation that it has designed development programs and projects focusing its attention on the special priorities given to it.

I take this opportunity to mention that in order to realize the national policy and in line with the policies

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of the ministry of Youth and Sports, enormous

Olympics and other international sporting

efforts were taken by the state ministry in 2021 to

events thereby satiating a thirst for such

provide rural and school sports with the necessary

global victories among our citizens. Of special

infrastructure to afford Sri Lankan athletes the

note is that we will be able to identify rural

opportunity to bring themselves to the level of

school children with sporting capabilities at

international competitiveness, to ensure that

early stages of their lives and ensure that their

the physical and mental health of athletes was

skills are honed and tempered to turn them

prioritized through health advise and injury

into high performance athletes able to win in

management, to create a culture of clean sporting

the international arena and bring glory to the

engaged in through pure ability and completely

country.

free of per performance enhancing drugs, a sports education of international standards through the

While sincerely the unstinted support and

Institute of Sports Medicine and the National

assistance of the Minister for Youth and

Institute of Sports Science, the Sugathadasa

Sports and the State Minister for Rural and

National Sports Complex Authority and the Sri

School Sports Infrastructure Improvement

Lanka Anti-Drug Agency which are line agencies

to stamp the symbol of sports upon our

under the ministry.

nation’s economy and culture I also take this opportunity to wish the state ministry the very

It is my firm belief that progress in the

best in its future endeavors on behalf of the

development activities of the state ministry will

sporting fraternity of Sri Lanka.

create the conditions for winning medals at the

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Message from Ravindra Samarawickrama Secretary State Ministry of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement

During the year 2021, the focus was on developing the sporting infrastructure across the island including unreached and underserved areas and development commenced on over 700 rural, public, school and sports school grounds.

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In line with “Vistas of Prosperity”, the manifesto of His Excellency President Gotabaya Rajapaksa the special gazette notification of 09th August 2020 established the necessary ministerial portfolios to guide the nation towards the people centric development strategy that he envisaged. Through that gazette, the State Ministry of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement tasked with seven special priorities was established to identify the rich sporting skills possessed by our urban and rural children as well as those living in unreached and underserved areas and take these youngsters to the national and international sports arena.

The direction to reach the performance goals and development goals for the sports sector by 2025 is provided by the Youth and Sports Minister Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, a young leader who has strong qualities of statesmanship and farsighted political

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vision and acumen whilst being a superb sportsman with guidance and advice from the State Minister of Sports, Hon. Thenuka Widanagamage who is deeply sensitive to the aspirations of the rural populace and the needs of our sportspersons.

During the year 2021, the focus was on developing the sporting infrastructure across the island including unreached and underserved areas and development commenced on over 700 rural, public, school and sports school grounds. This massive effort necessitated networking and strong cooperation between many state and non-state organizations including the Youth and Sports Ministry, the Education Ministry, Provincial Councils, District Secretariats and Pradheshiya Sabhas. In order to ensure that the real needs of the people are met priority was given to obtaining advice from district and provincial facilitation committees as well as public representatives from all parts of the country.

Some development projects of institutions established under this ministry for the sustenance and existence of the sports sector that had been delays for years, management problems and cadre gaps were all remedied to the best possible level during 2021 creating the enabling environment to optimize the results and increase the impacts of services provided by those institutions to the sport sector.

In the face of significant numbers of officials and sportspersons testing positive to the coronavirus, the efforts taken by the ministry and its line

agencies to help the nation overcome the disaster by establishing treatment centers, providing patients with the required facilities, protecting athletes through bio bubble techniques, encouraging youth who were reluctant to vaccinate themselves using media campaigns highlighting the vaccination of athletes and contributing directing to the national vaccination program are all massive efforts that should be lauded.

Some development programs slated for 2021 could not be completely implemented due to the country situation arising from the pandemic and resulted in the ministry taking the decision to postpone some projects to 2022. However, the fact that as a new ministry, it was able to establish its premises, office and staff requisites as well as establish essential plans and arrangements bodes well for achieving the development goals of 2022.

I take this opportunity to sincerely appreciate and thank the leadership and guidance of the minister of Youth and Sports, the state minister of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement, the secretary of Youth and Sports, Mr. Anuradha Weerakoon who constantly provided oversight and guidance for this ministry and the committed and talented staff that undertook the execution of their respective tasks under trying circumstances during the year.

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01 STATE MINISTRY OF RURAL AND SCHOOL SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT Introduction In the early history of mankind, the priorities of human beings were to protect themselves and their families and find food.

Towards this, they expended great physical strength while their fledgling cerebral capabilities were still largely a work in progress. Fending of threats to life of a family or group, usually a task taken on by the males, created the evolutionary conditions that allowed those most endowed with bodily strengths to survive. However, with the advent of time, those that were actually able to survive were a combination of those who could exercise both mental and physical agility and ability with an underlying condition of either protective aggression or outright belligerence.

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However, as mankind developed mental capacity, there was a need to satisfy genetic aggression without the negatives of bloodletting. This was the seed for sport across the world and is as old as ordered, peaceful civilization itself. Games of various sorts, steeped in cultural specifics arose as a means of creating artificial conflict to reduce the possibilities of actual conflict. In the west, the Olympic Games for example were a formalization of this pseudo-aggression and the sports themselves show strong ties to war and agriculture – the two real life activities that were most frequent in those days.

Although sports have gradually become independent entities in themselves and their cultural binds have become weaker or thinner while their recreational, entertainment and entrepreneurial ties have become stronger or tighter with entire industries growing up around such activities, still, as a common, nonthreatening, integrating, harmonizing instrument, there are few other human efforts that compare well against sports.

Thus, in many ways, sport was a channel, a conduit, a segue to peace but equally importantly, it was a means that enable practitioners towards healthier and more wholesome lifestyles. A healthy nation is capable of lifting itself up by its own bootstraps and creates the best possible environment for a wellbalanced society capable of holding itself firmly over the long term to strong value systems. Factoring in

Sri Lanka, steeped in its deeply spiritual, holistic sensibilities rose above most nations in the way it used sports. Rather than making it a means of struggle between proponents and opponents with a single victor, they reimagined it and created a plethora of sporting activities that aimed to identify community strengths.

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the overarching entrepreneurial and ambassadorial aspects of sport and it is immediately clear how it can boost economies and enhance a country’s reputation through the proliferation of businesses around sport and the performance based excellence of athletes.

Sri Lanka, steeped in its deeply spiritual, holistic sensibilities rose above most nations in the way it used sports. Rather than making it a means of struggle between proponents and opponents with a single victor, they reimagined it and created a plethora of sporting activities that aimed to identify community strengths. Our ancients saw it as a means of knowing whom to rely on for what when the need arose instead of attempting to make it merely “sport for sport sake” where winning was everything and where in many instances humanness was lost in the pursuit of it.

Therefore, for Sri Lankans as a nation, sport serves the dual purpose of communal conviviality and strength identification on the one side and socioeconomic recognition and opportunity on the other.

It was to give credence to both these facets that the subject of sports as a ministerial portfolio was established in 1966 although it was recognized as a sector that required development at the time of independence. The ministry was established at the time as the Peoplized Services and Sports Ministry subsequent governments integrated various other subjects and established sports within the ministerial portfolios. A significant milestone in sports in Sri Lanka was the enactment of the Sports Act of 1973 and through it, the legislative framework required for sports administration was created. While state investment in sports was primarily aimed at achieving internationally victorious individuals and teams until 2020, in that year, for the first time, a separate state ministry was established to focus on the subject of sports infrastructure in order to create the enablers for a disciplined, healthy, productive, prosperous, fair and capable populace through a mechanism that ensured continues engagement of Sri Lankan citizens in sports well into the future. These primary foci of the state ministry is based on, steeped in and driven by the vision for prosperity envisaged in the manifesto of His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of the Democratic, Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

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The macro-task

History has shown us that those sports personas who have done our nation proud over the years have mostly hailed from rural backgrounds.

We have also seen that in many instances they have managed to carry the Sri Lankan Flag despite of and not because of the facilities they had or the assistance they were offered by the government.

Therefore, it became imperative to make sure that rural sport infrastructure was brought to the level of international standards to ensure that successive generations of young athletes had both the best encouragement and the optimal chance to flourish in their respective disciplines. Additionally, it was also perceived that in the world of competitive sports, the high standards necessitated athletes to extend their bodies to the limit – and sometimes beyond – resulting in frequent injuries due to lack of scientific approaches to sport. Therefore, the acquisition, development and usage of a scientific approach to sport is critical in ensuring that optimal performance with minimal physical and mental damage to athletes thereby extending their productive competitive eras. However, infrastructure development and medical facility improvement are not completely sufficient to create the type of disciplined, healthy, productive and energized generation that the state envisaged.

Rather, every effort had to be made to optimize the economic potency of sport based on and driven by a strong sport culture which have both fallen off over the last two decades.

