Hungary
Land:93,032km2 Population:10,375,000
SPORT IN THE COUNTRY
1.TRADITIONAL SPORT AND GAMES
Hungarian Bigge: Striking 6 wooden pins with a piece of wood.
2. POPULAR PARTICIPATION SPORT
1) Walking tour (80,000〜100,000)
2) Football (non league, 80,000〜100,000)
3) Running (60,000〜80,000)
4) Aerobic (60,000〜80,000)
5) Swimming, Cyclying (50,000〜70,000)
Source: Public Opinion Poll
3.POPULAR SPECTATOR SPORT
According to Public Opinion Poll, Spectator Statistics of Sport Association:
1) Football
2) Basketball
3) Auto sport
4) Aerobic
5) Fight sports
4. SPORT LEGISLATION
Law of sport (CXLV / 2000)
5. SPORT INFORMATION CENTER
NA
6. SPORT PARTICIPATION SURVEY
NA
7. NUMBER OF SPORT CLUB
Approx. 2,800
8. FITNESS TESTING PROGRAM
Eurofit, Hungarofit (not obligatory)
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
Hungarian Leisure Sport Association
1195 Budapest Batthyany u.32/c
Tel:(36)1.3429368 Fax:(36)1.3428315
e-mail:najo@drotposta.hu
1. FOUNDED YEAR
December, 1989
2. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE
Mr. Jozsef Nagy
Title: President
3. NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION
Non-governmental organization. It is a civil (voluntary) organization having 570 clubs as members.
4. OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS
To promote the population and involvement in regular physical activity regardless of sex, age, residence, and socio-economic status.
5.NUMBER OF STAFF
Full-time staff:4 Part-time staff:2 Others:1
6. ANNUAL BUDGET
Approx. US$ 146,000 (2000)
Approx. US$ 173,000 (2001)
7. SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
National Women's Sport Festival (12-15 sport)
Balaton (lake) Cross Swimming (5.2km)
8. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE TARGET GROUPS
Programs available for the following target groups:
Adult women, Employees at work-sites, General people in the community, Aged people (in the future).
9. LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
Sport Marketing Conference & Workshop
Type: Basic and Medium
Level: Nationwide
10. NATIONAL PARTNERS
Wesselenyi Sport Public Foundation
Ministry of Youth and Sport
11. AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
TAFISA
12. PRESENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Sport for All movement can realize its objectives easily under two major conditions: if people have enough leisure and money for participating in sport. Hungarian people are short of both. They are in the middle of a transitional period in which centrally planned socialist economy has been changing into market economy. This is the source of the main problems our organization is facing in these days. It means that we have to provide our members with very attractive programs at a very low price (cost).
Another serious problem is traditional way of thinking concerning the concept of sport, that is, both sport officials and common citizens have focused their attention chiefly on elites sports for many decades. It is at least as different to change their mentality as to find economic support for our programs. In theory, the state fully support Sport for All, in reality there is little public money in this field. We search for sponsors, and marketing in a new concept in all post-socialist countries, including Hungary.
