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Council MembersPatrick Baumann, PresidentRaffaele Chiulli, First Vice PresidentStephan Fox, Vice PresidentMarisol Casado, TreasurerGian Franco Kasper, MemberRiccardo Fraccari, MemberKate Caithness, MemberNenad Lalovic, MemberJose Perurena, Member

Membership CommissionAntonio Espinos, ChairmanRaffaele Chiulli, MemberStephan Fox, Member

Multi-Sport Games Working GroupsCombat Games: Stephan Fox, ChairmanMind Games: Geoffrey Borg, ChairmanUrban Games: Sabatino Aracu, Chairman

WorkingDocumentsBangkok, Thailand20 April 2018

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AGENDA

01 / OPENING OF THE STATUTORY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 5

02 / ROLL CALL 5

03/ ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 5

04 / NOMINATION OF THE STEWARD AND TWO SCRUTINEERS 5 05 / APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY 7

06 / PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 21

07 / FINANCIAL MATTERS: 23 07.1 Treasurer’s Report 07.2 Auditor’s Report 07.3 Budget 2018

08 / STATUTORY CHANGES 33 09 / MEMBERSHIP AND OBSERVERS 51

09.1 Applicants for GAISF Membership 09.2 Observers and other Applicants 09.3 Suspension of IFAF 09.4 Other matters

10 / SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 63 10.1 IOC Athlete Safeguarding Toolkit 10.2 DOT Sport10.3 GDPR Data Protection

11 / REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION 69 11.1 Activity Report 11.2 Doping Free Sport Unit / International Testing Agency 11.3 Multi-Sport Games 11.4 Other Services to IFs

12 / ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FROM STAKEHOLDERS 83 12.1 ASOIF 12.2 AIOWF 12.3 ARISF 12.4 AIMS 12.5 Associate Members 12.6 IOC

13 / DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT STATUTORY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 85

14 / CLOSING OF THE STATUTORY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 87

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01 / OPENING OF THE STATUTORY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

02 / ROLL CALL

03 / ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

04 / NOMINATION OF THE STEWARD AND TWO SCRUTINEERS

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05 / APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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1. OPENING OF THE STATUTORY GENERAL ASSEMBLYThe President of SportAccord, Mr Patrick Baumann (In-ternational Basketball Federation – FIBA), welcomed all the delegates to the General Assembly, as well as guests Mr Francesco Ricci Bitti, (ASOIF and SportAccord Con-vention President), Mr Kit McConnell (IOC Sports Direc-tor), Mr Benjamin Cohen (WADA Director, European Re-gional Offices and International Federations Relations), Mr François Carrard (Legal Adviser), Mr Joël Bouzou (World Olympians’ Association (WOA) President), Mr Gianni Mer-lo (International Sports Press Association (AIPS) President) and Mr Bo Nyman (General Secretary of the Federation of International Bandy (FIB)).

2. ROLL CALLMr Baumann reported that SportAccord had 91 mem-bers with full voting rights, 84 of whom were present. This resulted in a majority plus one of 43 votes, and a two-thirds majority of 56 votes.

3. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDAMr Baumann noted that “Items brought forward from meetings among members” would include an additio-nal item 11.5 for the Associate Members’ report.

Approved unanimously.

4. NOMINATION OF THE STEWARD AND TWO SCRUTINEERSMr Baumann nominated Mr Jan Fransoo (Interna-tional Korfball Federation – IKF) as steward, with Mr Gargary Marcus (International Triathlon Union – ITU) and Ms Guillemette Juillart (International Bas-ketball Federation) as scrutineers.


5. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS GENERAL ASSEMBLYMr Baumann noted that the minutes had been sent to members along with the Working Documents one month before the General Assembly.

There being no comments, the minutes of the Sport- Accord Statutory General Assembly of 22 April 2016 in Lausanne, Switzerland, were declared approved.

6. PRESIDENT’S ADDRESSMr Baumann thanked the SportAccord members for the confidence they had placed in him and the Coun-cil to work on their behalf. He thanked the President of the SportAccord Convention, Francesco Ricci Bitti, and its Managing Director Nis Hatt for their contribu-tion to this week’s wonderful hospitality and excellent organisation. He also thanked the Danish organisers, the city of Aarhus and its Mayor, the NOC of Denmark and SportEvent Denmark, who had made it possible for SportAccord to be there.