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SPECIAL PRIORITIES

In line with the same gazette mentioned in 1.4 above, the State Ministry will prioritize the following:

01 Formulating a program for the introduction of sports to the youth through youth societies and sports clubs as an extra-curricular activity since school education, thereby preventing the youths being diverted to anti-social activities

02 Implementing a program for a healthy generation of children by attracting school children towards physical education and sports in addition to their education

03 Implementing a program for the provision of proper nutrition and facilities including training by identifying talented school children in sports activities in rural schools throughout the island and upgrading their talents up to the international level

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04 Implementing a special program to produce resource personnel required for the development of sports such as instructors, trainers and Physicians

05 Standardization of sports auditoriums and grounds located throughout the island and developing such facilities appropriately

06 Formulating a program for local and traditional sports promotion

07 Expanding sports education in conformity with international standards

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MACRO FRAMEWORK OF ENGAGEMENT AND OVERARCH STRATEGIC FOCI AND GOALS OF THE MINISTRY

Improvement of rural and school sports infrastructure Create a sports culture and a sports economy

Create an energized, healthy and disciplined generation

Development of sports science and sports education

AGENCIES ESTABLISHED UNDER THE MINISTRY TO HELP ACHIEVE ITS TARGETS

National Institute of Sports Science (NISS)

Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Authority

Institute of Sports Medicine (ISM)

Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency (SLADA)

LAWS AND ORDINANCE TO BE IMPLEMENTED

Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Authority Act, No. 17 of 1999

Convention against Doping in Sports Act, No. 33 of 2013

Vision Building an energized generation

Mission Contributing to the creation of an energized nation through the improvement of rural sports school infrastructure, a comprehensive sports education system and optimized usage of sports science

Objectives | Creating the enabling environment to improve the attitude, knowledge and skills of school going, juvenile and youth sportspersons | Developing discipline, energy, personality and leadership among school children and youth | Creating a healthy generation that can efficiently contribute to the nation’s development | Establishing a self-disciplined, aware and insightful generation | Creating a generation of children and youth who live active, sporting lives who can take Sri Lanka to the world through sport

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OFFICE ASSITANT

DRIVER

MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER

IT ASSISTANT

MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

IT OFFICER

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

TRANSLATER

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER

DEPUTY DIRECTOR / ASSITANT DIRECTOR

DEPUTY DIRECTOR / ASSITANT DIRECTOR

INTERNAL AUDITOR

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR

CHIEF INTERNAL AUDITOR

SENIOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY

DIRECTOR GENERAL (PLANNING)

ADDITIOANAL SECRETARY (DEVELOPMENT)

SECRETARY

Hon. State Minister

ADDITIOANAL SECRETARY (ADMINISTRATION)

Organizational Structure

MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

ACCOUNTANT

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER

TECHNICAL OFFICER

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

ENGINEER

CHIEF ENGINEER

DIRECTOR GENERAL (ENGINEERING)

Duties and responsibilities

According to the special gazette notification Number 2187/ 27 on 09th August 2020,

According to the special gazette notification Number 2187/ 27 on 09th August 2020,

“Assisting in the formulation of policies in relation to the subject of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement for an “Energetic young generation” under the direction and guidance of the Minister of Youth and Sports in conformity with the prescribed Laws, Acts and Ordinances and implementing, projects under the National Budget, State Investment and National Development Program, and implementing, monitoring and evaluating subjects and functions of the below-mentioned Departments, State Corporations and Statutory Organizations.”

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Recurrent expenditure of the ministry up to 31st October 2021

Expenditure Item

Description

Allocation (Rs. Mn)

Expenditure (Rs. Mn)

402-01-02-1001

Salary and other

33.00

30.47

402-01-02-1002

Overtime and leave day payments

8.50

1.78

402-01-02-1003

Other incentives

12.00

11.10

402-01-02-1101

Local travel

0.70

0.32

402-01-02-1102

Overseas travel

2.70

1.33

402-01-02-1201

Stationary and office requisites

4.80

4.01

402-01-02-1202

Fuel

5.20

4.02

402-01-02-1203

Food and uniforms

0.60

0.47

402-01-02-1205

Other

1.43

1.18

402-01-02-1301

Vehicles

6.80

2.84

402-01-02-1302

Equipment and machinery

0.48

0.16

402-01-02-1303

Building and construction

0.60

0.00

402-01-02-1401

Transport services

4.71

2.92

402-01-02-1402

Postal and communications services

2.40

1.78

402-01-02-1403

Water and Electricity

0.97

0.58

402-01-02-1404

Labor and local taxes

37.17

18.17

402-01-02-1408

Charges for operational leasing

5.50

4.07

402-01-02-1409

Other

4.00

3.52

402-01-02-1506

Housing loans and taxes of government officers

0.60

0.20

402-01-02-1703

Implementing the State Language Policy

0.20

0.20

132.36

89.12

Total

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Progress of development projects for the year 2021 up to 31st October 2021

Program/Project allocations Program Name

Allocation (Rs. Mn)

01.

Sports Schools Infrastructure Development Program

213.10

02.

Rural sports grounds development program

500.00

03.

School sport infrastructure development program (Rehabilitation of playgrounds according to established standards)

304.70

04.

Development of public playgrounds according to established standards

762.30

05.

Developing sports infrastructure of unreached or underserved schools identified by the ministry and the “Gama Samaga Pilisandara” program

178.60

06.

Organizing rural and provincial sporting events

00.34

07.

Women’s Day program

08.

Establishing digital data system

09.

Converting the Sri Lanka Sports Science Institute into a university

2.10

10.

Covid immunization and other sports promotions

6.92

11.

Publication of sports magazine

2.00

12.

Development of traditional sports

0.78

13.

School sports infrastructure development program (provision of sports equipment and other tools)

14.

Provision of sports equipment and other tools to rural sports clubs and youth clubs

16.

Allocations for special needs or circumstances of athletes and other

0.50

Total

12.00

60.00

1.00 2,044.44

Requested funds that were not allocated

300.00

Returns (according to Cabinet Decision Number 21/1596/304/134 dated 31st August 2021

655.66 3,000.00

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Capital Expenditure Programs a. Sports Schools Development Program

“Taking school sporting skills to the international arena”

The birth of a skilled athlete is not a random occurrence. Rather it is the outcome of years of guidance, practice, training and improving of fitness levels. This regimen is vital to create athletes who can compete at the international level and must commence when they are still very young. First, those skilled in a particular sport must be identified.

Next they must be provided with the right training, rest, food and most importantly, protection. It was with this goal in mind that in the year 1989, for the

first time, a program was implemented to name 25 schools from across the country as sports schools with one such school established in each of the districts and if the chosen school was single gender, then another school of the opposite gender was also selected from the same district.

Ideally, it is from year eight that a child’s sporting capabilities, skills and commitment are identified for further improvement and therefore, a special

Goal:

Develop the target sports schools with all facilities and equipment

Alignment:

Special Priority 03

Investment:

Rs.210.20 Million

Disbursements:

Rs.19.40 Million

Construction:

Tri-Forces

Labour:

Tri-Forces

Subproject progress: Subprojects:

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Completed:

01

In progress:

14

Procurement stage:

01

Arrangement and Provisions:

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District Secretaries Tri-forces

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Identified problems and Issues: • • • •

Difficulties in obtaining funds from treasury Rise in raw material costs and required adjustments to estimates Arrangements at the level of District Secretary’s Offices being delayed Logistics difficulties arising from the COVID19 pandemic

classroom was created at that grade level for those children who showed special aptitude for sports and in which they could focus on their specific disciplines while also engaging in mainstream academic work.

The ultimate aim of creating such classroom level concentrations of sporting youngsters across the island was to provide them with the best possible opportunities to shine in their sports and indeed, many were the sportspeople that came to the national and international stages through these sports schools. Unfortunately however, with physical and human resource gaps that existed in many of these schools, the number of children who entered into this stream of sporting opportunities gradually decreased.

In order to respond to the dearth of sportspersons

of international standard in the recent years, the present government paid special attention to increase the numbers of children entering sports disciplines early in their school careers. Accordingly, the Ministry of Education designated a further 5 schools as sports schools bringing the total up to 30.

With allocations for 2021, 16 schools were prioritized for development with the support of the Ministry of Education falling under priority 3 of the gazette notification under which the state ministry was established.

Finally, and most importantly, these programs are aimed at the larger social stability of the country since engaging in sport prevents youth from being targeted for belligerent purposes and stops them from engaging various forms of vice.

SCHOOLS DEVELOPED UNDER THE PROJECT 01. Akurumboda MMV, Matale

02. Welimada MMV, Badulla

03. Walala A Ratnayake MMV, Kandy

04. Poramadulla MMV, Nuwara-Eliya

05. Anamaduwa MMV, Chilaw, Puttalam

06. Hanwella Rajasinghe MMV, Colombo

07. Henegama MV, Gampaha

08. Anuradhapura MV

09. Royal College MMV, Polunnaruwa

10. D. S. Senanayake MMV, Ampara

11. St. Joseph’s College, Trincomalee

12. Ratmalana Hindu College, Colombo

13. Sangamitta Girls School, Galle

14. Vijitha College, Dickwella, Matara

15. Murunkan MMV, Mannar

16. Jaffna MMV

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b. Rural Sports Ground development program

“A playground for every village”

While it is granted that sports activities start in schools, their continuation beyond school necessitate the establishment of proper playground facilities at the level of each village. It is no secret that many of our best athletes commenced their careers by training and practicing on village playgrounds and sports fields. Having identified this crucial requirement for the sustainability of sports at the rural level, the ministry took steps to provide

sports grounds with standardized facilities at the rural level for every divisional secretary’s division.

Here, with the approval of the Divisional Coordinating Committee, one such was selected in each division and provision made to establish the requirements for volleyball, netball and other similar sports as well as proper wire mesh fencing, required lighting etc. The ministry established the required arrangements to distribute the allocated funds to the relevant District Secretaries.

