Roma sport 2020. Indagine Policy Delphi

Abstract

This working paper presents the research report on the Policy Delphi survey titled “Roma Sport 2020â€. There was a need to conduct a study on the role and potential of sport in order to enhance its educational dimension and to address the urgent problem of the sedentary lifestyle of people living in the more economically advanced countries. In the last few years, IRPPS has devoted considerable attention to people’s participation/non-participation in sporting activities and to the function of sport in today’s urban context. On behalf of the Lazio Region’s Agency for Sport, Agensport, IRPPS conducted a survey, titled “I cittadini e lo sport nel Lazioâ€, on people’s behaviour and attitude towards sport in the region, and was able to analyse the people’s subjective perception of their participation in sport and body image. It was also possible to define the characteristics of “non-participantsâ€, the values connected with sport and its social representation. The present survey applies the Delphi technique and aims to provoke more interest in the topic by analysing sport as a global phenomenon, potentially able to generate individual well-being, personal growth, social cohesion, cultural, educational and healthcare development, besides economic development. The results of “Roma Sport 2020â€, comprising a set of social policies to be implemented in the city over the next 10 years, represent a starting point to rethink the urban environment, social relationships and lifestyles from the holistic and balanced point of view of sport.