SPORT 1913 - 2013

relevance of their movement to be changed in the future to national and world levels. In 1990, altogether 60 per cent of these people assessed that the status and signifi- cance of worker sport movement would in- crease on a national level (Olin 1992, 38). In 2010, the figure was of 65 per cent. On a world- wide level, the change was estimated to be even bigger: from 60 per cent in 1990 (Olin 1992, 38) to 71 per cent in 2010. Furthermore, table 7 indicates that the proportion of those who said that the relevance would decrease on a national level has fallen down from 30 per cent in 1990 (Olin 1992, 38) to 12 per cent in 2010 and, on an international level, from 20 per cent in 1990 (Olin 1992, 38) to 0 per cent in 2010. On the other hand, the proportion of those hesitating – that is, who were of opinion that it is difficult to say – has increased on a national level of assessments from 10 per cent in 1990 (Olin 1992, 38) to 23 per cent in 2010 and, on an international level of assessments from 20 per cent in 1990 (Olin 1992, 38) to 29 per cent in 2010. Worthwhile to mention is that in 2010 nobody expressed that the status and significance of worker sport movement would decrease in the future. However, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that in 1990, the answers covered the opinions of only 10 and in 2010 altogether only 17 people in key positions of the CSIT member organizations. Therefore, they are not ground to make any generalizations. (See Table 7.) What might explain the forecast that the status and the significance of the worker sport

will increase on national and international levels and that the assessments are even stron- ger on the latter level? It is not possible here to give an answer to this question that would be reliable enough. There might, however, be at least one explana- tion. Maybe the figures tell us that the cohe- sion and thus the trust within the CSIT mem- ber organizations have grown to some degree within 20 years. On the other hand, the run- ning of successful programs in the CSIT has perhaps created a new kind of trust for the future among the members. Furthermore, the new openings regarding the leadership and the management as well as the CSIT programs for youth sport, the women, the elderly ones and particularly the amateur sport competi- tions with the building of a modern image including the use of Internet and other means of communication and newmedia have played an important role and effected on assessments

in positive ways; that is the status and the sig- nificance of the confederation that are expect- ed to increase on national and world levels in the future. Summary and Conclusions There are reasons to conclude that the CSIT with its member organizations has reached a new stage in its historical development. It has renewed its leadership, management and communication styles and operational sport programs as well as increased its national and worldwide partnerships. At the same time, its attractiveness has grown. This is reflected in growing numbers of new memberships and membership applications, too. At the end of 2011, the CSIT had 35 full members from 28 countries and 3 (sub)conti- nental members. In addition, 3 unions were categorized as candidates for full membership because their applications were in dealing

Table 7. Status and significance of worker sport movement in future in national and world levels in 1990 and in 2010 (N, %) (Olin 1992, 38; Olin 2012) .

Status and significance

National

World

1990 2010 N % N % N % N % 2010 1990

Increase

6

60 10 30

11

65 23 12

6 2 2

60 20 20

12

71 29

Difficult to say

1

4 2

5 0

Decrease

3

0

Total

10 100 17

100 10 100 17

100

124