Goal:

Establish sports grounds in all DS divisions with standardized facilities

Alignment:

Special Priority 05

Investment:

Rs.500.00 Million

Disbursements:

Rs.166.50 Million

Cost per ground:

Rs.1.50 Million

Selection:

Divisional Coordinating Committee

Arrangements and Construction:

District/Divisional Secretary Local Government Authorities

Subprojects:

336

# of projects with agreements not yet signed:

04

# of projects with agreements signed:

06

# of projects with <25% completed:

10

# of projects with 26% - 50% completed:

15

# of projects with 51% - 75% completed:

25

# of projects with > 76% completed:

46

# projects completed:

230

Arrangement and Provisions:

District/ Divisional Secretaries Local Government Authorities

Identified problems and Issues: • • •

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Problems related to changing and selecting suitable grounds Delays in fund disbursement from the treasury Rise in raw material costs and required adjustments to estimates

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# of projects with disbursements to DS

Completed

Colombo

9

5

Gampaha

13

7

Kalutara

16

9

Kandy

20

16

Nuwara-Eliya

5

5

Matale

11

6

Galle

21

19

Matara

14

8

Hambantota

14

8

Jaffna

15

13

Kilinochchi

4

3

Mulaittivu

6

4

Mannar

5

0

Vavuniya

4

4

Kurunegala

30

23

Puttalum

16

13

Anuradhapura

23

15

Polunnaruwa

8

7

Kegalle

11

11

Ratnapura

18

8

Trincomalee

11

10

Batticaloa

13

10

Ampara

20

12

Badulla

17

8

Monaragala

12

6

336

230

District

Total

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Monaragala

Badulla

Ampara

Batticaloa

Trincomalee

Ratnapura

Kegalle

Polunnaruwa

Anuradhapura

Puttalum

Kurunegala

Vavuniya

Mannar

Mulaittivu

Kilinochchi

Jaffna

Hambantota

Matara

Galle

Matale

Nuwara-Eliya

Kandy

Kalutara

Gampaha

Colombo

0

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c. School sports infrastructure development program

“A standardized ground for every school”

The Ministry identified the fact that while the infrastructure of 30 sports schools was being improved and development it was equally important to make sure that adjacent schools also had sufficient facilities at the level of those schools to facilitate sports activities. Accordingly, in order to produce an energized generation, a foundation was laid at the level of schools with one school sports ground being constructed in each of the educational

zones of the country. The development included standardizing the grounds and turfing them, improvement or alternatively, where facilities did not exist, construction of toilets, bathrooms and other hygiene requisites to the highest possible standards, constructing changing rooms and sports rooms. The development of 95 such schools comes under the Provincial Chief Secretaries for provincial schools and district secretariat for national schools.

Goal:

Establish sports grounds in each educational zone

Alignment:

Special Priority 02

Investment:

Rs.304.70 Million

Cost per ground:

Rs.3.20 Million

Selection:

Co-ordinated with the Ministry of Education

Arrangements and Construction:

Provincial schools: Provincial Education ministry National Schools: District Secretary

Subprojects Progress Subprojects:

95

# of projects with cost already estimated:

33

# of projects with cost yet to be estimated:

29

# of projects with signed agreements:

10

# of projects with <25% completed:

12

# of projects with 26% - 50% completed:

02

# of projects with 51% - 75% completed:

09

Identified problems and Issues: • •

30

Rise in raw material costs and required adjustments to estimates Logistics difficulties arising from the COVID19 pandemic

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d. Development of public playgrounds according to established standards

“A sporting nation is a healthy nation”

Under the priority that identified that sports auditoriums and grounds located throughout the country should be developed and standardized, a program for implementing the priority was commenced in 2021. Developing these to the level where they can be used for sport, establishing common sanitation facilities, turf creation / growing, establishment of sprinkler systems, establishing a multisport grounds as well as other facilities related to optimizing the capacity and sport facility of each of the grounds such as establishing changing rooms, sustaining the facilities well by preventing erosion were all taken into consideration when developing the program.

The Chief Secretary of each of the provinces and the district secretaries were provided with the required financial disbursements and the subprojects earmarked under the program were implemented with the support of the provincial councils. 155 playgrounds were identified as priorities from among all of those that existed across the country in each of the provinces. It is envisaged that with the development of these common playgrounds, the general public will be increasingly encouraged to take up various sports and thereby put themselves on a path to becoming healthier and more productive, ultimately ensuring that they are capable of optimally contributing the welfare and overall development of the country.

Goal:

Improve common playgrounds across the country

Alignment:

Special Priority 05

Investment:

Rs.762.30 Million

Cost per ground:

Rs.5.00 Million

Selection:

District/Divisional Coordinating committee Chief Secretary of each province: PCs

Arrangements and Construction:

District Secretaries

Subprojec Progress Subprojects:

155

# of projects with cost already estimated:

77

# of projects with cost yet to be estimated:

26

# of projects with signed agreements:

24

# of projects with <25% completed:

17

# of projects with 26% - 50% completed:

06

# of projects with 51% - 75% completed:

03

# of projects with > 76% completed:

01

# of projects completed:

01

Identified problems and Issues • •

Problems related to changing and selecting suitable grounds Rise in raw material costs and required adjustments to estimates

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e. Contribution to ''Gama Samaga Pilisandara" program

“No one left behind taken to heart and executed on the ground”

Developing sports infrastructure of unreached or underserved schools

Additionally, recommendations for development of sports infrastructure facilities forwarded through the “Social Infrastructure Development Committee” under the rural economy development national program directed and guided by the Presidential Task Force and all cabinet and state ministries were also considered within this project’s programming envelop. Those recommendations coming through the Gama Samaga Pilisandara program were implemented with labor provided by the Sri Lanka Army while the others were implemented under those District Secretary’s under whose purview they came.

The desire and the commitment of His Excellency The President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was to reach out directly to the people regardless of how distant they lived, how hard it was for them to access state machinery and how difficult their lives were through the popular and impactful “Gama Samaga Pilisandara” program.

This program was designed to respond to the various requests and recommendations made by each of the villages directly to the President with respect to sports infrastructure.

Goal:

Improvement of sports infrastructure of underserved communities at the school level

Alignment:

National Priorities of HE the President

Investment:

Rs.87.75 Million

Disbursements:

Rs.14.17 Million

Selection:

Gama Samaga Pilisandara Program

Arrangements and Construction:

Sri Lanka Army District Secretaries

Subproject progress Total number of projects:

42

Projects at Procurement level:

02

Projects under implementation:

13

Completed projects:

27

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f. Development of traditional sports

“Playing to identify community strengths, not playing to win”

Sri Lanka’s rich traditional sports culture inculcates such high quality human values as cooperation, diversity, fairness, grace, common celebration of the achievement of opponents and is one of the best channels for those values among a nation’s citizens.

While it creates and develops cultural diversity, it also established communal identity, awareness and patience. Additionally, with the deep sense of humanness inculcated by these sports, encouraging our youth to engage in them prevents them from engaging in antisocial activities. Therefore, preserving, developing and promoting these sports that have fallen into abeyance due to globalization, invasion, colonization and social change is therefore a mandatory cultural investment.

Developing our traditional sports is one of the key tasks that have fallen to the ministry and therefore it implements various programs to conserve and promote them including such local martial arts as Angam Pora. The government has decided to remove the ban on that martial art that was set in place by the invading British colonists. Two angam Pora development programs were conducted in 2021 while it is anticipated that these programs will be further extended to improve promotion through a strategy that links the tourist industry to the development of the art in 2022.

Goal:

Preserve and promote traditional sports

Alignment:

Special Priority 06

Investment:

Rs.0.78 Million

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g. Provision of sporting requisites

“An equipped sportsperson is an empowered athlete”

Under the policy to create an active populace through the establishment of a sporting citizenry, it is imperative that sport equipment is provided along with the development the physical infrastructure.

A program was therefore implemented in 2021 by the Ministry to provide sports clubs, athletes and

those among youth groups who engage in sports with their sport goods and equipment requirements.

The distribution of these requisites is being done through the District Secretary’s Divisions and zonal educational offices.

Goal:

Improve the capabilities of athletes and sport groups to compete by equipping them with required sporting goods.

Alignment:

Special Priority 01

Investment:

Rs. 60.00 Million

Selection and distribution:

Sports Clubs and Youth Clubs: District Secretary Schools: Education Ministry, Provincial Education Ministries, Zonal Offices Equipment pools: District Secretary, Sports Development Department Sports Schools: Education Ministry, Provincial Education Ministries, Sports Schools

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h. Outreach for sport education and awareness

“Addressing the gap in sport awareness, knowledge and use”

In almost all subject sectors, those who are engaged in the various aspects of those subjects have access to wellsprings of clear, defined and expert knowledge and stimulation discourse that constantly updates and upgrades their awareness and skillsets while encouraging others to join those sectoral fraternities. Tragically, that is not so with

among the general public on this sector and its activities was envisaged by the ministry to go a long way in opening up avenues for the public to either get involved in the sports culture of the nation if not encourage them into active participation in the various disciplines. Accordingly, the publication of a quarterly sport magazine was considered to be

sport where the social discourse has well-nigh disappeared to the detriment of sportspersons, officials and most importantly the general public.

Restarting a constructive, quality social discourse

a timely response to the situation to be provided to sport schools, sport teachers, instructors and coaches, officials and other parties interested or invested in the sector.

Goal:

Improving sports education and awareness

Alignment:

Special Priority 07

Investment:

Rs.2.00 Million

Mechanism:

Sports Magazine

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i. Establishing a digital data platform

“Policy and planning must necessarily be evidence based for impact and success”

Sri Lanka has had the perennial problem of lacking a “data culture” creating massive gaps in crucial facts that have forced policymakers and plan implementers to make ad-hoc decisions with questionable rates of success. The situation is no different with the sport sector with serious gaps in required information and data creating significant problems to those tasked with creating policy, planning strategy, designing projects and executing programs. Therefore it has become imperative to establish a digital system that allows for constant data upstreaming, collating, correlating and analyzing to provide the best possible foundation for decision making. With most such

data tied into geographical points across the island, geospatial mapping was identified by the ministry as the foundation for the establishment of a digital data system where such mapping was subsequently tied to data being captured at those points island wide. The envisaged system will capture data and information on physical sport infrastructure, human resources, all discipline related data, athlete performance, growth and development among other subsystems all tied together upon a Global Information System (GIS) platform. Training will also be provided to sport officials across the island to enable constant updating of the data stream.

