The Island Council Updates and Modernizes the Census of Sports Facilities in Tenerife

The Tenerife Island Council has begun the process of updating and modernizing the Tenerife Sports Facilities Census, to which a series of improvements will be added to promote its use by institutions and the island’s residents. The island’s Councilor for Sports, Concepción Rivero, states that “this tool will allow us to develop future sports programs that respond to the changing habits of Tenerife’s residents, and it will also serve local municipalities, which will be able to update their own censuses, register new facilities, and even incorporate any improvements that may have been made to them.”

In addition, Rivero explains that the project will address the population’s new needs, since “for example, users will be able to find out where outdoor sports facilities are located on the island—something in high demand right now due to COVID-19—and they’ll also have direct access to check and reserve availability of island or municipal facilities online.”

For her part, the island’s Director of Sports, Laura Castro, states that “it was necessary to modernize and update the software that supports a registry that will now become more interactive and offer local governments the option of having their own module for registering municipal sports facilities.”

“With this new application and this collaborative work environment, the Island Census will be able to be updated continuously, almost in real time. Furthermore, the update will ensure that the new data collection templates are consistent with those proposed by the Higher Sports Council at the national level, standardizing terminology and analysis criteria,” concludes Castro.

Laura Castro notes that the contract for this census has already been awarded, and although the completion deadline has been set at one year, the first draft and preliminary results are expected to be presented in the coming months.

Law 1/2019, dated January 30, on Physical Activity and Sports in the Canary Islands requires public administrations, including the island councils, to develop a Master Plan for Sports Facilities. “That is why it is necessary to assess the current state of sports facilities on our island and update the inventory, which has not been done since 2011,” the director concludes.