SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

RATIONALE:
MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL’S VISION IS ASENSO MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL ENCAPSULATED BY
ITS 5M’S DEVELOPMENT THRUST OF MISAMISNON MAGPUYONG MALINAWON,
MALAMBUON UG MALIPAYON.
UNDER THE MALAMBUON COMPONENT, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IS A MAJOR PRIORITY
PROGRAM, COMPRISING TWO SUB-PROGRAMS SUCH AS SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM AND THE ASENSO PAMILYA: ONE FAMILY, ONE PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM.
IN TERMS OF THE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE FOCUS IS ON PRODUCING
SPORTS CHAMPIONS IN THE PROVINCE TO COMPETE IN THE REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND
EVEN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS.
AS A STEPPING STONE TOWARDS THIS OBJECTIVE, THE ONE ASENSO MISAMIS
OCCIDENTAL TEAM HAS BEEN FORMED COMBINING ALL FOUR DEPED DIVISIONS OF
THE PROVINCE INTO ONE STRONG MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL TEAM. THE OBJECTIVES ARE
THE FOLLOWING:
1. HARMONIZE OUR SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN THE PROVINCE;
2. FOCUS AND POOL OUR RESOURCES TO ONE CONTINGENT OF ATHLETES
REPRESENTING OUR PROVINCE;
3. LOOK FOR THE BEST ATHLETES AND PRODUCE CHAMPIONS WHO WILL
REPRESENT THE PROVINCE IN THE VARIOUS REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND EVEN
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COMPETITIONS;
4. IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PROVINCE IN THE VARIOUS REGIONAL,
NATIONAL AND EVEN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COMPETITIONS.
5. LINK SPORTS DEVELOPMENT WITH TOURISM INDUSTRY/PROMOTION OF THE
PROVINCE.
IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, THE PGMO, PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE
TRAININGS OF ATHLETES AND COACHES, PURCHASE OF VARIOUS SPORTS EQUIPMENT,
PROVISION OF SPORTS UNIFORMS AND IMPROVEMENT OF VARIOUS SPORTS FACILITIES.
AS A GESTURE OF SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION FOR THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION
OF THE WINNING ATHLETES IN BRINGING PRIDE AND HONOR TO THE PROVINCE, THE
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO GRANT CASH REWARDS BY VIRTUE OF SP
ORDINANCE NO. 16-24.