Kylie Bates

Kylie Bates is Senior Sport for Development Consultant for the Pacific Region with the Australian Sports Commission. Her role at the Australian Sports Commission involves overseeing AusAID funded sport for development programmes in the Pacific region. She is also part of the management committee for the Oceania Sport Education Program, designed to improve governance in Pacific Island sporting organisations.

Kylie has a background in sports management, community development and health programmes and has worked for Special Olympics in Nepal and on the Silver Jubilee Sports Programme in Papua New Guinea. She has also consulted for the WHO on a behaviour change programme in Kiribati. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Movements (Exercise Management) and a Masters degree in International and Community Development.

Kylie Bates' contributions to the e-Debate are listed below. Just follow the links below to access her comments during the e-Debate.

Kylie Bates makes bold statements on the potential of sport to induce behaviour change. Find out what her comments were in the Round 1...
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Kylie Bates cites the lack of sufficient building on existing structures as one of three main challenges in achieving a balanced approach to S&D. Read the rest of her comments in Round 2...
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Kylie Bates makes a number of recommendations for the S&D community to focus on in the next 3-5 years, including how to overcome the challenge of discussing mistakes and failures in S&D openly. Read her full comments in the final round of the e-Debate...
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