Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting

Commonwealth governments will convene in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 4 August 2016 for the 8th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting. The meeting is held every two years alongside the Commonwealth Games or Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Ministers will address the contribution sport can make to the Sustainable Development Goals, with an emphasis on promoting healthy lives and well-being for all. The meeting will also consider threats to sport integrity on sustainable development, and options for government responses.

Blogs

• Sports Minister: Health and sport are best mates in Australia by The Hon Sussan Ley MP, Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care and Minister for Sport
• Commonwealth Games from a sporting games to a sporting movement for all communities by David Grevemberg CBE, Chief Executive, Commonwealth Games Federation 
• More than just a game: Sport and the Sustainable Development Goals by Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General Deodat Maharaj
• Time to move from ‘declaration to action’ on sport policy by Alexander Schischlik, Chief of Section - Youth and Sport, UNESCO

Latest News 

• 5 August 2016 - Sports Ministers in Rio pledge to strengthen policies and fight corruption
• 4 August 2016 - 8th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting Communiqué
• 29 July 2016 - Commonwealth Ministers at Rio Olympics address sports policy and integrity issues 

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— Commonwealth Youth (@ComSecYouth) July 25, 2016

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— The Commonwealth (@commonwealthsec) July 30, 2016

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— The Commonwealth (@commonwealthsec) July 31, 2016