Naslov
An analysis of the structure of public finance for the participation of Croatian athletes at major sports events

Autori
Škorić, Sanela ; Obadić, Evica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Global Issues and New Ideas in Sport Management / Valantinė, Irena ; Pitts, Brenda ; Zhang, James Jianhui - Kaunas : Lithuanian Sports University, 2017, 133-133

ISBN
978-609-8200-08-9

Skup
2nd World Association for Sport Management World Conference: Global Issues and New Ideas in Sport Management

Mjesto i datum
Kaunas, Litva, 20.06.2017. - 23.06.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
state budget funds, sport federations, regular programmes, special programme projects

Sažetak
Sport has become one of the important factors for the promotion of a country. This is especially the case with participation of athletes and national teams in various (major) sport events where they promote their countries through their sports achievements. In turn, many countries are financing participation of their athletes and national teams at sport events. The aim of this paper is to examine the amount and structure of funds that the Republic of Croatia invested in their athletes during the period from 2003 to 2016. The study includes approximately 80 sports organizations (Croatian Olympic Committee (COC), national sports federations and other sports organizations) that under the provisions of the Sports Act receive funds from the state budget of the Republic of Croatia. The paper uses data from the annual financial statements of the COC, since the funds from the state budget are planned and implemented in the unified COC financial plan. An analysis of income and expenses showed no evident trend of growth or decline. The most important source of COC’s income is state budget ranging from 83% of total income in 2005 to 91, 9% in 2013. Additional funds were realized through various (marketing) revenue, Olympic solidarity programmes, etc. COC’s expenses consist of several categories appearing on a regular basis. However, in this paper only expenses whose aim is to finance the preparations and participation of Croatian athletes at International sport events were analysed (NF’s/NA’s regular programmes and special programme projects). The highest costs for these programmes occurred in the year of COC’s highest income, i.e. 2008 when it reached almost 110 million of Kuna. Constant fluctuation in expenses can mostly be attributed to different sport calendars (some sports host world and European championships every four, others every two, and some sports every year) and destinations of sport competitions. In addition, an increase in the number of regular programme users (from 68 in 2003 to 86 in 2015) as well as the number of development programmes for athletes and coaches was noticed (only 1 in 2003 to 6 in 2015).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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