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African Union Sport Council

African Union Member States established the African Union Sports Council as a specialised Technical Office to direct, co-ordinate and superintend activities of the entire African Sport Movement. AUSC is responsible for the co-ordination of the African Sports Movement and it is a forum for concerted action between Member States for the promotion and development of sports and development through sport in Africa.

Functions of the African Union Sport Council include the following:

• Service the sport policy development needs of the AU;
• Promote sport as a fundamental human right to be enjoyed by all;
• Promote and defend sport development and development through sport;
• Grant membership of the AUSC subject to approval by the STC;
• Ensure that Member States fund sport development
• Ensure that member states develop sport policies, programmes, systems and structures;
• Facilitate the development of relevant sport structures in Member states and the alignment of national sport policies and strategies to the AU Sport Policy Framework and other continental sport policies to achieve harmonisation and coordination of sports development;
• Facilitate sport development on the African Continent in terms of skills development, social interaction, and communication of relevant information on programmes in combating HIV and AIDS and anti-doping programmes, as well as to promote person-to-person development program;
• Enhance the profile and status of the African Games to attract high profile athletes to ensure that it becomes a qualifier for the Olympic Games and other international events;
• Increase the revenue of the African Games and institute transparent mechanisms regarding the proceeds raised from the marketing and sponsorship of the African Games;
• Promote cooperation with international sports organisations with a view to solicit sponsorship, funding and training of sportsmen and women;
• Ensure that ANOCA and AASC play their assigned roles within the new African Union Sports Council;
• Promote and defend a culture of good governance, democratic principles and institutions, popular participation, human rights and freedoms as well as social justice in the domain of sport;
• Promote, advocate and defend a culture of gender equality in the domain of sport;
• Promote and strengthen the institutional, human and operational capacities of African civil society.