Goal:

Establish the digital platform for evidence based policy and planning

Alignment:

National priority for digital transformation

Investment:

Rs.12.00 Million

Platform:

GIS based data collation and analysis

System training:

Sport Officials island wide

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j. COVID19 Response

“Defeating the deadly threat through vaccination”

COVID19 is the single greatest threat that has existed to civilization in living memory. Its impact has seen it impact 219 countries and territories, affected over 500 million people, killed over 6 million people and debilitated over 170 million people for life. In that sense, it has damaged world society nearly three times more than World War II. The pandemic caused massive damage to the world economy and slowed down economic development programs in such countries as Sri Lanka. The knockon effects created significant obstacles to both this ministry as well as its line agencies. Approximately one third of the staff working within ministerial umbrella contracted the virus at various times resulting in staff attendance having to be curtailed as a result of the quarantine measures that had to be undertaken.

Further, preventing the many sportspersons and officials in the sector from becoming sick with the disease was a massive challenge but the integrated approach from the ministry and the agencies under it enabled a successful response.

Steps were taken to mobilize medical and other staffers of the National Institute of Sports Science as well as ambulances to establish a quarantine center.

The required built facilities for the purpose utilized the Sports Hotel and hostel of the Department of Sports Development and the Sugathadasa Sports Complex Authority thereby saving the lives of covid19 positive officials and sportspersons. The effort not only reduced the pressure on the health system of the country but

could also be held up as an exemplary response from state institutions to mitigate the negative effects of a disastrous situation as part of their national duty. The efforts of all officials who were involved in the work is highly laudable.

Additionally, in order to country the reluctance of the younger generation to vaccinate themselves against the virus, a promotional campaign created by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Information and the President’s Office with the advice of the subject ministers and funds from this ministry. The campaign was promoted via Rupavahini.

In parallel, 879 individuals including all national athletes and some school level sportspersons were vaccinated against covid19 by the Institute of Sports Medicine.

National duties highlighted during these times included conducting awareness workshops on COVID19, creating safety guidelines and guidelines for participation in national and international sporting events. As a result of these efforts, the LPL was the first international sporting event conducted in South Asia during the height of the pandemic that adhered to internationally accepted Covid19 guidelines.

The successful response mechanism that was established through an integrated approach by the ministry and its line agencies to mitigate the covid19 challenge is even now being used by the Institute of Sports Medicine as a preventive and risk reduction system.

Goal:

Supporting the government’s covid19 response and recovery effort

Alignment:

National Covid19 response strategy

Investment:

Rs.6.9 Million

Disbursements:

Rs.6.9 Million

Action:

Conducting RAT and PCR tests Vaccination of sportspersons and supporting related media campaign

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k. Upgrading sports education to university level

“Providing the best possible opportunities to our athletes for their postcompetitive phase of life”

One of the premises of His Excellency President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the establishment of an international standard Sport University. One of the chief problems facing both athletes as well as those engaged in various vocational aspects in the sector is the lack of a higher education institute. Since all local universities base their selections almost exclusively on academic credentials and abilities the opportunity to entre one of those is, to all intents and purposes closed to the sporting fraternity. As a

solution to this problem, the aim of the ministry is to establish a university where the intake will be based on athletic ability and through which sportspersons could obtain both a comprehensive vocational education as well as other higher educational qualifications. A committee comprising of experts in the sport sector as well as university academics are in the process of formulating the initial framework for this.

Goal:

Create the enabling environment for sportspersons to obtain higher education related academic qualifications.

Alignment:

National policy manifesto

Investment:

Rs,2.00 Million

Progress:

Formulation of structural framework in progress

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l. Rural sports events

“Stimulating rural sport events”

Although arrangements had been made to promote rural sporting events and enable young men and women to participate in marathon

and bicycle races, only two such events were held due to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.

Goal:

Stimulate engagement of rural youth in sport

Alignment:

Special Priority 01

Investment:

Rs.0.34 Million

Disbursements:

Rs. 0.34 Million

Events held:

2

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Development plans and projects for the year 2022

Despite the ministry having been established to develop sport infrastructure at the end of the year 2020, there were no fund allocations to it for the fourth quarter of 2020. However, the budget for 2021 allocated a sum of RS. 3,000.00 million to the ministry and the above mentioned programs and projects were implemented by utilizing those funds.

The main objective of the ministry was to focus its attention on the seven special priorities denoted in the Special Gazette Notification 2187/27 and to design and implement programs and projects in line with them. Despite the ministry having been established to develop sport infrastructure at the end of the year 2020, there were no fund allocations to it for the fourth quarter of 2020. However, the budget for 2021 allocated a sum of RS. 3,000.00 million to the ministry and the above mentioned programs and projects were implemented by utilizing those funds. It is with regret that it is noted that the spread of the pandemic seriously curtailed some of the planned projects and presented significant challenges to others resulting in the inability of the ministry to mean some of its anticipated yearly targets despite yeoman efforts on the part of all involved in the sector from the ministry right down to the grassroots level.

It should be noted however, that the ministry’s performance was quite substantial despite the

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year being one of the worst in history not only for the country but for the world as well with progress being made on all of the projects and a strong foundation laid for future activities.

Therefore it is with renewed hope and anticipation that the entire ministry is gearing itself to move forward with speed, commitment and efficiency into 2022 with focus on completing tasks that could not be completed during the preceding year. The completion of core tasks related to school and public sport grounds as part of its effort to establish an active and energetic generation will take precedence during the year to come.

The ministry has also identified the importance of obtaining clarity vis-à-vis sport in Sri Lanka and towards this, it will conduct a comprehensive, evidence based, research oriented assessment of the most critical areas of the sector and to conduct a national symposium based on the findings.

In order to bring sport education to international levels, the ministry has already conducted the initial dialogue aimed at upgrading the National Sport Science Institute where educational programs are being currently conducted into a full-fledged national sport university.

Additionally, it is planned to conduct the full promotional and outreach campaign that was planned for 2021 but put on hold due to the pandemic in the year 2022. This campaign will prioritize key messaging that will encourage the general public to take up sport and to make use of the island wide development of public sport facilities. Towards this, the campaign will be created as a 360 degree effort with Above the Line (ATL) and Below the Line (BTL) elements that target both athletes as well as the general public.

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02 Institutions under the State Ministry of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement The State Ministry oversees the operations of four institutes, namely, the Institute of Sports Medicine (ISM), the National Institute of Sports Science (NISS), the Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency (SLADA) and the Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Authority which together help it to carry out its responsibilities to sportspersons and the general public in the sport sector of Sri Lanka. The first three are the premier science based institutes in the sector while the last has the task of managing and optimizing the use of Sri Lanka’s biggest and best sport stadium and related infrastructure.

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Institute of Sports Medicine Introduction This institute is the only sports medical institute established in Sri Lanka for the maintenance and improvement of physical and medical well-being of athletes, while treating and rehabilitation of illness and injuries. This institute is responsible give services to enhance high performance of athletes with sports science approach including athlete nutrition. Having being established as a sports medical unit, under Ministry of Public Services in 1965, it was upgraded to Institute of Sports Medicine under Ministry of Sport in 2006.

Its primary responsibility is to give all the sports medicine services to talented athletes identified from school level to improve their energetic physical and mental health and excel in international level.

Human performance lab has already being established to measure physical fitness of

Dr. Lal Ekanayaka Director General

athletes and addition of biomechanics equipment, institute will be able to give comprehensive services on par with intermediate to improve level performance of athletes enabling them performance in international level.

This institute conducts its activities through its out-patient department, emergency treatment unit, mental health advisory unit, rehabilitation unit, laboratory, nutrition unit human performance laboratory, pharmaceutical unit and radiology unit.

Additionally the institute conducts awareness and provides advisory services to athletes and sports practitioners across the island.

This institute first aid and emergency services are the number one service in Sri Lanka for sports events.

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VISION To be the centre of excellence for sports and exercise medicine in Asia.

MISSION Promote and provide resources for the excellence of sport and exercise of high performance and recreational athletes along with athlete support personal, through preventive, curative, rehabilitative, educational and consultative services.

RESPONSIBILITIES •

Sport injury prevention and management

•

Refer athletes to specialized clinic in the institute as well as outside the institute

•

Physical and Medical fitness assessment

•

Giving sports medical and first aid facilities

•

Education to prevent injuries and performance enhancing

•

Doing nutritional assessment and giving appropriate advices and guidance

•

Giving sports psychological advices and councelling

•

Giving advices and services to recreational athletes

•

Conducting research on the field of sports medicine with the help of university academics and institutes

OBJECTIVES •

Elevating all the Sri Lankan sportsmen and sports women to the top level in Asia in terms of sports by promoting their health and physical fitness.

•

Identifying the talents of players and promoting their inborn skills with the help of modern technology.

•

Conducting pre-participatory medical test to identify their problems and addressing them.

•

Measuring physical fitness of sportsmen and sportswomen conducting physical fitness tests and issuing nutritional advises.

•

Enhancing mental health levels of athletes at best them to engage in sport.

•

Maintain the nutritional level of athlete at best to enhance performance

•

Educate all athletes, coaches, parents and sports related officers as to preventing of sports injuries and importance of maintaining sound nutritional and psychological status and awareness on anti-doping substances by conducting awareness program all over the Island and providing them with health education.

•

Implementation of awareness program to educate coaches and medical assistant about the first-aid in sports.

•

Providing first-aid and medical cover for national and international tournaments.

•

Carrying out researches in relation to the field of sports with local and international researchers to step-up sports.

By giving expert knowledge and advices to both competitive and recreational athletes to make healthy and energetic training.

