Non-Political Integration

Question 1

Non-political cooperation is known as

Answer 1

functional cooperation or collaboration among member states in areas affecting human development

Question 2

egs of non-political cooperation

Answer 2

sports, education, health/medicine, culture, disaster preparedness

Question 3

Sports, two examples of non-political cooperation in sports

Answer 3

The West Indies Cricket Board/ Cricket West Indies

CARIFTA Games

Question 4

The WICB is

Answer 4

the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the West Indies (a sporting confederation of over a dozen mainly English-speaking countries)

Question 5

when was the WICB established

Answer 5

in the early 1920s as the West Indies Cricket Board of Control but was formally recognized in 1926.

Question 6

WICB is now under the preview of ________ as…

Answer 6

under the preview of CARICOM as an associated institution

Question 7

The vision of WICB is to

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establish and sustain West Indies Cricket as the sporting symbol of the Caribbean and to see the team as a dominant international cricket team

Question 8

Challenges with the WICB (will be numbered 1-4)

Answer 8

Discord between the West Indies Players and Association (WIPA) and the WICB regarding compensation packages for matches.

Question 9

WICB challenge 2

Biased re…

Answer 9

Biased recruiting methods of the board have led to a string of disappointing performances from the team in recent times

Question 10

WICB challenge 3

Funding is…

Answer 10

Funding is increasingly becoming a problem as the sport is not as popular as it used to be and has a weak spectatorship and viewership compared to other sports

Question 11

WICB challenge 4

Funding and sp…

Answer 11

Funding and sponsorship issues have been a major issue with the WICB

Question 12

CARIFTA GAMESSS

The CARIFTA Games is the

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annual sporting event that features many different athletic competitions

Question 13

Those (CARIFTA Games) competitions include

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track and field and relay events

Question 14

The CARIFTA Games were founded by

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the Caribbean Free Trade Associations

Question 15

The first carifta games were held in

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1972

Question 16

The main idea behind the CARIFTA Games is

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to use this event as an instrument of improving relations between Caribbean countries in which English was the primary language

Question 17

over the years the carifta games has attracted many supporters from

Answer 17

the flickin US and UK

Question 18

Challenges and success of the carifta games

The list of athletes that participated in these games throughout the history is impressive. What recognizable people were contestants

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Some of the biggest names of the athletics today were contestants. One such name being the greatest athlete of our time, Usain Bolt

Question 19

when did Usain Bold participate in the event, how old was he and did he win (carifta games)

Answer 19

back in 2003 as just a 16 year old boy and won in the aspiring competitions that year

Question 20

What is the main challenge of the carifta games

Answer 20

attracting sponsorship and financial support to host the event