facilities, science labs and other critical programs for the purposes of short, medium and long term development of sport including the pursuit of innovations for the Faculty of Sport. The Academy is expected to receive BDS $500,000.00 as per the MOU agreement. During the year, collaborations were pursued with regional Ministers of Sport and their Permanent Secretaries as well as sport governing bodies in the area of sport policy development, certificate programmes for staff, capacity building for sport professionals and greater integration of sport curricula in schools. However, there was a lag in responses from the various governmental institutions and an alternate approach will be pursued for 2020/2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Faculty sought and received approval from the CDB for special assistance in the form of financial grants for participants of the Community Inclusion Programme and READ project which were components of the UWI/CDB grant. The Faculty conducted four sports fora in May with the first one themed Sports after COVID-19. The others were titled the Effect of COVID 19 on Intercollegiate and High School Sports; COVID-19: Impact on High Performance Sport; and Sports Policy and Governance – Impact of COVID-19. There was participation across the region in the fora. Viewership of the forum videos have ranged from a high of 1,491 to 510; with broadcasting stations re-broadcasting the forums. The Head OCAS, Mr. Kervin Jean, was a panellist on the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee’s webinar on transformational leadership on June 13, 2020. The webinar focused on the opportunities for growth and innovation in sport as a result of COVID-19.
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