AUSC Region 5

TEN COUNTRIES. ONE HOST CITY. ONE REGIONAL COMMITMENT.

The next phase of the Maputo 2026 Joint Mission brings together the Chefs de Mission representing the ten Region 5 Member Countries.

Their role is critical: to assess the conditions awaiting their delegations, present their countries’ state of readiness and help resolve the operational questions that could affect athletes before and during the Games.

Together with the ROC, LOC and sports confederations, they will examine venues, accommodation, accreditation, transport, competition services and the overall athlete experience.

Different nations. Shared responsibility. One regional stage.

When the ten countries arrive, Maputo must be ready.

MAPUTO 2026 ENTERS A DECISIVE READINESS PHASE

The road to the Region 5 Youth Games has reached a decisive stage.

This week in Maputo, the Regional Organising Committee, Local Organising Committee and sports confederations are examining the systems that will determine the success of the Games — from accommodation, accreditation and venues to catering, ceremonies, finance and Games services.

This is not a ceremonial visit. It is a working mission to test readiness, identify gaps, assign responsibility and accelerate delivery.

Every detail matters. Every decision counts.

Maputo is preparing. Region 5 is coming.

Maputo 2026 Joint Readiness Mission

The African Union Sports Council Region 5, together with the Maputo 2026 Local Organising Committee, sports confederations and Chefs de Mission, is conducting a joint technical and operational readiness mission in Maputo.

The mission brings together the institutions responsible for delivering and participating in the Region 5 Youth Games and covers venues, accommodation, accreditation, transport, security, marketing, medical services, safeguarding, competition operations and the overall athlete experience.

Media engagements, including one-on-one interviews and a concluding media conference, will form part of the programme.

Media enquiries:
Marketing and Business Development

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REGION 5 ADVANCES PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2026 MARATHON

Preparations for the 2026 Region 5 Marathon have moved into the next delivery phase following strategic working sessions held in Pretoria on 13 and 14 August.

The engagements focused on the race experience, operational readiness, country participation, marketing, media, commercial partnerships and the Marathon’s potential to promote regional culture and tourism.

The objective is to build more than a road race: a regional platform connecting sport, heritage, health and the people of Southern Africa.

The next phase will focus on country mobilisation, participant acquisition, partner engagement and the coordinated public launch of the campaign.

Maputo acolhe Missão Conjunta de Preparação para os Jogos da Região 5

O Conselho do Desporto da União Africana – Região 5, em coordenação com o Comité Organizador Local de Maputo 2026, realiza, em Maputo, uma missão conjunta de avaliação e preparação dos Jogos Juvenis da Região 5.

A missão reúne representantes do Comité Organizador Regional, do Comité Organizador Local, das confederações desportivas e Chefes de Missão dos dez Estados-Membros da Região 5.

Os trabalhos abrangem áreas fundamentais para a realização dos Jogos, incluindo instalações desportivas, alojamento, acreditação, transportes, marketing, segurança, serviços médicos e antidopagem, salvaguarda, voluntariado, operações das competições e experiência dos atletas.

Esta é uma missão de trabalho destinada a avaliar o nível de prontidão, identificar lacunas, definir responsabilidades e acordar as acções prioritárias para a realização bem-sucedida dos Jogos Juvenis da Região 5 – Maputo 2026.

O programa inclui visitas às instalações, sessões técnicas, apresentações das confederações e dos países participantes, entrevistas individuais e uma conferência de imprensa no encerramento dos trabalhos.

Dez países. Uma Região. Um compromisso com a excelência.

Contactos para os órgãos de comunicação social:
[email protected]

MALAWI, What you have achieved is bigger than football.

Across our Region, young girls watched you compete, believe and make history.

O futuro do desporto africano precisa de mais do que talento. Precisa de líderes preparados para transformar organizações, melhorar a governação e construir sistemas desportivos mais fortes.

Estão abertas as admissões para o Programa Executivo de Liderança Desportiva da Região 5, uma iniciativa conjunta da AUSC Region 5 e da Bindura University of Science Education.

O programa tem a duração de um ano académico e combina aprendizagem online, formação executiva, trabalhos práticos, intercâmbio regional e sessões presenciais.

📅 Admissões: Agosto–Setembro de 2026
🚀 Início: 5 de Outubro de 2026

As candidaturas devem ser feitas através da Comissão do Desporto, Conselho do Desporto ou autoridade nacional responsável pelo desporto no respectivo país.

📩 Submissões: [email protected]

The future of African sport needs more than talent. It needs leaders equipped to strengthen organisations, improve governance and build stronger sports systems.

Applications are open for the Region 5 Executive Sports Leadership Programme, a joint initiative of AUSC Region 5 and Bindura University of Science Education.

The one-year programme combines online learning, executive education, practical assignments, regional peer learning and physical contact sessions.

📅 Intake: August–September 2026
🚀 Starts: 5 October 2026

Applications must be made through your national Sports Commission, Sports Council or designated sport authority.

📩 Submissions: [email protected]