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The institute takes a positive stance in responding to the pandemic

Tasks carried out by the institute in the year 2021

Due to the prevalent pandemic, there was a reduction in the number of sporting and training events and this resulted in a reciprocal reduction in the volume of services that the institute is called upon to provide under normal circumstances. However it was able to contribute to responding to the crisis itself through its medical expertise by providing services to athletes and officials who tested positive for the virus to improve their physical and mental health status at special covid response centers that were established by the institute for the purpose. Services were provided to 37 individuals at a quarantine center established at the sports dormitory by the Sports Development Department. They also intervened to vaccinate 874 individuals while also performing 646 rapid antigen tests. The institute also prepared guidelines for athletes to conduct training programs

•

The OPD has provided medical services for normal athletes and officials who are outside the national level and have provided services medicine to 1251 individuals

•

The institute has also linked with the National Hospital, the Jayawardhanapura Teaching Hospital and the Medical Research Institute to optimally respond to sports injuries

•

Due to the coronavirus situation, the normal medical clinics of the institute were not held within the institute itself. However, in response to the requirements of national level athletes, 25 such clinics were held

•

The Emergency Treatment Unit provides a

during the pandemic with minimal exposure to the virus.

crucial service both within the institute as well as in external medical response in the event of sports injuries. The unit conducted 650 such emergency responses during the year •

The institute continues to provide sport psychological services to those athletes who have been identified as being in need of them

•

The Rehabilitation Center takes on athletes who have injured themselves in training, practice and competition and makes sure that the right treatment is provided for speedy recovery and reentry into their disciplines and it uses a number of high tech instruments to do so. The rehabilitation takes place in two stages. In the first stage, physiological surgery is used and in the second, physiotherapy is applied. During the year, 711 athletes were treated with 1495 surgical procedures and 1137 therapeutic interventions.

•

The Nutrition Unit provides advice to athletes to maintain their nutritional levels and optimize their physical strength in line with their specific disciplines. Towards this, the unit maintains scientific nutritional charts that provide data on daily diets as well as consumption patterns, advices athletes on changes to diet, supplements

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and conducts lectures for them. Given the

•

The Biomechanical Unit studies athlete posture and conducts Vo2 MAX tests. A laboratory for testing posture and optimizing performance by improving it is slated to be established. The Vo2 MAX tests the maximal oxygen consumption and this refers to the maximum amount of oxygen that an individual can utilize during intense or maximal exercise. 20 such tests have been conducted to date.

•

The laboratory tests blood, urine etc. athletes.

However, there is a expertise gap at present and although aptitude tests have been completed, recruitment has been curtailed due to the prevalent situation.

•

The X-Ray Unit will test athletes using x-rays and at present, the establishment of this unit is in its final stages

prevalent pandemic, 22 such lectures were held and 4 nutritional charts were issued. 3 leaflets on nutrition were also readied for publication.

Additionally, it has created the monthly dietary calendar for the sports dormitory. Furthermore, 24 lectures were conduct via ZOOM while the unit has prepared itself to conduct a nutrition related research exercise as well.

•

The institute also assesses the physical condition of athletes and provides information on their preparedness for competition. To date, performance assessments have been conducted on 286 athletes on 19 teams.

•

The provision of pharmaceutical services is also an important component of the tasks of the institute and it provides required medicines to the OPD, ETU as well as for external medical coverage

In addition to the above tasks, the institute also conducts pre-participatory tests on those athletes who are plan to participate in the National Games and so far, the institute has conducted 330 such tests.

The institute provides medical services to all athletes from the school level to the international level and there has been improvement of the daily medical coverage for athletes at the Torrington Square sports grounds. To date, the institute has provided medical coverage for 39 sport events leveraging the expertise of all of the aforementioned units to optimize services to athletes. Additionally, with the establishment of the Human Performance Laboratory, clinical biomechanical examination services have also commenced.

Further, local athletes have to compete with those from other nations who have the advantage of using leading edge sports science, sports medical science, technology and equipment and gaps in those services to local athletes have put then at a disadvantage. The same problem exists with the lack of facilities and awareness to prevent sports injuries and the infrastructure to rapidly rehabilitate and return to sport. However, with the establishment of a fully equipped human performance lab, most of these problems can be eradicated.

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Recurrent expenditure of the Institute up to 31st October 2021 Expenditure Item

Description

1001

Salary and other

1002

Allocation (Rs. Mn)

Expenditure (Rs. Mn)

33.00

19.11

Overtime and leave day payments

4/07

3.01

1003

Other incentives

13.00

3.01

1101

Local travel

0.44

0.28

1102

Overseas travel

1.00

0.37

1201

Stationary and office requisites

0.29

0.33

1202

Fuel

1.25

1.13

1203

Food and uniforms

0.21

0.13

1205

Other

10.00

6.16

1301

Maintenance, Vehicles

3.00

0.33

1302

Maintenance, Equipment and machinery

9.00

0.33

1303

Maintenance, Building and construction

1.00

0.00

1401

Transport services

0.15

0.15

1402

Postal and communications services

0.62

0.55

1403

Water and Electricity

2.35

0.00

1404

Labor and local taxes

3.60

0.00

1409

Other

6.50

4.99

Total

89.48

47.25

Progress of development projects for the year 2021 up to 31st October 2021 Capital expenditure Allocation (Rs. Mn)

Program / Project

Financial progress (Rs. Mn)

Physical progress (%)

2001: Buildings and Construction

2.00

0.43

70

2002: Equipment and Machinery

3.88

1.38

100

2003: Vehicles

0.70

0.54

Nos-01

2102: Household items and office equipment

0.17

0.07

100

2103: Equipment and Machinery

5.00

0.76

100

2401: Staff Training

3.27

1.12

Nos-28

2506: Infrastructure Development

96.00

5.99

75

2507: Research and Development

4.00

0.00

60

10.00

-

65

2103: Equipment and Machinery

10.00

10.00

100

2104: Buildings and Construction

10.00

-

45

145.02

20.29

2509: Other Establishment of the Human Performance Laboratory

Total

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Major development programs / projects a.

Establishing the Human Performance Laboratory

The facility is established to bring the quality of our athletes to internationally competitive levels through the utilization of leading edge technology and expertise to optimize their performance, reduce injuries, and increase the speed of rehabilitation and the transmission of research information to athletes, trainers and coaches. The anticipation is that in the coming years, this added facet of knowledge and evidence based athlete regimen control will create international winners.

The supply of required equipment and machinery for the facility will be procured in two stages. The equipment required for the rehabilitation unit have already been procured in the year 2021 with an expenditure of RS. 15.99 million.

b.

Improving the mental health of athletes

A program to identify mental health issues among athletes and provide them with assistance in dealing with them is in progress.

d.

e.

Expanding qualifications among staff in collateral or supportive vocations

Establishing communications system

The necessary infrastructure was established to improve the overall inhouse communications systems with the installation of a Local Area Network, Public Address System, CCTV/IP Surveillance system, Server and Firewall.

f.

Establishing the X-ray unit

Plans are in place to prepare the allocated spaces and to purchase additional equipment and requisites to complete the x-ray unit.

Development goals for the year 2022 •

Establishment of the Human Performance Laboratory and providing those facilities as well as utilizing the equipment and machinery of the physical surgery, rehabilitation and biomechanics for the benefit of all Sri Lankan athletes

•

Further utilize modern technology for the improvement of the sport sector by knowledge exchange and human resource development

•

Expand sport medicine services to the whole country through the establishment of a sports medicine unit within provincial and district sports complexes.

•

Utilize local and overseas human resources and methods to improve the mental health of athletes

•

Conduct research to identify nutrition related problems among athletes and provide the necessary guidance based on the findings

Improving performance and nutrition levels of athlete

The expertise required to identify the nutritional requirement to ensure high performance levels was commenced with the establishment of a committee comprising of university academics and they will start measuring the nutrition levels of athletes who already show high performance levels utilizing undergraduates. Additionally, the institute is in the process of providing a nutritional pack to high performance athletes.

c.

demographic by providing training appropriate to their specific vocations and guidance in obtained qualifications related to them along with a posttreatment performance monitoring and evaluation mechanism.

A program is underway to improve the knowledge levels and qualifications of the above mentioned

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•

In order to position the institute as a profit making body, create a system for the selfregistration of service providers and thereby improve both the quality of overall services as well as transparency

•

Create the necessary curricula and commence

and improve worker knowledge, provide them with the necessary vocational certification and identification through the establishment of a legal regulatory entity. It is anticipated that through such an oversight mechanism, workers would have recognizable vocational certification that can enable them to obtain jobs both locally and internationally.

workshops and training sessions to provide first aid and emergency response techniques to all staff through the establishment of memoranda

Increase the quality of nutrition to enable athletes to perform better

of understanding with the relevant trade unions •

Create a voluntary service within the institute to improve services related to doctoring, nursing, surgical, physiological and nutritional responses

Development plans and projects for the year 2022 Pilot project on long-term development of athletes A pilot project is planned in five districts encompassing five sports where the knowledge of talented athletes and their coaches will be improved and their health, nutrition, skill and problems are constantly and continuously monitored and appropriate responses provided and, based on the experiences and lessons of that pilot, initiate the necessary checks and balances before expanding it to the entire country. The aim of the exercise is to

Provide schools and all tiers of athletes with awareness of healthy nutritional and dietary habits to create an energized, trustable clean generation of athletes capable of adhering to superior codes of conduct while generating maximum results from their specific talents and skills.

Conduct research into sport and exercise sciences Through these planned multidisciplinary research exercises that will use experts from academic and sports sectors, it is envisaged that mechanisms will be found to improve the performance of all tiers of athletes and to encourage innovators to make use of the science to create testing and performance improving technological tools.

Training of Trainers program

in the international arena.

Create the enabling environment to allow trainers to update their knowledge and to further upgrade it to encompass technological knowhow. The program envisages that they will be able shown ways to use low cost training equipment that can still vastly improve athlete performance.

Establish a regulatory body for workers in exercise

Establish a sports science and development unit

focus maximum attention on all aspects of athlete lives across extended periods of time in order to constantly adjust their regimens towards optimizing their performances to the level of medal contenders

centers in the sport and exercise sector At present there is no clear standard or code of conduct for those working in such centers. The plan is to establish nationally and internationally recognized guidelines, standardize centers, update

Utilizing some of the spaces in the premises of the Human Performance Laboratory building, establish the research and development unit to further improve local evidence based methods of optimizing performance.

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National Institute of Sports Science Mr. Sajith Jayalal Director

•

A Sports University of international standard will be established.