Although this year marked SportAccord’s 50th anniver-sary, ideas about forming a union of International Fede-rations had surfaced much earlier. At the Olympic Con-gress of 1921, 22 federations had discussed forming a union, in order to secure for each IF the assistance of all the others, and to create bonds of lasting friends-hip. They had stipulated that this new body should not interfere with the internal management of the affiliated bodies, and its essential purpose would be the “as-sertion of the general community of our aims and in-terests” and “to benefit the cause of sport throughout the world”. At the time the project was abandoned un-til more than 40 years later, in 1967, when GAISF was founded. Almost one hundred years later, the same spi-rit of mutual assistance and support had carried Sport- Accord through the turmoil of recent years. Today, as then, it was about asserting the general community of their aims and interests, speaking with one voice for all of sport. But the world was changing increasingly quic-kly, and this concern had been addressed in the topic of the SportAccord Convention: “Innovation in action”. It was extremely important that the IFs remain focused, and continue to innovate their names, their branding, events and governance, if they did not want to be left

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behind and face challenges from others. They had to protect each other, both as a group and individually, and help each other to overcome the challenges they faced every day, from media scrutiny and from public authorities.

The SportAccord Council had met seven times since the last General Assembly. Their focus had been to es-tablish what SportAccord was doing right and what it had done wrong, and to try to bring the organisation back to its core objectives. These had been discussed at length under the presidency of Gian Franco Kasper, and they remained the same: 1) The Convention, co-ming together once a year; 2) Providing services to the members, particularly on membership issues, and moving up through the structure with the eventual aim of joining the Olympic programme; 3) SportAccord was also about trying to give the federations visibility through a number of specialised games.

The Council had also sought to emphasise not the differences between the different groupings of IFs but what united them. They had looked at the issue of avoiding duplication of effort among the stakehol-ders, whether this was with the IOC sports department, ARISF, ASOIF, the NOCs, etc. They had also focused on cost-efficiency, trying to ensure that the administra-tion worked properly, that SportAccord had a sustaina-ble future providing useful services to all its members, and trying to find added value for everyone.Today, the General Assembly would look at some pro-posals for statute changes which, although simple, were important because they gave a direction or fur-ther clarified the direction given the previous year. The focus should not be on the leadership or personalities, but on services for the members. Regardless of who was on the Council, or who was President, they must have the future of all the members at heart, not just their own group. This was why it was important that the non-Olympic groups should have the opportunity to take a leadership role in SportAccord, not just the Olympic federations.

They would also discuss membership. Many applicants

had had a difficult journey in recent years. The Statutes

were strict, in order to protect existing members. But

the world was changing, and they had to be careful

about how strict they had the right to be. Many organi-

sations still wanted to join, there were some applicants

for Associate Membership, and some federations nee-

ded to formalise their status when, for historical rea-

sons, it was not completely in line with the core princi-

ples of the Statutes.

He would also discuss the reform of the anti-doping system and WADA, as proposed by the IOC. This was an important point that affected them all, and it was vital to gain greater clarity on the structure of the anti-do-ping fight.

Finally, he wished to thank his colleagues on the Sport- Accord Council, the Vice Presidents and Treasurer, who had taken much of the burden from his shoulders. Finally, he thanked the SportAccord and SportAccord Convention staff for their diligent work.

7. FINANCIAL MATTERS: TREASURER’S REPORTMs Marisol Casado began by thanking the people who had helped her to produce her report, the former Trea-surer Mr Ron Froehlich and Ms Nicole Schnegg.

Referring to the 2016/2017 provisional budget, she no-

ted that the human resources item had been increased

as there would be more activity within the administra-

tion, particularly within the Doping-Free Sport Unit. The

good news was that the budget would result in a small

profit. This would be held in reserve for the time being,

but as soon as they began to generate more income

they would like to start to help the member organisa-

tions.

Mr Baumann noted that the budget had been based substantially on the 2015/16 activities, despite a so-mewhat volatile environment. There had been a welco-me financial contribution from last year’s SportAccord Convention in Lausanne, and with the approval of Ban-gkok for 2018 it looked like the usual financial subsidy would be allocated. There could be some changes in terms of the activities of the DFSU, and the creation of the Independent Testing Agency. Other areas that would be given more attention were communication and membership services, particularly in terms of appli-cations for SportAccord membership and for IOC re-cognition. This had so far been taken care of by ARISF,

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but they needed greater stability and the SportAccord administration should provide that.

Mr Baumann noted that, with the help of Ms Nicole Sch-negg, the accounting procedures of SportAccord and the Convention had been unified into one pair of hands.

