PARTNERSHIPS Pacific Sports Partnerships (PSP) Badminton Oceania has extended our involvement with Australia’s flagship sport for development program -Pacific Sports Partnerships (PSP) to June 2020. We have continued to utilise the BWF Shuttle Time program as the basis for our PSP activities – to increase levels of regular participation of Pacific Islanders in quality sport activities: Tonga – health focus – improving health related behaviours which impact on NCD risk factors, focusing on increasing levels of physical activity • Increased levels of regular participation of Tongans, including people with disability, in quality sport activities • Improved health related behaviours of Tongans, which impact on Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) risk factors, focusing on increasing levels of physical activity • Increased public diplomacy opportunities Papua New Guinea – inclusion focus – in partnership with Gymnastics our objectives are: • Increased levels of regular participation of Papua New Guineans with disability, in quality sport activities • Improved attitudes towards and increased inclusion of people with disability in Pacific communities • Increased public diplomacy opportunities – good relationship with Australian High Commission in Papua New Guinea The PSP programme has allowed us to increase capacity through engaging staff to deliver, monitor the programme and report; building a larger workforce, by delivering Shuttle Time workshops; delivering in outer islands and rural/ outlying communities; creating partnerships with other sports and local organisations; connection with Australian High Commission and public diplomacy opportunities. From July 2020 Australia’s sport for development programme changes to be known as the Australian Sport Partnership Programme.
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