Poland
Land: 323,250km2 Population: 37,879,000
SPORT IN THE COUNTRY
1. TRADITIONAL SPORT AND GAMES
Palant: kind of baseball
Outdoor games
2. POPULAR PARTICIPATION SPORT
Football, Canoeing, Outdoor games, Jogging, Draughts
3. POPULAR SPECTATOR SPORT
1) Football
2) Track and Field
3) Volleyball
4) Karate
5) Basketball
Source: Statistical yearbook of Poland (2000)
4. SPORT LEGISLATION
Physical Culture Law (1996)
5. SPORT INFORMATION CENTER
Society for Promotion of Physical Culture(TKKF)
Address: Warsaw, Gorczewska Str. 62/64
Tel: (48)22.826.00.36 Fax: (48)22.839.32.52
6. SPORT PARTICIPATION SURVEY
Since circa 1960, TKKF conducted the survey every year. According to the report "Participation of Poles in Sports and Physical Recreation (between 1998 and 1999), about 30-35% of population in general participated in sport and recreation, specifically the children ca 70%, the seniors ca 15-20%, the adults ca 30-40%.
7.NUMBER OF SPORT CLUB
3,638 sport clubs, 490,000 members, 372,000 exercisers. TKKF has 1,129 units with 149,780 members, 23,401 events with 4.5 million participation. (2000)
8. FITNESS TESTING PROGRAM
1) "Eurofit"
2) "Step-test"
3) "Motoric test"
4) "Treadmill test"
5) "Incremental bicycle exercise test"
ORGANIZATION PROFILE
State Sports Administration
Address: 12 Swietokrzyska Str 00-916 Warsaw
Tel: (48)22.826.35.77 Fax: (48)22.826.21.72
e-mail : nowicki @ ukfis.pl
1. FOUNDED YEAR
May, 1946
2. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE
Ms. Ewa Suska
Title: Director of European Integration and International Relations
3. NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION
Governmental organization: State Sports Administration is of importance of the Ministry of Sport but is supervised by Ministry of Education.
4. OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS
1) Promoting of the physical culture
2) Sport of the disable people
3) Training
4) Publishing tasks
5. NUMBER OF STAFF
State Sports Administration-100 people.
Department of Sport for All, which is one of the departments of SSA, has 10 personnel; 8 full-time staff and 2 part-time staff.
6. ANNUAL BUDGET
Approx. US$7.75 million (2000)
Approx. US$5.75 million (2001)
7. SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
"Challenge Day"
About 2 millions participants take part in thousands of the sports and recreational events. The main aim of "Challenge Day" is to encourage people to participate in any activity game, sport for at least 30 minutes.
"Festival of the recreationalplays and games"
During this festival are presented the traditional, sometimes forgotten, plays and games. Besides these there are also presented new forms of the physical activities. The offer of this festival is addressed to the organizers of the sports event for children and youth.
"Festival of the water's sports"
The festival is organized in the indoors swimming pools. It is aim is to popularise the water's sports: swimming, polo canoeing, diving, Iife -saving.
"Festival of sport for children and youth"
The young people from Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus. Russia, Germany and Holland take part in this event. They compete in tennis, football, basketball, volleyball and handball. The aim of this festival is combating intolerance and xenophobia.
8. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE TARGET GROUPS
1) School children(Age 6 to 12), Adolescents (Age 13 to 16):
"Programme - Sport for All Children" "Training for promising youth"
2) Adult women: picnics, recreational and sports events, festivals, seminars
3) Employees at work-sites: picnics, recreational and sports events, festivals, seminars
4) General people in the community: picnics, recreational and sports events, festivals, seminars
5) Aged people: seminars, recreational and sports event, picnics
6) People with disabilities: campus, seminars, recreational and sports event
9. LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
NA
10. NATIONAL PARTNERS
National Federation "Sport for All"
11. AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
National Federation "Sport for A11" has 20 members and affiliate with ICSSPE, TAFISA.
12. PRESENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
1. Lack of voluntary workers.
2. Lack of the flow information between the central and local organizations.
3. The organised events are sometimes too costly to participate in them.
Society for Promotion of Physical Culture (TKKF)
Address: PL -00-236 Warszawa ul.Swietojers ka 4/10 m 9
Tel: (48) 22.831.42.30 Fax: (48)22.831.42.30
1. FOUNDED YEAR
May, 1957
2. OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE
Mr. Mieczysx aw Borowy
Title: President
Occupation: Physical Education Teacher
3. NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION
Non-governmental organization
4. OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS
1) Promotion of Sport for All.
2) Influence on construction of facilities, sport law, rules, etc.
3) Organization of group and individual exercises, particularly in cooperation with local administration and housing estate leaders.
4) Publication and cooperation with other organizations.
5. NUMBER OF STAFF
Full-time staff: 35 Part-time staff: 10
Others: 120
6. ANNUAL BUDGET
Approx. US$ 400,000 (2000)
Approx. US$ 500,000 (2001)
7. SPECIAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS
International Challenge Day: more than 2 millions participated in 2001.
World Walking Day: ca 80,000 participated in 2000.
8. PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE TARGET GROUPS
NA
9. LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
Instructor of Physical Recreation: (150h) In more than 30 specialties, for example; aerobics, climbing, volleyball or basketball, kinezyprofilactic gerentologic, body building etc. Trains ca 1,500 per year.
Manager of Physical Recreation: (120h) With specialization for organization of youth sports, events recreational festivals, women sport or target groups etc. Trains ca 5,000 persons per year.
10. NATIONAL PARTNERS
Polish Sport for All Federation
Polish Olympic Committee
State Sports Administration
11. AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
TAFISA, FISpT, TUL and SVUL (Finland), KORPEN (Sweden), Sports et Sante in France
12. PRESENT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
1) Involve more people in physical recreation.
2) Networking with Sport for All organizations in other countries.
3) Finance.
