A new draft law will be discussed by the National Council tomorrow

Specialized sports centers in schools to discover gifted students

  • The National Council will discuss, in its second session, two draft federal laws, the first on sports and the second on the organization of the General Authority for Sports.

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  • Shatha Al-Naqbi: "The draft sports law deals with regulating the practice of sports at the hobby and professional levels with all groups of society."

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The rapporteur of the Education, Culture, Youth, Sports and Media Affairs Committee in the Federal National Council, Shatha Saeed Al-Naqbi, revealed that the draft federal law in the matter of sports, which is scheduled to be discussed under the dome of the Council, tomorrow, guarantees all concerned federal and local government agencies, allocating suitable spaces for practicing sports for everyone in various fields. Residential facilities and complexes, as well as guaranteeing education institutions, in coordination with the concerned sports federations, the task of discovering talents, stimulating sports creativity and education on the principles of sportsmanship, and organizing sports activities and competitions, in coordination with the General Authority for Sports and the federal and local government agencies concerned with education, explaining that the draft law was assigned to the General Authority Sports has the mission of establishing specialized sports centers in the school environment, to discover and embrace gifted and distinguished students in sports.

Al-Naqbi confirmed to "Emirates Today" that the draft law introduced a special article for announcing a federation for "sports media" concerned with sponsoring sports media cadres, refining their capabilities and training them on the best professional standards, pointing out that the draft law included deterrent penalties for manipulation and bribery, amounting to imprisonment and a fine of one million dirhams. To accept any of the parties to the game gifts, gifts, privileges, or promises to do so for themselves or others, in order to manipulate the outcome of a match.

In detail, the Federal National Council will discuss, in its second session of the fourth regular session of the 17th legislative term, scheduled to be held tomorrow, Wednesday, headed by the President of the Council, Saqr Ghobash, two federal draft laws, the first on sports, and the second on the organization of the General Authority for Sports, in the presence of the Minister Health and Community Protection, Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Owais, and a number of government representatives and sports sector officials in the country.

The rapporteur of the Education, Culture, Youth, Sports and Media Affairs Committee in the Council, Shatha Saeed Al-Naqbi, confirmed that the proposal and discussion of the draft sports law comes from the efforts of the government as an executive authority, and the Federal National Council as a legislative authority, to regulate the sports sector in the country, especially in light of the developments that occurred in the country. This sector, whether local or international, to ensure keeping pace with these developments through a legislative and legal system that serves this sector and achieves its objectives.

Al-Naqbi told Emirates Al-Youm: “The draft sports law deals with the technical aspects of regulating the practice of sports at the hobby, professional, and societal levels, which focuses on the importance and regulation of practicing sports in society in all its categories. Federal and local governments, the right to exercise for everyone, individually or collectively, while providing the necessary support for the establishment of sports facilities that comply with health and safety conditions and encouraging the private sector to participate in this field, in addition to ensuring that all federal and local government agencies allocate suitable spaces for practicing sports in All facilities and residential complexes.

She added: “With regard to physical education and exercise in schools and educational institutions, the draft law guarantees to the federal and local government agencies concerned with education in the country the right of every person to practice physical and sports activities within the comprehensive education system in all public and private educational institutions, care centers for the disabled and juvenile rehabilitation centers.” delinquents, as well as the right of people of determination to practice physical and sports activities in the school and vocational sectors and in sports clubs and to form national teams to participate in sporting events, in addition to ensuring the provision of sports facilities and equipment necessary for practicing physical and sports activities at various levels of education in educational institutions, care centers for the disabled and centers Rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents, according to the financial capabilities of these institutions and centers.

