AFTER several strategic planning sessions with his commissioners last week, Philippine Sports Commission Richard Bachmann is expected to come out with his overall blueprint this week that will guide the policies, actions and direction of the government sports agency in the next few months and beyond.
Together with Commissioners Bong Coo, Walter Torres, Fritz Gaston and Edward Hayco and other key personnel, Bachmann has been gathering inputs to come up with a “master plan” for the programs that the PSC intends to execute based on its mandate under Republic Act 6847, the PSC law.
The strategic planning meetings were supposed to be held earlier but Bachmann was caught up with the country’s preparation and participation in the Cambodia Southeast Asian Games and 12th Asean Para Games.
“We have met several times and I will present our master plan based on the collective inputs of the commissioners while incorporating those of my own,” said Bachmann, who is getting huge inputs from the PSC program, research and development division headed by Dr. Larry Domingo.
Torres, whose oversight includes para sports and the national para athletes, said he provided inputs on how the PSC can help the National Sports Associations expand the number of their technical officials.
“As a former national fencer, I know the importance of having more Filipino technical officials like judges so that our national athletes can get a fair shake, especially in subjective sports like boxing and other combat sports,” Torres pointed out.
Gaston, involved with the grassroots program of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, said he drew up a plan on how it should be done properly from the ground up, as requested by Bachmann.
“Among the proposals we presented was having regional training centers where we already have a presence such as Davao and Cebu as well as in Iloilo after the chairman and I visited the excellent facilities of Iloilo city recently. We also proposed having one in Northern Luzon,” Gaston said.
A PSC source, who declined to be identified, revealed that also discussed during the meetings was how to streamline the personnel and other departments to make it a more effective and efficient agency serving the needs of its stakeholders.
“But right-sizing doesn’t always means downsizing (of staff),” the source said. “Hopefully, we hope the PSC chairman will be able to come up with a plan that will cope with the increasing demands of the PSC.”
