Austrian federal sports organization
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The Austrian Federal Sports Organization (BSO) is a non-profit institution with the aim of representing the interests of sport in Austria and in international organizations. The BSO is thus the central coordination and advisory platform within the Austrian sports system.
tasks
The Austrian Federal Sports Organization (BSO) is a non-profit institution with the aim of representing the interests of sport in Austria and in international organizations. The BSO is thus the central coordination and advisory platform within the Austrian sports system. The comprehensive competence of the Austrian Federal Sports Organization includes the coordination of sport-political activities, the provision of services for the members, representation of the concerns of sport in relation to state institutions, representation of Austrian sport in international committees, coordination of the funding institutions, trainer and instructor training, training and advanced training of executives, development of sports projects, appraisal and drafting of draft laws and regulations, information on sports-relevant legal and tax matters, issuing of publications, creation of documentation and databases, event and association marketing and promotion of fairness in sport, in particular through measures against doping, violence and racism.
On the basis of this comprehensive mission, the BSO is represented in the following national sports institutions:
- Federal Sport GmbH
- Austrian Olympic Committee
- Austrian sport aid
- National Anti-Doping Agency Austria
- Austrian Institute for School and Sports Facility Construction (ÖISS)
- Austrian Institute for Sports Medicine (ÖISM)
- Institute for Medical and Sports Science Advice (IMSB)
- Conference of state sports officers
- Competitive sports center Südstadt
- Austrian Volunteering Council
- Austrian Olympic and Sports Museum
- Bundessporteinrichtungen Gesellschaft mbH
- Federal Network for Sports Psychology
history
- After sport in Austria was part of the German Reich Association for Physical Exercise until 1945, the first government then called for the re-establishment of the sports associations that existed in the First Republic - ASKÖ, SPORTUNION and the first professional associations emerge or re-form.
- Certain sports such as some martial arts, shooting or aviation remained prohibited in parts of Austria until 1947.
- The Federal Constitution of 1920 is also adopted after the Second World War - so sport continues to fall under the remit of the federal states.
- In 1946, Austrian sport appeared united for the first time: In the course of the sports week "950 Years of Austria", Federal President Theodor Körner was given his commitment to free Austrian sport.
- In 1946 there was talk of a federal sports organization for the first time, at that time still in the sense of a representation of the federal states without the involvement of the sports associations.
- In 1949, Minister Felix Hurdes founds the Federal Sports Council (2 representatives each from ASKÖ, ASVÖ - which was formed in 1949, SPORTUNION, 1 each from the umbrella organizations of all federal states and the presidents of the ÖOC and Sports Council).
- The then 25 professional associations join the newly established Federal Sports Council in 1949.
- In 1949, the Federal Sports Committee was created as a joint lobby group.
- In 1953 a draft of a federal sports law was drawn up, but the states rejected it.
- In 1954, the desire for a common interest group (BSO) increased and draft statutes were drawn up. For the time being, however, the proposals remain unsuccessful on both a club and a legal basis.
- Also in 1958 and 1959 an attempt was made to found the association BSO.
- After the idea of a federal sports promotion law was again rejected by the federal states in 1965, an executive committee was set up with the task of creating a basis for an autonomous BSO.
- In 1966 an agreement was finally reached and the Federal Sports Promotion Act enshrined sport in law for the first time.
- Due to the great pressure on the part of Austrian sport ("Officials and political representatives of the federal states, contrary to the will of the athletes, consistently disregard the interests and demands of Austrian sport and adhere to paper-based competencies entitled to distribute it yourself ") the Austrian Federal Sports Organization (BSO) was founded on April 26, 1969.
Organs and bodies
The BSO has the following organs:
- Austrian sports meeting
- Austrian Sports Council
- Austrian Sports Council
- Elite sports committee
- Bureau
- BSO sports youth
- Auditor
The former Minister of Social Affairs Rudolf Hundstorfer (SPÖ) was president from 2016 until his death on August 20, 2019 . In November 2019, the former governor of Burgenland, Hans Niessl (SPÖ), was elected President of the federal sports organization.
- President
- 1995–2007: Franz Löschnak
- 2007–2013: Peter Wittmann
- 2013–2016: Herbert Kocher
- 2016–2019: Rudolf Hundstorfer (deceased in office)
- since 2019: Hans Niessl
Members
Ordinary and extraordinary members are organized in the BSO. There are also supporting and honorary members.
Ordinary members:
- Popular sports associations
- Sports associations
- Total Austria Organizations with special tasks in sport
- Associate members
Supporting members can be natural or legal persons who support Austrian sport, such as B. Funding institutions for Austrian sports or sports science institutes.
At the request of the Presidium, the Austrian Sports Assembly can appoint natural persons who have made special contributions to the entire Austrian sport and in particular to the BSO as honorary members . Honorary membership can also be combined with an honorary function.
structure
Sports matters fall within the constitutional competence of the federal states. The federal government is primarily responsible for promoting funding, which is based on Article 17 of the Federal Constitutional Law ("Private Sector Administration"). The Federal Sports Promotion Act forms the basic legal basis for sports funding by the federal government.
State area
At the federal level, the Federal Ministry of Public Service and Sport, the Federal Ministry of National Defense, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research are responsible for the various areas of sport. In addition, individual sport-specific areas can also fall within the competence of other federal ministries (such as youth and sport, violence prevention at major sporting events, etc.).
Since sport agendas fall under the constitutional scope of the federal states in accordance with Article 15 of the Federal Constitution, nine regional sports directorates have also been set up.
Non-governmental area
The Austrian Federal Sports Organization is the non-governmental umbrella organization of Austrian sports and coordinates sports matters with the relevant government agencies. The full members of the BSO are the three umbrella associations ASKÖ, ASVÖ and Sportunion, the currently 60 recognized professional associations as well as the Austrian Disabled Sports Association, the Austrian Olympic Committee, the Austrian Paralympic Committee and the Special Olympics. Extraordinary members are the federal states, insofar as they declare their membership, as well as all Austrian associations of particular importance (e.g. Austrian company sports association, Austrian army sports association, etc.). Ordinary members have voting rights in the individual bodies of the BSO, such as the Austrian Sports Assembly, the Austrian Sports Council and the Austrian Sports Expert Council.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Republic mourns Hundstorfer: "Rudi, we will miss you". Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
- ^ Burgenland's ex-governor Niessl new BSO president. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper . November 8, 2019, accessed November 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Representation of interests in sports politics. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Rudolf Hundstorfer, future President. In: DerStandard.at . October 18, 2016, accessed November 8, 2019 .