Is Guyana in line to draw down?

Oct 13, 2010 Sports

Australia’s $60M worth of kindness must be tapped into

Just recently, the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture, the Jamaica Football Federation and the Football Federation Australia (FFA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will see the FFA provide support to the ministry and the JFF for CONCACAF and other JFF-related projects in Jamaica from funds made available by the Australian government for sports through its development partnership for the Caribbean programme to be implemented over four years
According to a recent report, in 2009, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, the Australian government had announced its commitment to development programmes in the Caribbean particularly through sports.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had stated that the Australian government recognised sports “as a vehicle to achieve important social development objectives, especially where young people are involved”.
The move by the Jamaica Government and the JFF is indicative of their seriousness to use every resource and funding available to develop their sports industry.
The authorities in the island understand the role sports could play in not only helping to nurture individual talent and providing an alternative for those that possess such talent, but it could also help improve the image of a country.
Another spin-off of such an arrangement is the sharing of expertise at the bi-lateral level that could assist in improved relations between the respective countries that very often leads to a better understanding of each other’s culture and socio-economic standing.
In light of this revelation, the question that is being asked is whether the authorities in Guyana have placed themselves in line to draw down on such munificence.
It is no secret that Jamaica is well ahead of us in almost every department related to sports development, but being a Third World nation and not having the capacity like the more developed countries to invest sufficiently in sports they know how important it is to tap into every available resource.
They’ve done so and is set to benefit from the A$60million (US$55.5million) set aside to assist development programmes throughout the Caribbean.
Guyana needs such support, but are we moving in the direction that could see us profit from such goodwill?

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