1. MAIDAN Summit – Sessions
Summary
Ranchi - 2012

2. Sport for Development - Making a difference
at the Policy level
 Sport is a state subject
 Enough policies, frameworks and resources available with
Government but it suffers from Mostly Articulated Falsely
Applied(MAFA) syndrome
 Systematic engagement of the private sector
 Nonscientific evidence collection mechanisms undermines the
potential of even competent tools & systems (Need of scientifically
accepted evidence based impact evaluations)
 Knowledge management of systems, resources, successful strategies
& their effective marketing
 Setting accountability of the stakeholders

3. Evidence on sports as a catalyst for social
change
Institutional strengthening on -
 Collective impacts through resource sharing
 Establishing & institutionalizing mechanisms capturing evidences and
impacts
 Qualitative and quantitative evidence generation

4. Corporate involvement: Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) through sports
 Development for sports
 Developing human resources into assets & capital
 Concerted efforts for rural outreach
 Focus on quality & value based education system
 Stakeholder centric holistic life cycle development approach

5. Best practices in Sport for Development
 Optimal resource utility (Building on existing resources)
 Community centric sustainable aspiration development &
adherence
 Create – Don’t Hire
 Mentoring (Show / Demonstrate – Don’t Tell) – Coaching philosophy
 Early start – Catch them early – Relationship building
 Engaging with the circle of influence of target audience
 Individual transformation leading to social transformation
 Usage of communication materials towards delivery facilitation
 Evaluating behavioral change on target audience from opportunity
structures / families perspectives
 Adapting / adopting need based new sports
 External incentives - Felicitation and recognition

6. Personal and social development through
adventure and outdoors sports
 Nature Deficit Disorder - Decreased empathy towards nature around
us
 Creating leaders & good human beings thru Wilderness(Nature)
exploration
 STOP – Stop, Think , Options & Plan - Practice
 Opportunity to learn themselves thru skill development
 An act of unfolding & disclosing the unknown - Development

7. Taking the Maidan platform forward – next steps
Practitioner
 Understanding S4D as a tool for behavioral change
 Knowledge management & capacity building for S4D
- Tailoring to specific social outputs.
- Developing curriculum for the same
- Measuring outcomes & impacts
 Resource generation( Galvanizing government resources / policies)
Donor
 Existent Policy review & advocacy
 Branding & advocacy
 Knowledge management (Best Practices / M & E)
 Convergence – Concerted efforts for all stakeholder centric holistic life
cycle development approach.