How sport is organised in France

The State, the National Sport Agency, the sports movement and local authorities: who does what in French sport.

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Ministry of Sport: what is it?
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The State department that sets sports policy, issues State qualifications and oversees federations.
It delegates a public-service mission to federations.
A town wants to build a gym. Who most often funds it?
- The town, helped by other authorities and the ANS
- The State alone, through the Ministry of Sport
- The federation of the sport played there, from its own funds
- The CNOSF, with the town's clubs
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The town, helped by other authorities and the ANS
Facilities are mainly the business of local authorities, municipalities first.
Sports movement: what is it?
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All clubs, leagues, committees and federations, represented by the CNOSF.
It is the associative side of sport.
Why speak of a "French model" of sport?
- The State runs every competition itself
- The State entrusts a public-service mission to the associative movement
- Professional leagues alone fund all amateur sport there
- Clubs there are private companies under contract
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The State entrusts a public-service mission to the associative movement
Elsewhere, as in the United States, sport rests mostly on universities and private money.
Local authorities: what is it?
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Municipalities, departments and regions, which mainly fund sports facilities.
Municipalities are the largest public funders of sport.