2015 Regional Coaches Conference

2 3 October 2015

Sports Education Accreditation

System (SEAS)
The SEAS is a CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
initiative which advocates for the
development of Institutional capacities of
entities (Federations, Confederations) to
deliver quality sport and Individual
capacities of Sport Practitioners (Coaches,
Officials, Administrators and Sports
Scientists)

2001 - Protocol
agreement Malawi

Our Roadmap!
2007 - Survey
2011 - Progress
assessment
and
strategy review

2009 - SEAS
program Start up
2012 - Revival of
MOU COSANOC
SCSA Zone VI

2013 -

2015 - Rapid program

Assessment

SEAS Concept
Subjects organizations to an Organizational Self
Assessment (Mapping) process which is bench marked
against international best practice to identify gaps in
Governance, Management, HR, Finance, Training
Curricula, LTAD, LTCD programmes.
Collaborates with mapped institutions to develop
appropriate training/educational interventions aimed at
up skilling and enhancing their individual/institutional
capacities to deliver quality sport
Recognizes Sports Federations as not only the
custodians of sport codes but the key drivers of sport
education/training and accreditation of coaches and
technical officials

SEAS Concept contd.

SEAS seeks to add value to Sports Federations
education and training programmes
Recognizes Coaches, Officials and
Administrators as the targeted beneficiaries of
SEAS but the root beneficiaries are the athletes
and participants
Recognizes Sports Education/Training and
Accreditation as the only intervention that will
take sport to the next performance level

Challenges

Challenges contd.

Lack of coordination of agendas amongst

stakeholders;
Government
Sport Confederations
Olympic Committee
Paralympic Committee
others

Challenges contd.

Lack of;

Clear and known national policies, plans

and governing sports structures directing
and supporting sport

National, provincial sport federations and

associations

Sport facilities, e.g. infrastructure and

equipment

Local community sport clubs and teams

Challenges contd.

Lack of;
appropriate process driven approach to
development
Ownership by the relevant stakeholder
Top Down vs Bottom - Up
Whip vs Carrot

who?

who?

who?

many roads to goal

Way Forward

Thank You