After putting solid waste front and center through the Basura Summit, Naga City is back with another governance-heavy conversation—this time, sports. On February 16–17, 2026, the city will convene coaches, trainers, school sports heads, youth leaders, and private partners for the Naga City Sports Stakeholders Summit 2026, a two-day meet aimed at one thing: fixing and strengthening the grassroots pipeline.
Set at the 2nd Floor, PAGCOR Building in Barangay Balatas from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, the summit positions sports not just as competition, but as a system—one that needs coordination, shared standards, and long-term investment. The message is clear: talent doesn’t fail; systems do. And Naga wants to upgrade the system.
Much like the Basura Summit reframed waste as a governance indicator, this sports summit reframes athletics as a public service. Grassroots programs—often fragmented, underfunded, and dependent on volunteer grit—will be the main focus. The goal is to align schools, barangays, clubs, and city programs so young athletes don’t fall through the cracks after a single tournament or training cycle.
Participants can expect practical exchanges with seasoned practitioners across different sports—how to build age-appropriate pathways, sustain community leagues, support coaches, and connect training with education and health. It’s less about photo ops, more about the nuts and bolts: who does what, who supports whom, and how continuity is ensured beyond a single administration or budget year.
City officials say the summit is also about ownership. Sports development, like waste management, only works when everyone sees it as “atin ini”—shared responsibility. From barangay courts to city-level competitions, the summit hopes to spark collaboration that lasts well beyond the two-day program.
In short, this is Naga saying that sports excellence starts at the base—and that strengthening the base requires planning, partnership, and political will. If the Basura Summit was about cleaning systems, the Sports Stakeholders Summit is about building them.
Event details:
February 16–17, 2026 | ⏰ 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
2/F PAGCOR Building, Brgy. Balatas, Naga City
Hashtags aside, the real question now is the same one Naga asked after the Basura Summit: will the talk translate into sustained action?
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