Estonia

Lennart Raudsepp (), Vahur Ööpik () and Peeter Lusmägi ()
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Lennart Raudsepp: University of Tartu
Vahur Ööpik: University of Tartu
Peeter Lusmägi: Estonian Olympic Committee

Chapter Chapter 4 in Comparative Sport Development, 2013, pp 33-45 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Sport organization in Estonia needs to be seen in light of certain cultural and political changes that started at the end of 1980s and the beginning of 1990s when the independence of Estonia was restored. Beginning with the Estonian Sports Congress II held in 1989, the approach characteristic to European countries has primarily been followed in regard to building the Estonian sport system. There is balanced cooperation between the state and the sports organizations and a broad, well-organized, and competent network of sports organizations has developed. State and local government bodies acknowledge the importance of the social, health-enhancing, and economic role of sport in the society. Sports organizations are independent of the state in their decision making, and they have the right to financial or material support in order to realize their objectives. Sport financing in Estonia is basically provided by three sectors: the public sector, the voluntary sector, and the private sector. Estonian athletes have been successful at the international level, but the Estonian sports system as a whole still has room for improvement. Only 36 % of adults and about a half of schoolchildren are regularly physically active, i.e., doing physical exercise for at least 30 min at least twice per week.

Keywords: Olympic Game; Sport Club; Sport Organization; Recreational Physical Activity; Sport School (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8905-4_4

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