Public Policies for Sports

Within the scope of Sports Management and in the domain of Public Policies of Sports and Local Government, the consultation of this work will allow readers to know better and in greater depth a specific context of intervention and practices of municipal action in relation to sport in a global way, but especially the services and multidisciplinary sports offer as a guarantee of generalized access to the practice of sports by the population on a local scale and/or occasional national and international visitors.The study developed had as main objective the exploration of the context of Public Policies of Sport in Local Authorities associated with Sports Development, namely the intervention of the municipality of Almada (Portugal) regarding policies, facilities, training of agents, programs and activities in the promotion of physical and sporting activities.The development of sports activity continues to depend heavily on government action, both at the level of national public policies and local public policies, so it is imperative to better understand the different realities existing in southern Europe from the Portuguese reality.

Autorentext

Bruno Mestre, MSc | Direttore tecnico del Comune di Almada e Master in gestione e direzione sportiva (Portogallo).André Sesinando, MSc | Ricercatore e dottorando in Gestione dello Sport presso l'Università di Évora (Portogallo).Mário Teixeira, PhD | Professore multidisciplinare e ricercatore in Gestione dello Sport presso l'Università di Évora (Portogallo).