And she continued:“With regard to school and university sports, the draft law entrusted educational institutions in the country with the task of discovering talents, stimulating sports creativity and education on the principles of sportsmanship, so that the Sports Federation concerned with educational institutions in the country organizes sports activities and related competitions, in coordination with the authority and the authorities. The federal and local government concerned with education, and the General Authority for Sports has been assigned the task of establishing specialized sports centers in the school environment, to embrace distinguished students in sports, taking into account the schedules of school times for sports training sessions, in coordination with the federal and local government agencies concerned with education », pointing out that the draft law Allocate an article for “Discovering Sports Talents”, through which the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee, together with the sports federations, will develop a national plan to discover and embrace sports talents in sports clubs and the school sector, in coordination withThe various federal and local government agencies concerned with education, provided that the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee issue a guide that includes target groups, talent incubation centers, a sports training program, and the qualifications of specialized administrative and technical cadres to supervise the implementation of the plan.

Al-Naqbi indicated that the draft law guarantees to all parties in the government and private sectors the right of people of determination of all categories of both sexes to practice physical and sports activities in the school and vocational sectors and sports clubs, and to form national teams to participate in various sporting events. It also regulated military and police sports in accordance with For their own legislation, provided that the military or police sports groups joining the national sports teams, in coordination with the General Authority for Sport, before participating in preparations, competitions, championships and games inside and outside the country, and the authority was also granted the authority to coordinate with the competent authorities in relation to publicizing heritage sports federations and clubs. Which is concerned with the preservation, dissemination and development of heritage sports, as determined by its statute.

She stated that the draft law introduced an article for “sports media” that states: “The authority, in coordination with the concerned media authorities, is responsible for publicizing the Sports Media Union, which is concerned with sponsoring sports media cadres, refining their capabilities and training them according to the best professional standards, according to a media honor charter, in the manner that determined by its own statute.

With regard to penalties, Al-Naqbi stated that the application of the penalties stipulated in this draft law does not prejudice any harsher penalty stipulated in any other law, as it is punishable by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months and a fine of not less than 100 thousand dirhams and not more than two million dirhams. , or by one of these two penalties, in four cases, including “everyone who engages in an organized activity in the field of sports other than through a well-known or licensed sports entity, or continues to continue the activity of a sports entity that has lost its legal personality, or cancels or suspends its license with his knowledge of that, as well as Whoever practices an activity that conflicts with the purpose for which the well-known sports entity was established, or spends its money in something that does not achieve this purpose, or causes, through negligence, a material loss for it, and finally, releases, holds, or presents an editor or record of what is required by this law or the decisions issued in implementation He may submit it or hold it containing false data with his knowledge of that, or deliberately hide a statement that the law or the decisions issued in implementation thereof require to prove, orHe refused to present it to the concerned authorities, and the court may rule in addition to the original penalty to close the sports body.

And she said, “The draft law is also punishable by imprisonment and a fine of not less than 100,000 dirhams and not more than one million dirhams, or one of the two penalties, every player, coach, administrator, or referee who requests, accepts, or takes for himself or for others a gift or advantage of any kind, or a promise of something.” From that in order to manipulate the outcome of a match, even if he intended to do so or the request was or was acceptance or taking after tampering with the outcome of the match, and the briber and the mediator shall be punished with the same penalty.

• Allocating suitable spaces for practicing sports in various residential facilities.

• Imprisonment and a fine of one million dirhams as a penalty for match-fixing gifts.

• Imprisonment of 6 months and a fine not exceeding two million dirhams is a penalty for anyone who engages in an organized activity in the field of sports other than through a reputed or licensed sports entity.

7 goals for "Sports Law"

In the draft federal law on sports, the Council of Ministers identified seven main goals behind its proposal, including “developing work systems in sports entities and improving their performance towards excellence, unifying and integrating the set goals to develop the sports sector at the federal and local levels, building a distinguished sports community in partnership between the two government sectors.” and private, and promoting sports affairs, preparing and encouraging the private sector to invest in the sports sector, governance of the sports sector within the framework of respecting the Olympic and Paralympic charters and national and international laws and regulations, supporting sports organizations in achieving their goals in community and competitive sports and sporting excellence locally and globally, encouraging children, youth, the elderly and people Persons with disabilities of both sexes to practice physical and sports activities.

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