INNOVATIVE SPORT FINANCING POLICIES
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Rovena Emazi, Entela Kushta
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The main factors that contribute to the success of sports policy are contextual, processual and specific (Houlihan, 2009)1. These three factors include ideas about entrepreneurship and innovation in contemporary sport policy. New funding policies and mechanisms have had a positive impact on the development of sport. The purpose of this investigation is to develop a model for the identification of the results of medals received by elite athletes in the last three years, their impact on the budget of sports federations, and to answer questions about the status of one of the phenomena. related to this study aimed at assessing the assets and ways of identifying and developing talented athletes. The study was carried out on a specific sports basis, using data and results from national funding during the last four years, the results of athletes, medals in sports activities and a logical-deductive analysis of programs for the financial support of sports federations and elite athletes. A standardized questionnaire addressed to elite medalist athletes was also used. The results were found that in the first two years that The Council of Ministers decision came into effect, 5 awards were given to athletes and coaches, for three sports federations, and in the second year, 84 awards, athletes and coaches, were given to eight sports federations. Also, the results of the questionnaire showed that the new policies for 99% of the athletes were very motivating to achieve high results, but also 97% of them would work hard to extend their sports career as much as possible. From these data it is clear the positive result of innovative policies and the success of Albanian athletes in the international arena.
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Rovena Emazi, Entela Kushta
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