NSOs to improve performance in technical
and administrative activities is often incompatible
with their concern to comply
with ill-defined bureaucratic procedures. As
a member of the paid administrative staff of
an NSO illustrates:
There are some things that are inherently
difficult to operate in the way the GSS wants.
In order to approve subsidy for participation
of a national team in competitions abroad,
the GSS requires detailed information one
month in advance. They should realise that
sport is not a business. It is not like sending
10 individuals to a conference. Therefore,
they have to understand that such deadlines
are impossible to meet under normal circumstances.
(Paid administrative staff)