Botswana National Sports Commission
Mandate
The Botswana National Sports Commission is the statutory body responsible for promoting, developing and co-ordinating sport in Botswana. It works with affiliated national sports associations, government, district structures and community organisations to widen participation and to support competitive pathways.
In practice the Commission sits between national policy and local delivery: it channels funding and technical support to federations, supports coach and administrator development, oversees national facilities, and represents Botswana sport internationally.
Why Botswana is hosting
Botswana put itself forward to host the 30th TAFISA World Congress because the Sport for All agenda matches the problem the country actually has to solve. With a small population spread across a very large area, participation cannot depend on specialist facilities in a few cities. It has to be built around schools, village grounds, volunteers and programmes that travel.
Hosting brings the global movement to a setting where those constraints are the norm rather than the exception — and gives Botswana access to practice from every region of the world.
Working with TAFISA
TAFISA — The Association For International Sport for All — is the leading international Sport for All organisation, recognised by the International Olympic Committee, with members in more than 170 countries. Its World Congress is held every two years and is the movement's principal gathering.
The 30th edition follows Prague in 2026 and is delivered by the Botswana National Sports Commission as host, working with a Local Organising Committee and TAFISA's own congress structures.