On the Regular Meeting of the Trustee Fund for Development of Children’s Sport of Uzbekistan

On January 16 this year the regular meeting of the Trustee fund for development of children’s sport of Uzbekistan chaired by President Islam Karimov took place in the city of Tashkent.

The goal of the meeting was to comprehensively analyze the work accomplished last year by the Fund for development of children’s sport of Uzbekistan. The purposeful work in this sphere creates opportunities for drawing children to regularly go in for sports, and this promotes upbringing physically healthy and spiritually mature generation.

The decrees of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of October 24, 2002 “On establishing Fund for development of children’s sport of Uzbekistan” and of August 29, 2004 “On measures to improve activity of the Fund for development of children’s sport of Uzbekistan” serves as important guidelines in such work.

At its previous meeting the Trustee fund set the tasks on production of the sports equipment, inventory and clothing at the domestic enterprises that would meet the world standards, establishing a special commission for assessing their quality, holding a permanent exhibition of sports equipment and clothing, raising efficiency of training children’s sports trainers, including the female trainers. Thus, the meeting in Tashkent on January 16 has analyzed accomplishment of those tasks.

Uzbekistan pays a particular attention to nurturing a healthy lifestyle and raising the people’s medical culture. The work on developing the mass sports, especially the youth sports, has been taken up to a qualitatively new level in the country. If in 2003 97 sports facilities were constructed in Uzbekistan, then 186 sports complexes were built in 2008 and 162 of them – at the countryside areas.

In line with the Resolution of President Islam Karimov of December 12, 2007 “On approving budget of the Fund for development of children’s sport and purposeful program of construction of children’s sports facilities for 2008” the list of necessary inventory for sports facilities and school sport halls built in 2008 has been elaborated. All sports facilities are supplied with necessary equipment. The children from the families of moderate means received the sports clothing worth over two billion Uzbek soums. 166 sports sites, which were constructed in 2008, make up the school sport halls. The meeting saw a thorough discussion of to what extent they have been effectively exploited.

Also, the participants of the meeting have paid a particular attention to the need of establishing a single system of quality assessment of the sport equipment being manufactured in the country. With such a goal, alongside with leading world producers of sport inventory Uzbekistan has organized a permanently functioning exhibition.

By now Uzbekistan has scrutinized opportunities of producing at its modern enterprises of the quality children’s sport inventory, as well as made up a catalogue of the most comfortable and optimal inventory to equip the sport facilities. 118 of 120 necessary types of inventory to equip the children’s sport facilities are now being produced in the country itself.

The mass sports, including such kinds of sports as mini-soccer and calisthenics are gradually developing in Uzbekistan. If in 2003 the children went in for eight kinds of sports at the sections and clubs, then the level of availability of equipment at modern sport complexes allows them to permanently go in for over 20 kinds of sports.

The number of youth which goes in for sports at newly built modern sports facilities, as well as various sports sections and clubs is on the rise. In this regard, the indicators secured in Bukhara, Navoi, Samarkand, Jizzakh, Andijan and Tashkent provinces are worth noting.
The efficiency of tangible reforms on upbringing harmonically mature generation, as much as the attention towards the development of children’s sport are vividly confirmed by profound successes of the nation’s athletes at most prestigious international competitions. Last year was full of sport victories secured by the Uzbek athletes. In particular, they took an active part at the XXIX Summer Olympics in Beijing and in tough contests had secured one gold, two silver and three bronze medals.

The worthy participation of the youth national team of Uzbekistan on football at the Asian Championship and winning the right to go to 2009 Mundial in Egypt deserve a special praise. 423 Uzbek athletes, who have successfully taken part at international competitions in 2008, won 17 gold, 15 silver and 15 bronze medals.

The achieved results vividly showcase that there is a permanent growing interest in the youth in such kinds of sports as football, mini-football, table tennis, swimming, kayak-paddling and canoe rowing, boat racing, chess, calisthenics, kurash (Uzbek national wrestling), Greco-Roman wrestling, boxing and acrobatics.

About one million boys and girls took part at the sports events held by the Fund for development of children’s sport in 2008. Thousands of families have actively participated at the Healthy family contests held in line with the Year of Youth State program.

At the meeting President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov has underscored the need of having a special approach towards the issues of attracting girls to sports. For over the last years such elegant kinds of sports as calisthenics and artistic gymnastics are actively developing in Uzbekistan. The development of children’s sports, especially in the countryside, establishment of relevant conditions for girls to go in for sports requires attention to such acute issues as training of trainers, particularly, of the female trainers.

Uzbekistan fully comprehends that the health of the future generation firstly depends on the woman since a healthy mother means a healthy child, a healthy child stands for a healthy future. One of the most important tasks is to bring up a generation which won’t be a second to anyone and inferior in anything.

The Tashkent meeting has also considered the work set for this year in the framework of the State program for strengthening material and technical basis of children’s schools of music and art, as well as improving their activity for 2009-2014.

Information Agency “Jahon” based on the Uzbek national press