Athletes will be additionally financed in Kaliningrad

The leaders of the sports federation of the region held a meeting during which they discussed the procedure for co-financing. Read more in the material “MK in Kaliningrad”.

The meeting was held at the stadium “Kaliningrad”. There, the heads of sports federations of the region discussed the possibilities of co-financing the development of sports of accredited regional federations. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister of the Kaliningrad Region and Minister of Sports Natalya Ishchenko.

The new financing mechanism came into force from the new year. It implies accompanying part of the costs for participation and holding competitions marked in the official calendar of the regional sports. They also celebrate the secondment of national teams for district and all-Russian starts.

Natalya Ishchenko noted that there are currently about eighty sports federations in the Kaliningrad region. She said that the new mechanism will provide even greater assistance in financing athletes who defend the honor of the region. So, everyone can get support at the local, regional and federal levels. It is carried out with the help of the allocation of funds from the regional budget, which are constantly indexed. Also, additional motivation will come from the Olympic Council in the form of a rating of local federations in Olympic sports.

Grant support was also allocated as a separate area. A representative of the regional ministry of youth policy made a report on the available tools and options for methodological support in this area.

At the end of the meeting, the anti-doping issue was touched upon. Now each federation must have a specialist working with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency.