Overview
- Following an Oct. 16 hearing, the Chamber of Deputies’ Budget and Finance Committee plans to issue its opinion next week after prior majority approvals in Sports and in Communications and Informatics.
- Olympic and Paralympic organizations and athletes urged deputies to reestablish predictable financing and institutional safeguards for ENARD.
- The legislative debate focuses on reinstating the levy that originally financed ENARD under the 2009 law before a 2017 change shifted funding to the national budget.
- Gold medalist Cecilia Carranza warned ENARD will lack operating funds next month and noted the current annual budget is under US$14 million, limiting support beyond top-tier athletes.
- Proposals discussed include creating a Federal Council to integrate provincial talent pathways and ensuring Para sport is embedded in high‑performance planning.