The Saxony-Anhalt State Administration Office is responsible for the funding of sports facilities for municipal sports facility construction and club sports facility construction as well as for numerous project funding in the field of sport in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. This is also where the

• support for the Magdeburg / Halle Olympic Training Center,
• Promotion of preparation for the Olympic Games and the Paralympics,
• institutional support for the state sports association and the trainer pool,
• Promotion of the Saxony-Anhalt State Sports School,
• Promotion of sports projects (project funding),
• Promotion of the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Museum in Freyburg (sports museum),
• Promotion of the "Sport in Saxony-Anhalt" foundation.

It works closely with the relevant federal and state ministries, the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the state sports federation as a contact, mediator and advisor for local authorities and districts, sports associations and clubs.