•

This University will have affiliated Sports University Colleges established in each of the nine provinces.

•

Students who have sat the GCE Ordinary or Advanced Level and have excelled in sports at district and provincial levels will be enrolled for diploma programmes.

who pass the GCE Advanced Level and excel at the national or international level will be enlisted by the Sports University for degree programmes.

•

Each provincial Sports University College will have an international level stadium which could be used by all sportsmen and sportswomen in the province.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa - Vistas of Prosperity,

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Such diploma holders as well as those

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Introduction

sports law and renamed as the National Institute

The National Institute of Sports Science (NISS) is the premier institute of sports education in Sri Lanka. This institute is established for providing the required training for sports coaches and physical training instructors. Its tasks are multifarious and the responsibilities range from providing scientific training, nutritional advises and psychological strength to optimize the performance of sports personnel by ensuring that their physical wellbeing is managed to continuously improve their skills in their respective sport disciplines.

as a separate institute under the Ministry of Sports

of Sports Science. The NISS has been functioning

It was established under the provisions of the sports law No. 25, 1973 and named “Sports School” with its inauguration in 1978 under the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Sports. The Institute was attached to the Department of Sports Development in 1992. It was reorganized in 1996 under the provisions of an Act of Parliament, which amended the original

since 1st of January 2006. Sports trainers from many state organizations such as the Ministry of Sports, the Provincial Ministries of Sports, the Ministry of Education, the National Youth Services Council, the Armed forces, the Department of Police etc. receive their sports education from this institute. The major academic activities of the institute include Diploma in Sports Science (One Year), Advanced Diploma in Coaching for sports coaches (one year), Certificate course in Sport Management and short term courses in sport coaching. Apart from that, the institute conducts physical fitness programs, workshops, conferences and lectures based on demands and requirements of the sports field. The NISS will be upgraded to a fully-fledged Degree awarding institute in collaboration with a local or foreign university in the future

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VISION To be the best center of sports education in Sri Lanka MISSION To contribute to Sports Policies and support the development of sports in Sri Lanka by providing sports education and conducting researches in order to promote skills, talents and knowledge for sports sector personnel.

RESPONSIBILITIES •

Providing high level theoretical and practical sports education.

•

Conducting efficiency bar examinations required for sports officers and coaches.

•

Providing a professional level registered training license to sports coaches.

•

Preparing students for NVQ Level 4, 5 and 6 Certificate required for employment in the field of sports in Local and Foreign countries.

•

Providing sports nutrition and psychological counselling.

•

Conducting fitness programs and counseling needed to improve a person’s physical health.

•

Updating the knowledge of the coaches.

•

Acting as a sports information centre.

OBJECTIVES

•

Identify current trends in sports and create programs for dissemination of sports knowledge and awareness to all national sports sector stakeholders

•

Conduct research work relevant to sports sector development

TASKS SERVICES

TARGET DEMOGRAPHICS

Conduct educational programs (NVQ 4,5,6) in line with the mandates of the Sports Act as well as other education programs on sport management, sports injury management etc.

Trainers and coaches, sports officials, physical training teachers of the Ministry of Education, physical training instructors of the armed forces, athletes and sports journalists

Act as a sport information centre

All stakeholders in the sport sector

Provide sport infrastructure

All institutes associated with the sport sector

Conduct physical fitness programs

All state officials and the general public who wish to obtain knowledge of physical wellbeing

Conduct physical efficiency bar examinations for sport officials

Trainers and sport officials

Improve the knowledge of trainers and provide them with registered training licenses

All national sports organizations and their trainers

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Recurrent costs Expenditure Item

Allocation (RS. Mn)

Expenditure (RS. Mn)

402-02-03

35.24

25.31

Progress of development projects for the year 2021 up to 31st October 2021 Capital expenditure

Allocation (Rs. Mn)

Financial progress (Rs. Mn)

Physical progress (%)

Sports Reengineering Project

27.71

18.85

70

Human Resource Development

4.00

2.01

60

Household items and office equipment

1.65

0.16

25

Equipment and Machinery

4.00

1.94

90

1.10

0.02

40

38.46

22.98

60

Program / Project

Capital Asset replacement and improvement Total

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Sports courses and training programs for the year 2021 by the NISS Course/ Training program

Target Group

Number of participants

New trainers recruited by the Ministry of Education Central Province: Digana: 150 participants “Sports Diploma” under the provincial Sports Science Institutes for new sports trainers recruited by the Ministry of Education conducted via ZOOM

Uva Province: Girandurukotte:150 participants Southern Province: Baddegama:150 participants

900 (ongoing)

Western Province: Maharagama:150 participants National Institute Sports Science: 300 participants (Sinhala and Tamil Stream groups: 150x2) Advanced course for sports coaches (Athletics) NVQ6

Sports Officials, Coaches

24 (Completed)

Sports Diploma NVQ5

District level sportspersons, sports officials, coaches and trainers, school physical training teachers, physical training instructors of the armed forces

57 (Ongoing)

Physical fitness Instructor training program NVQ4 conducted via ZOOM

Physical fitness instructors, exercise teachers, volunteer instructors

167 (Ongoing)

Trainer skills development (Lifesaving)

Lifesaving trainers

92 (Completed)

knowledge update program

Karate, boxing, swimming, weight lifting, hockey and Kabaddi trainers

146 (Completed)

Continuous education certification course for school children over their 13 year school career

School children anticipating 13 years of continuous sports

58 (Ongoing)

Sports Science Certification Course (Athletics)

Athletics coaches

30 (Ongoing)

Sports Science Certification Course (Boxing)

Boxing coaches

47 (Completed)

Sports Science Certification Course (Taekwondo)

Taekwondo coaches

33 (Completed)

District training program conducted by the Uva Province Sports Science Institute

Sports coaches, sports officials

40 (Completed)

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Sports courses and training programs for the year 2021 by the NISS

global health crisis to bring us down and our mindset as an institution working in sport is to never ever consider defeat and even when we find ourselves at

The income relates to course fees, participant registration fees, hostel fees and credited to the National Treasury

Month

Income (RS.)

January

266,878.00

February

678,755.00

March

a loss, to never concede defeat. With such a mindset we worked tirelessly and committedly to cover as many of our stated 2021 goals as well could.

Additionally, we held firm to our desire to create the first sport university in Sri Lanka, commencing the initial round of talks in 2021 despite various setbacks.

Our aim was to make sure that we made good on the

1,139,500.00

promise of His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the

April

269,000.00

nation in his manifesto and we believe that we can

May

423,000.00

make this university a reality in the very near future.

June July August

7,000.00 1,750,000.00 67,000.00

September

1,189,000.00

Total

5,790,153.00

Development goals for 2021 •

Converting the National Institute of Sports Science into a degree awarding university

•

Providing the required scientific coaching under the ministry’s directives for those disciplines

Challenges and Achievements in

where Sri Lanka has a chance of medaling in

2021

the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games, the 2023 South Asian Games to be held in Sri Lanka and the 2024 Olympic Games

None contest the fact that COVID19 caused severe hardships for the sports sector across the world and

•

Sri Lanka was no different. However, we took this as

Registering all coaches in all sports disciplines registered under the Sports Act

an opportunity to prove to ourselves and the nation that our knowledge dissemination goals for the

•

provinces

year were held steady and on course despite near impossible practical socioeconomic conditions.

Reverting to online education when no other option

•

Conducting

one

comprehensive

research

exercise per year on the sport sector

was available, we have completed many of our planned education and training programs despite

Establishing Sports Science Institutes in other

•

Conducting island wide training programs

sport being and intensely “hands-on” sector. While

to cover all districts of the country targeting

there certainly was a comparative slowing down of

volunteer

the effort for obvious reasons we did not allow the

instructors.

sport

coaches,

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Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency Introduction Clean Sport is a norm these days you hear from all over the world. Even in Sri Lanka we concentrate more on fair competition. In a fair competition all competitors have a chance of winning, but there may be users of Performance Enhancing Drugs to gain advantage over clean athletes. Hence ,it’s a crime in sports ,if we allow it to happen. And it also be unfair for the others and it is also unethical and unacceptable. To overcome this this situation the World Anti-Doping Agency(WADA) was formed in 1999,based on health of athlete and to have a clean sport environment. Sri Lanka AntiDoping Agency was established in year 2013,in terms of the Convention Against Doping in Sports Act No 33 of 2013. Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency is a stake holder of WADA and also have ratified under the UNESCO Convention Doping in Sports. Health is a vital issue of an athlete,

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Prof. Arjuna De Silva Chairman

Dr. Seevali Jayawickrame Director General

to perform well in sports for a period of time.

Sometimes, these athletes get provoked by their Coaches, Medical Personnel, Peers, Trainers, Administrators and even parents if the athlete is a minor, to use these performance enhancing drugs and supplements to enhance their performance within a short duration. To overcome this and maintain zero tolerance of infractions, Sri Lanka has kept itself comparatively clean in this aspect internationally after the establishment of Sri Lanka Anti-Doping Agency, due to constant awareness programs and dope control testing before taking part in major events. Hence, none of the Sri Lankan athletes have been found positive for prohibited substances. Therefore, this enables Sri Lanka to maintain the dignity before the international community.

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VISION • • •

The Protection of Clean Sport.

We uphold the right to preserve the value and integrity of athletes through competition. Through the principles of sports we expect fair play, respect for one’s competitors and the fundamental rights of a sportsman.

With this we protect the rights of all athletes to compete healthily snd clean so their victories are a truly heroic celebration.

MISSION To Protect the health of athletes and the integrity of Sri Lankan sport through engagement, prevention, detection and enforcement activities aimed at minimizing the risk of doping OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES AND RISKS •

Enhance engagement with sports to build anti-doping capability

•

Strengthen relationships between law enforcement and other agencies

•

Expand intelligence and investigative functions

•

Identify the increasing sophistication of doping and obtain required funding to meet operational requirements

OBJECTIVES •

To take such measures as are required for eradicating Doping in Sports

•

To promote research into the area of Doping in relation to sports and reciprocal testing between the Agency and other International Organizations carrying out similar functions

SERVICES •

Conducting Doping Control Testing of International, National and School Level Players.

