POST GAMES REPORT - Commonwealth Games Federation

Technical handbooks, Sport operational plans and sport
results. The primary challenge of conducting the Games was
to plan all activities and coordinate various activities in such
a manner that everything happened on time. A number of
workshops were conducted in all 17 sports for updating the
officials’ knowledge which helped to increase the number
of qualified technical official. Selection and training of Sport
Specific Volunteers, coming from various parts of the country,
was a major task, especially for new sports such as Netball,
Lawn Bowls and Rugby Sevens. The technical Conduct of all
the 17 Sports was outstanding.
Key Lessons
• Streamlined integration between the international
federations, national federations and sports competition is
essential for good results
• Test events in 17 Sports provided an opportunity to various
FAs to assess their level of preparedness and overcome
shortcomings
SUSTAINABILITY AND
ENVIRONMENT
The Sustainability and Environment FA worked toward
developing strategic initiatives to reduce and offset the key
environmental footprints of the event. This has been done with
the overall objective of striving to achieve a Consumption-
Carbon Neutral status for the Games. Further, the FA also
developed programmes and initiatives for eco awareness
through Green Sensitisation programmes. The FA has also
worked toward developing media strategy for appropriately
publicising the OC CWG Delhi 2010`s Eco-Conscious Will.
Recommendations
• It is imperative that all stakeholders (municipal agencies,
local government, etc.) be assembled on a common
platform to address sustainability issues pertaining to the
Games. Roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder need
to be defined along with interdependencies. An effective
project management and compliance system was put
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