Badminton X Shooting X Swimming X Archery X Fencing Select a strategic event for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and provide 1 billion won per year
Mar 24, 2025
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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism stated, "The Korean team won a total of 32 medals at the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024, but it is facing structural limitations such as shrinking the base due to population decline."In response, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the background of the project by inviting organizations for the Summer Olympics (excluding those issued sports promotion voting rights) to support the expansion of the mid- to long-term base considering the characteristics of each sport and the improvement of performance based on advanced science.
The project cost in 2025 is a total of 5 billion won, and up to 1 billion won will be provided per selected organization every year. Based on the business plan established autonomously by the sports organizations, the project will be carried out for up to four years (2+2 years) until the 2028 Olympics through interim performance evaluation. The selected business plan for each sports organization will be finalized through consulting with cooperative organizations such as the Korea Sports Science Institute.
In the case of archery among the selected sports, it plans to promote the opening of a national standing army to continuously improve performance and revitalize school physical education archery education to expand the base of the sport. In the case of shooting, it plans to promote game video and training analysis to foster and manage excellent athletes, visit schools for professional athletes to discover new athletes and expand the base, and inspect firearms by professional repair companies to support national teams and professional athletes.
The project is a method in which the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism directly contests and selects strategic sports organizations and directly grants budgets to selected sports organizations. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is expected to strengthen the autonomy and accountability of the organization through direct and multi-year support for each sports organization and lay the foundation for the sustainable development of Korean sports" he said.
◇'Project to foster strategic items from 2025 to 2026' Overview
▶Subject to the contest: Membership group of the Korea Sports Association (Olympic sports currently supported by the national team among summer sports non-issuance of sports promotion voting rights)
▶ Support budget: Total KRW 5 billion (up to KRW 1 billion per item) / Maximum of 2+2 years
▶Selection size: Selection of 5 organizations within budget
▶Promotion System: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Selection and Project Management) → Gyeonggi-do organization (Project Promotion and Budget Execution)
▶ Details of support: Plans to improve autonomous performance and foster long-term athletes for each event, etc
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