•

Taking Disciplinary Actions against the Players who have been found positive for Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods.

•

Enlightening the Players, Trainers, Coaches, School Children and Parents on the usage and ill effects of Prohibited Substances and Prohibited Methods.

•

Conducting Island wide Seminars and Awareness Programmes on the importance of Anti-doping, ill effects and Doping Control Testing so as to improve their knowledge on it using UNESCO funds.

•

Educating school children on doping in sports and to formulate required curricula to have this component integrated into mainstream education.

ENGAGEMENT

Harden the environment against doping and improving anti-doping competencies relationship strengthening with other agencies

DETERRENCE

Minimize the risk of doping and its related risks through education, communication and screening

DETECTION

Gather intelligence and conduct target testing and constantly investigate possible breaches with optimal levels of vigilance

ENFORCEMENT

Manage anti-doping violations and present cases at hearings and appeals

SUSTAINABILITY

Ensure durability of process and take required steps to keep Sri Lanka sports doping free

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Financial Progress of Recurrent and Capital Expenditures up to 31st October 2021 Recurrent Expenditure Expenditure Item

Allocation (RS. Mn)

Personal Emoluments

Expenditure (RS. Mn)

12

11.02

Other Recurrents

27.8

12.77

Total

39.8

23.79

Progress of development projects for the year 2021 up to 31st October 2021 Capital expenditure Allocation (Rs. Mn)

Financial progress (Rs. Mn)

Physical progress (%)

Construction of main office premises

1.00

0.31

92

Office equipment

1.50

0.26

85

Laboratory equipment

0.80

0.29

60

Capacity building

0.50

0.08

26 trained personnel

Dope Control Testing

7.50

9.13

135 trained personnel

Research and Development

0.50

0.27

65

Rehabilitation and Improvement of Capital Assets

1.50

0.87

60

13.30

11.21

Program / Project

Total

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Progress on key functional components a.

•

•

The curriculum was submitted to the NIE as a draft, and this is going to add to the syllabus in 2023 under the subject area “Health and Physical Education” from grade 6-11.

•

An island wide awareness program was conducted for sportspersons, trainers, instructors and sports councils and organizations. The 2021 progress is provided in the table below:

Education Unit Providing awareness on anti-doping, which covers Anti-Doping Rule Violations, Strict Liability, Prohibited List 2020, Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) and Drug Reference App (DR App).

Forecast response Month

Number of training programs

Participants

96

5

86

90

February

4

150

3

70

47

March

2

115

5

213

185

April

0

0

0

0

0

May

3

40

0

0

0

June

2

120

1

5

4

July

3

26

2

23

88

August

6

130

1

20

14

September

4

230

5

557

242

October

5

275

2

53

19

31

1192

24

1027

77

Dope Control Testing Conducting Out of Competition tests for 4 (who trained in Sri Lanka) Olympic Athletes and 9 (all) Paralympic Athletes before leaving the country .

Tokyo Olympics

•

Participation percentages

2

b.

•

Programs conducted

January

Total

•

Targeted number of participants

Actual response

Our Doping Control Officers who were selected competitively for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as International Doping Control Officers to represent the country.

Conducted anti-doping tests across international, national, sports club and school level athletes. The 2021 progress is provided in the table below:

Month

Number of doping control tests

Percentage

Targeted number

Actual Number

January

15

14

93

February

15

09

60

March

30

36

120

April

15

26

173

May

30

03

10

June

30

09

30

July

25

09

36

August

20

06

30

September

25

00

00

October

35

23

65

240

135

56

Total

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•

Conducted doping tests on animals (Urine tests in horse racing) Number of Dope Contro Tests

c.

Targeted number

Actual Number

10

06

60

•

The research laboratory has been completed with the latest and required safety and laboratory standards for advance analytical research work.

There are latest instruments which can be used for chemical analysis with high accuracy and precision which is important for research work related to doping substances.

•

The main instrument in the laboratory is LC-MS/ MS (Triple Quadrupole Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry) and still the training session is being conducted by the foreign specialists.

•

Outcomes of a research exercise conducted by the unit on the use of supplements by Sri Lankan athletes, their knowledge levels on those and patterns of consuming them was published in the International Journal of Exercise and Nutrition

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Submission of manuscript ‘Alternative specimen in doping control: a systematic review’ to BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation.

•

Submission of manuscript “Retrospective study on health impact of dietary protein, vitamin and electrolyte supplementation: a pilot study “to the Journal of Nutrition Research and Practices.

•

Virtual data collection was done from Jayawardenepura University student athletes(100 athletes)

•

Data Collection was completed and data entry to SPSS software has initiated for the research about Anti-Doping Rule Violations in Sri Lanka

•

Conducted an Online meeting with SHIMUDZU-

Research Unit Ceremonial opening of SLADA research laboratory was held on 09th April 2021 to expand the experimental research capacity of SLADA.

•

• Percentage

•

d.

A Cross Sectional Study”was published in the international journal of Exercise and Nutrition.

Research Scientific publications Full paper research article titled “Dietary Supplement Usage,Associated Knowledge and Attitudes of Sri Lankan National Level Athletes:

Asia Pacific Regional Centre and had communicated with Local agent continuously to solve the issues in the LC-MS/MS instrument purchased to SLADA Research Laboratory. It was agreed to develop the methods required for training at SHIMADZU laboratory and develop those methods at SLADA site with the assistance of local agent. The methods will be sent during mid-November.

•

d.

•

Research report on the long term health effects of athletes who use protein, vitamin electrolyte and supplements, submitted to the Journal of Nutrition Research and Practices

Legal Unit All the Disciplinary inquiries were concluded after issuing the last Disciplinary inquiry decisions on 19th April 2021.

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•

After series of inquiry sessions the final appeal inquiry decisions against 09 athletes for AntiDoping Rule Violations were issued on 8th and 11th March 2021 and 10th August 2021.

Targets for 2022 •

Implementation of the MoU with the Ceylon Biscuits Limited (Munchee) and to conduct an island wide community awareness campaign on adverse effects of doping with their collaboration.

•

Amendment of the Convention Against Doping in Sports Act No 33 of 2013.

•

To establish an Intelligence and Investigation Unit.

•

Provide more awareness through You Tube

enhancing chemical components using Liquid Chromatography Tendem Mass Spectrometer.

•

Establishing Registered Testing Pools (RTPs) in most competitive sports.

•

Adding anti-doping into the school curriculum under the subject area Health and Physical Education form grade 6-11 by collaborating with NIE.

•

Training of DCOs (Dope Control Officers) and Chaperones, district wise.

•

Creating a legislature by cooperating with other institutions in order to prevent illicit drugs from entering into the country which are banned in sports and also harmful for health.

•

Having a database involving the Customs, Immigration Department and Border Forces.

•

Maintaining biological data system of selected athletes.

Channel and e-learning method.

•

Conducting more studies on natural herbs to find out whether they contain any performance

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Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Authority Mr. G.K.S.L. Rajadasa Chairman

Introduction The facility was a brainchild of V.A. Sugathadasa, the former Mayor of Colombo Municipal Council and the first Minister of Sports in Sri Lanka and construction of the Sugathadasa Outdoor Stadium commenced on January 16, 1957 and completed on December 16, 1962. Subsequent to various other development initiatives, the Sugathadasa National Sports Complex was entrusted to the Ministry of Sports as a trust fund with effect from 1st of February 1995 and the Act No. 17 of 1999 was submitted to the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 20th April 1999 for incorporating it as the Sugathadasa National Sports Complex. The Sugathadasa National Sports Complex has been established as the Sugathadasa National Sports Complex Authority with effect from 01.09.1999 by the said Act. The Act (Amendment) No. 14 of 2017, passed in the Parliament on 28th August 2017 by amending the Sections of the Principal Enactment in accordance with the instructions and approval of the Board of Management on the timely requirements is also applicable.

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At present it is the largest sports complex in Sri Lanka and has some of the best facilities for athletes boasting some of the best track and field areas as well as the largest indoor auditorium with a seating capacity of 5000 and unrivalled by any other government or private equivalent. In line with international standards, it is an ideal takeoff facility to attract international sporting events and to bootstrap Sri Lanka’s sports economy which has not been tapped to its full potential.

It offers its international standard services at present to national sports bodies, national sports clubs, sports clubs and schools.

Additionally, in recognition of its ability to service not just sporting events but others as well, the facilities are regularly used by the triforces, banks and other financial institutes, universities, government and semi-government organizations and a plethora of private sector organizations both large and small.

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VISION Towards a premier center for providing sports and recreation facilities in the South Asian region.

MISSION Providing venue facilities for national and international sports championships/festivals and to liaise and establish links with international and national sports training institutions and schools to develop sports and recreation facilities in Sri Lanka to uplift the standard of sports.

RESPONSIBILITIES •

Taking necessary steps to manage and maintain the authority and to safeguard it as a national asset.

•

Maintenance of all amenities and services.

•

Make necessary improvements or alternations to the buildings and structures.

•

Providing facilities subject to such conditions imposed by the board of management to enable the citizens of Sri Lanka and in particular the youths (Male/Female) of Sri Lanka to improve their individual skills in sports and physical fitness and health.

•

Conducting training course and programs particularly with a view to improve sports in the rural sector.

•

Providing the necessary facilities subject to the condition imposed by the Board of Management to conduct national and international events.

•

Establishing coordination and cooperation with national and international sports training organizations and sports institutions with a view of developing sports and recreational facilities in Sri Lanka.

•

Providing the facilities available in the Authority to Schools, Youth Sports Clubs, and Sports Organizations subject to the condition imposed by the Board of Management at reasonable charges.

