Sports Telegram The government sporting allowance will increase next year by 197 million. SEK 64 million is earmarked for the work of integration.
Sports Minister Gabriel Wikström (S) said in a statement that the government increases support for the sport is important.
“Especially now in the acute refugee situation makes the sporting invaluable efforts to give new arrivals and asylum seekers greater opportunities to participate in society. “
The Swedish Sports Confederation chairman Björn Eriksson, of course, pleased with the increased appropriations:
” Raising the State aid is an acknowledgment of the public benefit the sports movement make, not only in the integration of new arrivals, but in many areas, “says Björn Eriksson to the Foundation’s website.
The increase is the first sports movement received since in 2008.
The proposal tabled in September was passed in parliament on 9 December.
The total will sport 1.9 billion in government subsidies. These include support for anti-doping work, sports research and sports lift.
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