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09 CONCLUSION
This strategy has highlighted the challenges ahead. We need to reach higher to ensure we involve all sections of our communities to promote and develop the value of sport.
The First Minister's Sport Summit endorsed the need to ensure that we have sufficient, committed and well-trained professionals together with the infrastructure to facilitate and encourage the development of sportsmen and women at all levels. Within this strategy's four national priorities to deliver well-trained people, strong organisations, quality facilities and develop the player pathway, we have the building blocks to enable us to reach higher.
We all have a role to play to achieve this vision. The Scottish Executive and sportscotland will lead and support the strategy. Sports governing bodies, local authorities, schools, universities, colleges and the private sector should adopt and implement the strategy's requirements. Ultimately it is about working together and being part of a shared vision for sport in Scotland.
Sport contributes to our lives in so many ways, improving health, strengthening communities, providing employment and helping the economy. Sport can lift the spirit of the nation and raise individual self esteem. It can challenge, inspire and entertain. Above all, sport matters.
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