OBJECTIVES •

To manage, maintain, safeguard and develop the Sugathadasa National Sports Complex.

•

To improve sports and recreational activities and facilities of the Sugathadasa National Sports Complex to fulfil the requirements of the sports economy and sports tourism.

•

To provide facilities available in the Sugathadasa National Sports Complex for the advancement of sports in the Country.

•

To guarantee the use of sports and recreational activities as methodologies for the establishment of social reconciliation and the building of the Nation.

TASKS •

Services and facilities are provided to National Sports Clubs, School Sports Clubs and Public as well as Private Institutions under concessionary rates approved by the Board of Management.

•

Provision of infrastructure facilities that are necessary for training sportsmen and sportswomen for National and International track and field events.

•

Provision of facilities required to conduct matches with international recognition during day times as well as during night times.

•

Facilitation for the advancement of sportsmen/ sportswomen equipped with talents in schools with low facilities and in rural level by providing infrastructure facilities to uplift their talents.

•

Provision of swimming and diving pool facilities required for the conduct of nationally and internationally recognized swimming competitions.

•

Supplying facilities necessary for conducting examinations, conferences, conventions, festivals and recreational activities.

•

Organizing workshops for training activities

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Monthly income of the authority Month January

2,544,980.00

February

4,859,545.00

March

4,818,043.75

April

6,767,531.25

May

1,008,170.00

June

1,168,415.00

July

2,676,815.00

August

4,129,463.34

September

1,730,328.32

October

4,359,837.50

Total

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Income (Rs.)

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34,063,129.16

Recurring expenditure of the authority up to 30th September 2021 Allocation (Rs. Mn)

Expenditure (Rs. Mn)

153.30

110.14

20.40

12.88

5.43

4.66

0.47

0.26

-

-

Stationary and office requisites

2.93

0.68

Fuel

2.57

1.25

Food and uniforms

1.60

0.10

Medical supplies

0.01

0.00

Refreshments

2.49

0.99

Other

0.62

0.35

Vehicles

5.97

2.76

Equipment and machinery

4.56

0.56

Building and construction

2.22

0.22

47.34

25.44

Maintenance costs

3.21

1.08

Maintenance of electrical system

1.04

0.04

Swimming pool maintenance

3.63

2.13

Transport

0.10

0.00

Postal and communications

3.65

1.73

38.84

23.68

Leases and taxes

0.83

0.05

Staff training

0.41

0.21

Marketing/ Advertising/Notices

1.97

0.47

Insurance

0.63

0.63

Auditing charges

0.40

0.00

Other

1.20

0.20

Welfare program

0.10

0.00

Gratuity payments

3.00

2.10

309.02

192.62

Expenditure Item 402-01-02-01-1503

Description Individual Salaries Salaries and wages

402-01-02-01-1509

Overtime and other incentives Overtime payments Other Allowances and Advances

402-01-02-01-1509

Travel costs Local travel Overseas travel

402-01-02-01-1509

402-01-02-01-1509

Supplies

Maintenance

Cleaning services / technical services

402-01-02-01-1509

Contractual services

Water and Electricity

402-01-02-01-1509

Transitory

Total

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Progress of development projects for the year 2021 up to 31st October 2021 Capital expenditure

Program / Project

Allocation (RS. Mn)

Physical progress

Refurbishment of swimming pool pump house

58.00

Open bids were called for and the bids were opened on 22nd October 2021. Just one party had submitted a bid and it was forwarded to the technical committee for evaluation on 25th October 2021

Refurbishment of the seating around the swimming pool

28.00

The procurement is slated to be from the Sri Lanka State Trading (General) Corporation

Continuation projects

174.00

Approval for these projects have been obtained from Hon. State Minister of Rural and School Sports Infrastructure Improvement and the proposal has been submitted to the National Planning Department for clearance by the Hon. Minister of Finance. Funds have not been released

Installation of an electronic timing system for swimming pool

0.00

On the advice of the Ministry of Finance, this project was postponed to 2022

Installation of an electronic timing system for the Athletic at the Sugathadasa outdoor stadium

0.00

On the advice of the Ministry of Finance, this project was postponed to 2022

Rural school sports development program

0.00

Given the pandemic situation, the program was postponed to 2022

Maintenance of the artificial 400 meter track (BOG) Construction of floodlights for the outdoor Stadium Refurbishment of the outdoor stadium Purchase of Office Furniture items

Creating Business Plan

100.00

According to a zoom meeting on 04th October 2022, the draft bid document will be submitted at the next meeting of the procurement committee

0.00

The funds allocated based on directives and estimates were insufficient. The project was delayed to 2022.

25.00

Since both bidders did not have the required qualifications the tender was not awarded. Initial steps were taken to give the task to Ceylon Hotel Cooperation with a direct labor system

1.00

Essential items were purchased while the rest of the requirements were postponed to 2022

0.00

A comprehensive project proposal has been designed to maximize the Assets of the Authority for profitability in line with the state policy to convert state corporations and state enterprises into high profit ventures. Only the final component of discussion is remaining in this process

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Purchase of Facility equipments

Maintenance of 400m synthetic athletic track (SOS)

Total

60.00

Purchase orders have been issued

20.00

The delay was due to confusion over matters agreed upon with the original contractor for maintenance. Accordingly, a committee headed by the Director (Engineering Services) of the Ministry of Highways, Mr. Kithsiri Dissanayake has been appointed as per the decision of the Board of Management. Further steps have been taken to call for proposals in collaboration with the CECB in this regard.

466.00

Development programs and projects for 2022 In line with the manifesto of His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapakse, the special priorities of the State Ministry of Rural and Sports Schools Infrastructure Development the Authority has a clear five year plan that will be implemented from 2022 onwards to ensure that it becomes a sustainable, selfsustaining organization that is not a burden to the national treasury, thereby becoming an example to the country and rise to become of the best such agencies in South Asia.

Modernizing the indoor auditorium The indoor stadium was commissioned in 1991 and the sports arenas, swimming pool and related facilities are at present in good repair. However, 25 components that need to be modernized have been identified.

Rehabilitation and modernization of the outdoor stadium The facility was established in 1986 and the playing fields, viewing stands and related facilities are at present in good repair. However, 27 components that need to be modernized have been identified.

Modernizing the floodlight system for the outdoor stadium The outdoor stadium has a first class artificial Athletic track and international level rugby and football field in Sri Lanka. The full-fledged facility is

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capable of holding sports events during the day and night. In order to broadcast nighttime events, there is a requirement for an illumination level of 10001200 lumens but at present the floodlights can only deliver 400-450 lumens of illumination. This makes it difficult to record night events and broadcast them.

Refurbishing the perimeter wall of the Sugathadasa Indoor Sports Complex Since the establishment of the Sugathadasa Indoor and the construction of the perimeter wall in 1991, there has been no rigorous maintenance of it to date resulting in some parts of the wall being in danger of collapse indicating that both the wall and the steel gate are in need of refurbishment.

Beautification of the complex grounds and the construction of its Landscaping There is been no move in these directions since the establishment of the complex 30 years ago and it has become imperative to create these spaces befitting an international sports complex.

Construction of the new artificial track at Bogambara – stage II The Bogambara stadium is a major facility coming under the authority and hosts many national, provincial, district and school sports and training events. This project anticipates the creation of an artificial track which is better suited for training and provides the best opportunity for our track athletes to optimize their preparations towards contending for medals in the international arena.

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Modernization of the Bogambara Grounds

identified as a timely requirement by the authority.

The facility now coming under the authority was established back in 1988 and the grounds, stands and associated facilities are now in a state of good repair. However, 25 components that need to be modernized have been identified.

Installing a CCTV system and developing IT infrastructure

Modernization of the swimming pool at Beliatte The swimming pool complex constructed at Beliatte has not had rigorous maintenance since its commissioning in 2008 rendering it unusable at the present time. Additionally, the changing rooms and bathrooms constructed at the facility are also in a serious state of disrepair. Therefore it is imperative that the facility is refurbished and modernized with a strong maintenance regime put in place to allow athletes to make use of them for their training requirement.

Survey, perimeter and office at the Nuwara-Eliya Sugathadasa Sports Complex The Nuwara-Eliya horse racing track that is maintained by the Authority is located on a 84 acre land parcel. Since there has been no clear survey, there are many squatters using those lands for various purposes over the last many years. In order to prevent this, clearly demarcate ownership and activate profit making processes in the future, it has been identified that constructing a perimeter wall and a building for administrative and maintenance functions is critical.

The complex at the Sugathasada Stadium occupies a land parcel of over 25 acres and in order to protect those grounds and the facilities and equipment installed on them, the authority has identified the requirement for a surveillance camera system and IT development through four IT projects and 4 development projects.

Obtaining sporting goods for the sports complexes under the authority The authority provides sports facilities to international, national, provincial, district and school level events and training and to continue to provide optimized services, the yearly requirement is procured by the authority.

Implementing a motivational program for victors at the district and provincial level The opportunity for our rural children who excel in sport to experience an international stadium is limited. Therefore, in order to motivate and encourage high performing young rural athletes, a program will be implemented to improve their mindsets to enable them to face international competition without nerves or doubts and to use the sporting facilities of the authority for their training.

Commencement of the sports hotel

Establishment of a stadium maintenance unit and obtaining required equipment for it There is substantial yearly expenditure on modernizing stadiums across the island and constructing new ones. However, they lack a proper maintenance regimen and the personnel in change have insufficient training on maintenance methods and techniques, it has been seen how such costly facilities fall into abeyance over a very short period of time. Therefore, establishing an exclusive unit focused on development, rehabilitation, reconstruction and maintenance of these stadia is

Although the complete modernization of the Sugathadasa Stadium Hotel is completed there is not the requirement to commission it and commence income generation activities. The project anticipates establishing the initial management mechanisms.

Human Resource Development program The program anticipates improving the capacity, training and productivity of the staff of the authority to enable it to become a strong, efficient government agency.

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