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It is important to understand the importance of trust – Sports Minister Ramson
By Zaheer Mohamed
Kaieteur News – Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr. told the gathering at the inaugural Guyana Sports Conference which was held at the National Cultural Centre, yesterday, that it is important to understand the importance of trust.
Minister Charles Ramson Jr. (C) with officials of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, moderators of the programme and representatives of the various sporting organisations.
The conference, which was attended by Government Officials, representatives of various sporting organisations, special invitees and the media, was seen as a stepping stone towards enhancing the sporting landscape in the Guyana.
Ramson Jr. who has been very proactive since his inauguration said it is important that sports administrators become more professional so they can attract more support from the business community.
“It’s important that you understand the importance of trust. You have to become more professional about what you are doing as part of your function as sports administrators, and keep doing it more often so that the people who you are looking for support from will start to understand who they are dealing with,” he added.
The Ministry will be launching a sports academy shortly and the Minister stated that that they have started to compile a list of corporate sponsors who they have started to engage for support.
Ramson touched on promotion and revenue earning. He stated that this is an important building block and urged the sporting organisations to connect with the business community. “You have to appreciate how important the fund raising element is. I recommend that you try to get on to those people who are part of the business world and sometimes you may have to cherry-pick persons to be on your committee, who knows how to use their fundraising capability,” he posited.
The minister explained that broadcasting is another important aspect of promoting sports. “We have been promoting our page as a streaming page and there is very few local networks that can offer the kind of views the ministry page can offer. Is it intended for the sports associations to have a national tournament which will be broadcasted and all the sports associations will be able to broadcast their final national tournament every year through our facebook page so sponsors will be given mileage,” he related.
The minister said that they have developed a relationship with the media so they are able to get their messages across and the associations need to appreciate what the media is about, noting that the media helps to attract support from sponsors.
Minister Ramson jr, said that the conference was held to ensure that everybody is on the same page.
“When we move forward we move forward together, that we understand where are going and how we are going there. The resources are not going to be available in our next budget, the resources are available now. This is based on a manifesto promise that we had,” he posited.
Failure is not an option for the Minister. “Standing still is not going to take us anywhere, so this is a plan that we all have to be a part of because failure is not going to be an option. It is something that I am serious about, something that the ministry, something that the National Sports Commission is serious about and that is why I took my time in putting together the resources for the academy. I am very excited because of the support that I have seen from the associations,” he pointed out.
Fruitful discussions were held on vital sports related topics such as nutrition, nurturing talent, mindset, injuries, psychology, tournaments, elite training and international competition
Journalists Akeem Green, Avinash Ramzan and Franklin Wilson were the moderators.
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