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02 MINISTERIAL FOREWORD
These are exciting times for sport. Over the next few years, we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform Scotland into a truly sporting nation, and leave a legacy of sporting excellence to inspire our children and our children's children.
The 2012 London Olympics and, hopefully, a 2014 Scottish Commonwealth Games, will provide a fantastic focus for young Scots athletes and inspire many others - young and old - to participate in sport. Now is the time for us to ensure that we use these opportunities to create a strong culture of sport for future generations.
Reaching Higher, upholds the vision and values of Sport 21. It is, however, a new approach - a strategy that is right for its time. It is a strategy which will help us get the very best out of the opportunities offered by 2012, 2014 and other sporting events to be held in Scotland in coming years.
Reaching Higher aims to achieve this by providing a clear roadmap for everyone involved in the delivery of sport at local, regional and national levels, and sets out how we will assess progress. It also recognises that different approaches are needed for different sports and for different communities around Scotland.
The Scottish government will provide the leadership that a strategy of this kind needs. But, of course, our success will depend on the contribution of our partners in sportscotland, local authorities, sports governing bodies and elsewhere.
We must work together if we are to meet these challenges and make the most of the opportunity before us.
We must all work together to make Scotland a truly sporting nation.
Patricia Ferguson MSP
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
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