The 2016 balance sheet and accounts were appro-ved unanimously.Mr Baumann thanked the auditors, BDO, who had been appointed for two years at the last General Assembly.

2016/2017 provisional budget approved unanimously.Mr Baumann thanked Ms Casado for her work and con-gratulated the SportAccord administration.

8. STATUTORY CHANGESMr Baumann noted that, if these changes were appro-ved, some general fine-tuning of the Statutes would be required, to ensure that all the text was aligned with the changes.

1. Change of name of the associationFor historical reasons, there were two structures, with the Convention on one hand and the Association on the other. The Association had its 91 voting members plus Associate Members; the Convention had three stakeholders (SportAccord, ASOIF and AIOWF). It was felt to be important that they should clearly distinguish between the names of the two bodies. The proposal was to rename the SportAccord association the “Glo-bal Association of International Sports Federations” (GAISF). The names of the SportAccord Convention would not change.

2. Addition of observer status for applicants to membership

Many new applicants had difficulty fulfilling the mem-bership criteria within the application period. It was felt that observer status would be helpful for both the appli-cants and SportAccord, and could enable the applicants to receive the necessary support of their sports ministries or NOCs. Only those with no conflicts with existing mem-bers would be eligible. Observer status would grant them the right to receive help with their application. The Coun-cil also asked for the authority to revoke this status at any time. The status would be limited to two years, renewable once only. The proposed new article also provided for the Council to produce guidelines for applicants.

3. Change of rules on presidencyThe idea behind this proposal was to depoliticise the selection of the President, and ensure that all the sub-groups had the opportunity to serve the organisation as President.

Mr Baumann invited questions from the floor.

Dato Abdul Halim Bin Kader (International Sepaktakraw Federation – ISTAF) thanked the Council for coming up with the idea of a rotational presidency, which gave other sports leaders the opportunity to demonstra-te their abilities as the President of SportAccord. On behalf of his federation, he recommended that these changes be accepted.On behalf of the Council, Mr Baumann asked for a pre-liminary vote on whether they should vote on all three proposals at once. This was approved unanimously.

Mr Baumann reminded members that a two-thirds ma-jority was required to approve the changes.

Statutory changes 1, 2 and 3 approved unanimously.

4. OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SPORTACCORD STATUTESThe remaining amendments were proposed for the pur-poses of clarifying existing provisions in the Statutes.

Mr Baumann noted that, although the Statutes were in English, under Swiss law they were obliged to provide a French version to the authorities.

Mr Baumann also asked that the members allow the Council, where necessary, to clean up the Statutes as a whole in order to ensure they were consistent with the decisions they had just taken.

Ms Beng Choo Low (World Baseball Softball Confede-ration – WBSC) asked for clarification with respect to the English and French versions.

Mr Baumann confirmed that the English version would prevail, although a French version would be submitted to the Swiss authorities.

The proposed amendments were approved unani-mously.

Mr Baumann thanked the members for their support. It was likely that the Council would have more changes the following year, to address the ideas of recognition criteria, to ensure they were protected as far as pos-


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sible from legal challenges, and to adjust to what was happening around the world.

Ms Beng wished to record her thanks to the Council and to the legal team that had worked on the amend-ments.

9. MEMBERSHIPMr Baumann thanked World Rowing (FISA) and the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), which had taken the decision to return to SportAccord after having previously suspended their membership. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the In-ternational Golf Federation (IGF) had also agreed to join, and would do so formally in the next few months. Finally, constructive discussions had taken place with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which was due to ask its council in the second half of the year to support a return to SportAccord.

Mr Baumann invited the members to look at the list of pending applications, and raise any rivalry issues with the SportAccord administration by the end of April. The applicants would be invited to come to Lausanne whe-re, together with the IOC, they would hold a workshop to explain the criteria for joining SportAccord and mo-ving through the membership levels.He thanked the three federations that had tried to apply the year before. The Council had concluded that it was premature to propose any of them to the General As-sembly. He also informed the members that the Coun-cil had decided to use its statutory authority to create a Membership Commission to work with the applicants and the administration, before the applications were brought before the Council. Mr Antonio Espinós (World Karate Federation – WKF) chaired the commission, which also comprised the AIMS and ARISF presidents. They had been able to make the process more trans-parent, engage with the federations, raise important is-sues and address the reasons why the applicant fede-rations had not yet been proposed for membership. It was possible that the commission might be expanded to incorporate more expertise, and the IOC Sports De-partment would also be involved.

