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9. Sports Development and Youth Empowerment 9.1 Situational analysis Youth in Botswana are facing the following challenges of unemployment and underemployment, poverty, wealth and income inequality, unfriendly reproductive health system, a collapsing and irrelevant education system, lack of access to land and housing and economic opportunities as well as lack of representation in key decision making bodies. 9.2 Our social contract To develop, nurture, and empower the youth to enable them to reach their full potential and meaningfully contribute to the development of the country, the BCP shall; • Create consistency of laws, regulations, standards and practices in respect of age of majority for the youth. • Entrench Affirmative Action in the Youth Policy to encourage youth representation in decision making. • Set up a Youth Entrepreneurial Development Agency to assist youth with funding, training and development and capacity building for business. • Introduce Employment Tax Incentive for companies that employ unemployed youth under the age of 36 to promote youth employment, training and skills development. • Ratify and domesticate into legislation and implement all youth related conventions, charters and treaties to align youth laws with international best practices. • To provide access to youth friendly reproductive health services and establish substance abuse rehabilitation centres. • Set up skills development centres around the country to train and equip unskilled and unemployed youth. 34 READY TO LEAD BCP 2014-2019 MANIFESTO
9.3 Sports, Recreation and Arts Development Situational Analysis Sports, recreation, arts and entertainment are not adequately developed and remain under resourced. Consequently, below par achievements are common occurrences in all sporting codes. There is no professionalization of sporting activities. Our social contract To develop, professionalise and support sports, recreation, arts and entertainment, the BCP shall; • Develop sports through public and private sports academies and introduce a competitive schools league in all sporting codes to identify and nurture talent at an early stage. • Professionalise Sports through grants to premier sport divisions and attract investment and sponsorship through enactment of corporate social responsibility law. • Build sporting and recreational Infrastructure to create a conducive environment for competitive sports and recreational activities. • Unearth, develop, nurture and promote youth talent in visual arts, performing arts, and art performance through schools, theaters, youth centers. READY TO LEAD BCP 2014-2019 MANIFESTO 35
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