Sustainability and Legacy in Sport: Ukraine Educational and Sport Scenario

• Main Authors: Olha Borysova (Author), Oleksandr Krasilshchikov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Montenegrin Sports Academy and Faculty for Sport and Physical Education, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 10.26773/smj.210916; 1451-7485; 2337-0351
• Keywords: sustainability; legacy; sport; Sports; GV557-1198.995
• Source: Sport Mont, Vol 19, Iss S2, Pp 5-7 (2021)

Achieving and maintaining sustainability as well as creating legacy to be best utilized in future is a challenging and at the same time generous objective for any country and any institution. The legacy concept development by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was further advanced through the Olympic Games Impact (OGI) project and is now efficiently governed and its execution observed by the IOC Sustainability and Legacy Commission. Most nations and institutions related to sports and physical education supported this movement to assist spreading the legacy of the Olympic Games to advance the promotion of sports for all, so that vast majority of population gets an opportunity to become more physically active, and/or to get involved in sports activities. The objectives of this editorial were on one hand to project the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport (NUUPES) activities aimed at improving sustainability and legacy in sport; and on the other hand, to highlight the outcomes and proceedings of the 4th International online conference "Sustainability and Legacy in Sport: Challenges and Perspectives" which was held on 26-27th November 2020 in Kyiv, Ukraine. This conference was as well the part of NUUPES activities aimed at further improving sustainability and legacy in Sport. Special thanks to Sport Mont for providing a platform for publishing the conference scientific papers in this Special Issue of the journal.