Associate MembershipTwo applications had been received for Associate Membership, from the Association Internationale de la

Press Sportive (AIPS) and the World Olympians’ Asso-ciation (WOA).

Mr Baumann invited the members to vote on their ad-mission, one by one.

Both are approved unanimously.

Mr Gianni Merlo (President of AIPS) and Mr Joël Bou-zou (President of WOA) each gave a short speech of thanks.

International University Sports Federation (FISU)Mr Baumann explained that, for historical reasons, FISU a founding member of SportAccord, was the only As-sociate Member with voting rights. Since it had been recognised by the IOC since 1961, it was proposed, with the agreement of FISU and ARISF, that it be mo-ved into the ARISF division. Because the Statutes inclu-ded dedicated provisions to address FISU’s situation, a decision of the General Assembly was required to formalise this change.

Mr. Volker Bernardi from FFDF asked Mr Raffaele Chiu-lli to clarify whether FISU was now a member of ARISF.

Mr Chiulli confirmed that FISU would become an ARISF member, as it had formally requested. He fully suppor-ted the proposal.


Federation of International Bandy (FIB)Mr Baumann noted that Bandy represented another inconsistency within the system they were trying to create, in that it was recognised by the IOC and was a member of ARISF, but not a member of SportAccord. Consequently, Bandy had submitted a request to be-come a member of SportAccord. The International Ice Hockey Federation and all the other AIOWF members also supported this request.

Approved unanimously.Mr Bo Nyman (General Secretary of the FIB) thanked the members for bringing his sport into the SportAc-cord family.Mr Raul Calin (International Table Tennis Federation – ITTF) asked if the members could be given some brief information about the potential applicants, as it was not always clear from their names what their sport was about, and therefore whether there were any rivalry issues.


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Mr David Carrigy (World Rugby) welcomed the establi-shment of the Membership Commission and looked forward to working with them. World Rugby had alre-ady raised its concerns relating to the Federation of In-ternational Touch and the Rugby League International Federation with the Council.

Mr Baumann thanked them for addressing these issues.

Some members, such as the International Gymnastics Federation, kept a close eye on developments around the world that might affect their disciplines and events, and kept SportAccord informed.

He pointed out that it was very difficult for the Council to provide a definition of “rivalry”, because it had many le-gal implications. Insofar as the concept related to com-petition, any attempt to prevent an entity from pursuing its activity placed SportAccord at risk of accusations of anti-competitive behaviour or breaching anti-trust laws. They might have to look into a different way of defi-ning the concept while protecting their membership. Under the Statutes, the burden of proof of no rivalry lay with the applicants, but none of the pending applicants were yet at that stage.

10. REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION

10.1 ADMINISTRATION REPORTMr Philippe Gueisbuhler, Head of Administration, repor-ted on the activities of the SportAccord administration.

10.2 DOPING-FREE SPORT UNITMr Matteo Vallini, Head of the DFSU, referred the mem-bers to his written report. As presented during the coa-ching session with ARISF, AIMS and WADA, the DFSU offered a broad variety of services in support of 39 members to date. They expected to provide services to more than 40 IFs in 2017. Today, 45% of IFs that out-sourced all or part of their anti-doping activities to the DFSU belonged to the ARISF group; 29% were Olym-pic IFs, 16% were AIMS and 10% were Associate Mem-bers and major event organisers. The activities of the DFSU had greatly increased in recent years thanks to the trust and support of the SportAccord members, and the support and collaboration of the IOC and WADA. New staff members would be joining in the next few weeks.

The DFSU also continued to represent SportAccord members at international anti-doping conferences,

and facilitated the exchange of anti-doping expertise between IFs by organising seminars for members. The DFSU would continue to respond to the needs of the IFs with regard to their anti-doping strategies, and help them to secure compliance with the WADA Code. The DFSU was also looking into providing anti-doping ser-vices beyond membership, particularly in countries fa-cing situations of non-compliance with the Code, and it would also support applicant members.

He thanked the IFs for their support and looked forward to continuing to work together.

