Cees Versteeg

Cees Versteeg is currently Lecturer at ROC Nova College CIOS Haarlem. He has founded the Mutare-Haarlem Sports leaders organisation in Mutare, Zimbabwe and is trainer of the Mutare-Haarlem Athletics Club. He is also a consultant for Sport & Development organisations - SCORE in Namibia and Zambia and IZERE in Burundi.

He leads an exchange programme between sport leaders from Mutare with students from Holland and trainee sport leaders from Blantyre in Malawi. He has produced a practical manual for sport leaders. Cees values are ‘reciprocity, equality and common vision’.

Cees Versteeg's contributions to the e-Debate are listed below. Just follow the links below to access his comments during the e-Debate.

Cees Versteeg advocates for maintaining a strong sports focus and provides a practical example of well-defined aims an S&D programme can have. Read his comments in Round 1...
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Cees Versteeg asks the question of those aiming to find balance between sport and other components in S&D programmes and points to the areas of expertise within the field. Read his comments in Round 2...
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Cees Versteeg takes a bold stand against the taboo on discussing mistakes and failures in S&D openly and recommends closer learning experiences between grassroots and top-levels in S&D. Read the rest of his comments in the final round of the e-Debate...
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