Historic step in Rosario: 22 provinces join CReAR Federal | OneFootball

During this Tuesday, 22 sports secretaries from different provinces signed the agreement to join CReAR Federal, a project led by the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA) and the Argentine Paralympic Committee (COPAR). The meeting took place at Casa Suramericana —located at the City Museum, on Oroño Boulevard and Dante Alighieri— within the framework of the 13th South American Games Santa Fe 2026.

The initiative, originally created as a model in the city of Rosario, aims to coordinate the country’s entire sports system under one structure, guaranteeing access to evaluation, education, training, and support tools from the beginner level through to high performance.

Argentine sports thus moved toward a new federal development model. The proposal, which the province of Santa Fe had already joined, consolidated a national network in which the provinces took on a proactive role and athletes were positioned as the central focus of a continuous process. The premise of the system sought to prevent each athlete’s place of origin from determining their opportunities for growth and advancement.

CReAR Federal proposed bringing together within a single structure provinces, confederations, federations, associations, clubs, technical teams, and Olympic and Paralympic sports bodies. The methodology facilitated the exchange of information, training, and evaluation tools to unify sports development planning in each territory.

Institutionally, the COA and COPAR led the coordination with the provinces and the different actors in the sector. The proposal was based on the experience of CReAR Rosario, which in recent years built a system grounded in applied science, training, and monitoring of athletes and institutions, extending that structure to the national level throughout 2026.

Speaking with Rosario3, Mario Moccia, president of the Argentine Olympic Committee, said: “I think it is a major step forward because it allows us to unify the information that we currently have separately in each federation, in each club, with the Olympic Committee and the Paralympic Committee. We can create a single database that helps us plan sports more effectively. Being able to work as a team and be more effective in each province.”

The program started from the principle that athletes must be at the center of all sports policy. For this reason, the project included support at every stage: training, evaluation, development, competition, and high performance, with the aim of optimizing talent identification and offering the best possible preparation conditions.

In addition, the sports leader clarified: “I think it will be a great opportunity to optimize sports management and project in the short and long term the best athletes that may emerge in the different provinces.”

To address the different dimensions of development, the structure was divided into seven Federal Plans:

Sports Evaluations: applied measurements for better planning.Sports Training Programs: strengthening the education of coaches, professionals, and leaders.Teams and Sports Camps: creation of preparation and competitive training spaces.Sports Development: consolidation of the athlete’s path from the early stages.Promotion of Physical Exercise: encouragement for a more active and healthy society.Comprehensive Support for the Athlete: addressing the various dimensions that shape an athlete’s life.Sports Events: creation of opportunities for competition, gathering, and development.

The initiative sought to connect the capacities of each region within a nationwide network. The provinces contributed territory and infrastructure; the federations added the specific expertise of each discipline; the clubs served as the starting base for athletes; the technical teams provided evaluation and planning; while the COA and COPAR linked the project with the Olympic and Paralympic system.

“The first objective is to implement the database that reflects a snapshot of sports in each place. To have all the data on athletes, infrastructure, clubs, and equipment so we can plan. The second challenge is to direct that database into a strategic plan that is useful for all of us and to define what each province needs,” Moccia emphasized.

“I think the most important thing is that knowledge and experiences will be able to be shared, and that is why we at the COA and COPAR are here, to build an optimal framework,” he concluded.

One of the pillars of CReAR Federal was the use of information to optimize management decisions. The Rosario experience served as a precedent for this approach: during the course of 2026, the local CReAR carried out more than 5,500 evaluations on more than 1,100 athletes from the city, with the goal of replicating that same dynamic on a federal scale.

This federal projection will have a major milestone during the Argentine Junior High Performance Games (JADAR Junior) Rosario 2027, scheduled from April 1 to 10 of that year. The event will bring together 10,000 young athletes from the 24 provinces in more than 50 disciplines, establishing itself as a key platform to support the development of the new generations of Argentine Olympic and Paralympic sport.

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