Mr Baumann noted that the DFSU was a small team of four staff who managed 40 contracts, including wor-king with the IOC on a number of issues. It was a very efficient way of working, although not always easy. He thanked the IOC and WADA for their financial and logistical support of the DFSU. They understood the effectiveness of the unit in servicing the SportAccord members and its contribution to the fight against do-ping. Finally, he pointed out that those 40 contracts re-presented only around 40% of the SportAccord mem-bership. He was convinced that more SportAccord members could enter into a partnership with the DFSU.SportAccord had been discussing the future of the DFSU with the IOC, and in the wake of discussions about an independent testing agency, there was a ge-neral consensus that the DFSU would be a core ele-ment thereof. He believed that the faster the members joined the

DFSU, the faster they would be part of the core ele-ment of WADA’s reformed anti-doping system. He en-couraged everyone to discuss with the DFSU how it could service also the other 60% of membership. He thanked the IOC for having taken on board SportAc-cord’s wishes to be part of the nucleus of the future ITA.

10.3 MULTI-SPORT GAMESMr Baumann reported that work was ongoing to fu-lly flesh out the multi-sports games concepts. They were not yet at the point of selecting hosts or deci-ding dates, because they were trying to avoid dupli-cation, make the games sustainable and ensure that they made sense within the context of other existing international events. Three working groups had been meeting regularly.


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SportAccord Urban GamesMr Sabatino Aracu (International Roller Sports Federa-tion – FIRS) reported that the feedback from the survey distributed to the participant IFs had been collated into a compact games concept, which offered two possible scenarios that optimised the number of disciplines and costs. The next steps would be to identify synergies be-tween federations in terms of the physical space, com-petition schedule and shared organisation elements of the concept, and to develop an event organisation gui-de. He was happy to share the beginning of this adven-ture with the SportAccord members, to create an inno-vative format that would bring multisports events inside the host city. The message of the Urban Games was that sport should come closer to people, not the other way around, and this was what the younger generation were looking for. Another strong message would be to combine spectacular sport with urban beauty, making sport and tourism one product. He believed this key message would make it clear to everyone that they were in step with the times.

SportAccord Mind Sports GamesMr Geoffrey Borg (International Chess Federation – FIDE) said that as this would be the 5th edition of the Mind Games, the formats and budgets were already well defined. It was hoped that some minor issues would be resolved with SportAccord within the next couple of weeks. They had already begun to search for host cities, looking at a target date of March 2018. He thanked the SportAccord Multi-sports Games Unit, Michel Filliau and Alexandre Dufault with whom he had been working actively. The next stage would be under IMSA’s new president, Ms Chen Zelan, and he hoped they would be able to move forward very quickly on trying to pin down future host cities.

SportAccord Combat GamesMr Stephan Fox (International Federation of Muaythai Amateur – IFMA) began by thanking the other mem-bers of the working group, Mr Nenad Lalović and Mr Antonio Espinós. The next edition of the Combat Ga-mes would be the third. They had finalised a ques-tionnaire to all the 15 members, and the result had fa-voured an event taking place every 4 years. They had clarified the possible disciplines and looked into the

technical requirements. The next steps were to further develop the concept and set a competition date. They also had to complete the event organisation guide and present it to possible host cities. Greater focus would be placed on the cultural programme, in cooperation with organisations that were either recognised by or close to the IOC such as Peace and Sport and Gene-ration for Peace.

Mr Baumann thanked the Chairs of the Working Group for their efforts.

As far as the Beach Games were concerned, he refe-rred to the note in the Working Document: “The SportAc-cord Beach Games concept is ready but has been put on hold while discussions with the ANOC leadership on the concept and governance for the Beach Games are on-going. The Council is of the opinion that such Games are valuable but should be co-organised by and coordinated between the two entities to avoid duplication and confu-sion in roles and responsibilities within the international and Olympic world of sports.” The opinion of the Council is that it would be premature to sign any memorandum of understanding with either SportAccord or ANOC while the governance matter remained unresolved.

10.4 SPORT TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN (TLD) INITIATIVEMr Baumann reported that, as matters stood, SportAc-cord had prevailed in all three challenges to its claim to the .sport TLD, although the companies concerned were now appealing the decision on every possible technicality. Nevertheless, he was cautiously optimis-tic that ICANN would rule in SportAccord’s favour, and .sport could be rolled out in 2018.

Dato Abdul Halim Bin Kader (International Sepak-takraw Federation – ISTAF) noted that all the IFs were coming under increasing pressure from WADA in ter-ms of in-competition and out-of-competition testing, survey forms, etc. SportAccord’s DFSU provided a valuable service that all the members required, parti-cularly the AIMS members. He thanked Mr Baumann and the Council for supporting the members by provi-ding in-competition and out-of-competition testing, and educational services. He urged the DFSU to continue to support the members with all these important tools, so that they could continue to follow the recommenda-tions of WADA.


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Mr Baumann thanked Dato Halim on behalf of the DFSU for his kind words, and assured him that it was the aim of the Council and of the DFSU to expand its services further.

11. ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FROM MEETINGS AMONG MEMBERS

ASOIF – REPORT BY ASOIF PRESIDENT, FRANCESCO RICCI BITTISpeaking as President of the SportAccord Convention, Mr Ricci Bitti said he was very satisfied with the relaunch of SportAccord Convention, and thanked Aarhus for pro-viding such good conditions. After two difficult years, the SportAccord Convention had been successfully hosted in Lausanne, and now here in Aarhus, Denmark. He was confident about the future of the SportAccord Conven-tion, and was happy that they would be keeping the name, which had high commercial value. Around 15 cities had expressed interest in hosting the event in the future. He asked for a round of applause for the Danish volun-teers, who had been outstanding.

Speaking as ASOIF President, he noted that lengthy discussions had taken place this week. ASOIF had seen excellent presentations by the two candidate ci-ties for the 2024 Olympic Games. ASOIF had also de-cided on the formal admission as Associate Members of ASOIF of five ARISF member federations who would be included on the programme of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Four members had been elected to the Executive Board: Mr Uğur Erdener (World Archery) and Mr Ching Kuo Wu (AIBA) were re-elected, and Ms Marisol Casado (ITU) and Lord Sebastian Coe (IAAF) became new members.

Heated discussions were currently taking place within the world of sport and the IOC with regard to the deli-very of the Rio Games, the sport delivery plan and the new role of the IFs in delivering the Games. ASOIF had also reiterated its position on the Russian case and the McLaren report, which was to support the decisions of the individual federations. ASOIF’s view was that, al-though the McLaren report highlighted many problems in the anti-doping programme in Russia, it was not spe-cific enough to enable them to pursue individual cases. ASOIF had offered to contribute to reforming WADA, including setting up the independent testing authority,

and was very active in this. They had also presented the first findings of the governance project, which had a great deal of consensus with governmental and in-tergovernmental organisations, including the Council of Europe, and had been presented to the AGM.Mr Baumann added that the work on governance cu-rrently being conducted within the ASOIF family would certainly be of relevance to all the non-Olympic fede-rations and will be part of future SportAccord services.

AIOWF – Report by the President, Mr Gian Franco KasperMr Kasper reported that the AIOWF had held its Ge-neral Assembly here in Aarhus. The main topic over the past season had been the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in 2018 and the test events, which had now conclu-ded. They were very optimistic about the coming Games. The fallout from the McLaren report had been a key matter for a number of the winter federations, who had issued a media communication at the end of January about the va-rious actions being taken by the seven individual Olympic winter sport federations. They stood strongly behind clean sport, and had pledged to act against athletes, their entou-rage and national federations whenever real evidence was provided. They were also trying to coordinate their actions with the IOC and cooperate with the two special disciplinary commissions. They were also working closely with ASOIF to implement the IF governance survey. He thanked the ASOIF members for the good collaboration between the summer and winter sports. In conclusion, he hoped to see as many members as possible at next year’s Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang in 2018.

ARISF – Report by the President, Mr Raffaele ChiulliMr Chiulli reported that they had had an intense but very fruitful week. He thanked all the 38 member IFs, the outgoing members of the Council and the newly elected members, Mr John Liljelund, Secretary General of the International Floorball Federation and Ms Susan-ne Schödel of the International Air Sport Federation. He noted that two ARISF federations – the Orientee-ring and Air Sport federations – had made an excellent contribution this week to the plenary session of the SportAccord Convention, on the topics of innovation and new technologies.


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Two very good Council meetings had been held this week, before and after the General Assembly. The new board was possibly the first IOC recognised organisation with complete gender equality, some-thing of which they were very proud. At the Council meeting they had discussed a new vision, mission and strategy that ARISF had to go through in the co-ming years. They had also held a positive meeting with the IOC President, two vice-presidents and top management of the IOC, to further strengthen coo-peration. They had also taken part in a series of very fruitful workshops, and he thanked the IOC adminis-tration for the opportunity to have a genuine, interac-tive Q&A session. During the ARISF-WADA session, ARISF members had had the opportunity to see what the Olympic federations were doing to combat do-ping. Five ARISF members had been included in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and next year in Bue-nos Aires another three members would be medal sports at the YOG.

As he and Mr Fraccari had reported to the SportAccord Council, they were in the same boat and rowing in the same direction. He was proud of ARISF’s contribution to setting up well-informed and well-documented pro-cedures, which had no doubt contributed to the key decisions that had been taken today.

He concluded by saying that working with Mr Baumann was a pleasure because they were able to do serious work with a smile.

AIMS – Report by the President, Mr Stephan FoxMr Fox began by thanking Aarhus and the SportAccord Convention staff for an outstanding week. Everyone had come to the event with a positive spirit. He con-gratulated two AIMS members – ICU and IFMA – for securing IOC recognition. He noted that the constitu-tion clearly stated that Council members were elected as individuals and could see out their four-year strate-gic plan. The symbol of AIMS was a handshake of coo-peration, between its members and all the members of SportAccord. He thanked the other four umbrella groups for their close cooperation, and the IOC Sports Department for being available to address any issues, and for guiding them.

This week, AIMS had established a membership su-pport team to help the SportAccord team to assist the new observer members. They would continue to use the SportAccord Convention as a platform to share knowledge. This year, their conference had been on the theme of social responsibility and cooperation between IFs. The IOC President had been one of the keynote speakers, alongside the WADA President and a UNESCO representative. At the next Convention in Bangkok, an AIMS sport festival would be proposed as part of the Convention, to showcase all the sports, and give those federations not yet established in Thailand the chance to promote their sports.

He thanked Mr Baumann for his leadership. It had been an amazing year. He looked forward to welcoming ever-yone to Bangkok for the 2018 SportAccord Convention.

Associate Members – Report by Mr José Perurena Representative of the Associate MembersMr Perurena began by congratulating the two new Associate Members. Yesterday at their meeting, all the Associate Members had signed a document for-malising their relationship with the other SportAccord members. He thanked Mr Baumann on behalf of the Associate Members for clarifying their position, and for his sensitivity to their status as full members of Sport- Accord, albeit without voting rights. They would conti-nue to move forward.

Mr Baumann noted that, although the Associate Mem-bers were not eligible to vote, they were a key ingre-dient of the family. All the individual members were associated with them in some way, and they benefited from those associations, and should increase collabo-ration with them.

The same applied to the World Games organisation, which could play a crucial role in devising the calendar of SportAccord’s future events and maintaining their importance for the non-Olympic disciplines.

12. ITEMS PRESENTED FOR INFORMATION

Declaration of the IOC Executive Board

Mr Baumann referred the members to the Declaration of the IOC Executive Board, outlining 12 principles for a more robust and independent global anti-doping sys-tem to protect clean athletes, which constituted an im-


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portant basis for discussion. President Bach had raised some important points during his opening address to the Convention. Innovation could take many different forms in the world of sport, and it was the opinion of the SportAccord Council that one important area whe-re innovation was needed was reforming the WADA anti-doping system. The overall focus of the changes would be about strengthening WADA, and ensuring that the new system was equally independent of both sports organisations and national interests. This was necessary because even the perception of a conflict of interests was damaging to the credibility of the an-ti-doping system. As they had seen from recent cases involving NADOs, it was also important to keep the an-ti-doping system independent from national interests. In a world where the integrity and credibility of sport was scrutinised by a sceptical public and by authorities like never before, perception often became reality.

For the IFs a new system could be very advantageous, as they would be protected from the high risk of liabi-lity they were currently exposed to, when dealing with individual cases and facing challenges in the CAS. This was also one of the reasons why, together with ASOIF, ARISF and AIMS, they were supporting the creation of an independent testing authority, and asking the IOC to accelerate this process. Only by working together with the International Federations would this independent testing authority be able to develop an international test distribution plan that would fully understand the di-fference between every sport and discipline.

The Council and each of the sub-groups strongly rejec-ted the claim often heard from NADOs that the IFs and the sport movement as a whole must be excluded from the system, that they could not both promote sport and police it. The IFs knew sport better than anyone, having been involved for a hundred or more years, whereas the NADOs had been around for 10 or 15 years at most. But they were all ADOs and service providers, and the NADOs were certainly not moral judges of the sports movement. The same conflict of interest issues applied also to national anti-doping entities, as was clear from recent disputes over sanctioning of individual athletes as well as over the duration of suspensions, etc. With an independent international sanctioning system there

would be no such perception or disputes. The IOC had had a positive experience with the independent sanc-tioning power of CAS during the Olympic Games in Rio, when there had been no appeals against its decisions. This was why the Council believed it is the right way forward with regard to sanctioning.

In conclusion, the Council proposed that SportAccord support fully the reform of the system, to ensure it was equally independent of conflicts of interests, whether from the sports movement or from NADOs. It would also ask for the support of the members in urging tho-se in charge to accelerate the creation of the ITA, and finally in supporting WADA in its desire to strengthen its role as a regulator and compliance monitoring body, but on the understanding that sanctions should be taken by CAS.

In fact, the NADOs and IFs were all in the same boat. This was a way for SportAccord to speak with one voi-ce for all of sport.

Mr Jan Fransoo appreciated the discussions that had been taking place with the IOC, and supported Mr Baumann’s comments about the position of the NA-DOs. However, he had some concerns with the way the declaration was currently worded, and noted that this had not been discussed at the ARISF General As-sembly. The document’s recommendations assumed a one-size-fits-all approach, which did not distinguish between high-risk sport and low-risk sport, or between team and individual sports, or between federations and anti-doping organisations that were compliant, versus non-compliant bodies. He had the feeling that many organisations that had worked hard over an extended period to become compliant could fall victim to a limi-ted number of organisations that had had compliance issues. Federations that did not receive millions in fun-ding from the Olympic Games or other sources typica-lly worked with specialists who volunteered their time. Under the ITA, this time would need to be paid for. His federation had estimated that this would quadruple their anti-doping expenditure, something that they sim-ply could not afford.

Looking at the minimum testing requirements referred to in the document, there was a phrase that was totally unsuitable for team sports: “every athlete that enters


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the World Championships should have been tested multiple times”. For many team sports this would mean thousands of additional tests, something not even the Olympic sports were currently doing. Finally, he thou-ght that the role of CAS was important, but as a final instance of appeal. The sanction procedures within fe-derations that were compliant had been working quite well. He could imagine a case where, particularly with non-compliant NADOs, a move could be made towards CAS. But where the disciplinary bodies were working well and had been deemed compliant over the past 15 years, he would find it strange if their authority should suddenly be taken away.

He understood the difficulties the sports movement was in, but he would like to have more consideration and consultation with federations like his own, and he hoped there were others that thought similarly on the-se topics.

Mr Kelly Fairweather (International Tennis Federation – ITF) said he completed supported the comments about the NADOs. From the WADA seminar it was clear that this was a concern for many IFs. Many of the com-ments Mr Fransoo had made would also apply to the ITF. Tennis brought together 7 different stakeholders, united in one effort in the fight against doping. It was a much more complex environment than having just one body carrying out the testing. The ITF would like to have much more information and consultation on this process, particularly the funding model. They had re-ceived very little details on the financials.

Mr Alan Van Caubergh (International Dragon Boat Fe-deration – IDBF) supported Mr Fransoo’s statement about the number of participants that should be tes-ted before World Championships. At some of his fe-deration’s World Championships there were more than 5,000 competitors. It was unfeasible and totally una-ffordable to conduct this number of checks. Of course they supported doping-free sport, but they could not comply with this rule.

Mr Baumann thanked all of them for their valuable com-ments and noted that the IOC and WADA were still in a process of working out what should be changed and the speed at which this would happen was unknown. Similarly, the speed at which every federation should

implement changes, if at all, was a different matter. In the first instance, it was about creating a structure. The main concept was that they were all in the same boat, and the system had proven to be failing in some parts. Removing the perceived conflict of interests was a vital step. As far as the specific conditions were concerned, they were still some way from this process. A key ele-ment of this was that it provided a way for the IFs to protect themselves. The points raised would certainly be addressed as the concept was developed.

The point was not to approve the document line by line, but to acknowledge that there was a need for change, and the direction the IOC had indicated was the right one. Personally, Mr Baumann felt they should move quickly because the longer they spent talking about it, the more they were damaging themselves and the less IF’s could concentrate on promoting and organizing their sports.

ARISF had discussed the document at Council level and ASOIF had dealt with it during the Assembly. He was sure that as more elements were developed, they would be circulated to the IFs and all would have a chance to respond. He did not feel that there was any intention to make the ITA mandatory, but from a policy perspective, the more they moved in that direction, the better it would be for the sports movement. The com-ments made here today would certainly be noted and forwarded to the IOC.

Mr Baumann asked if the members agreed to support the principle of moving in this direction.

The General Assembly agreed almost unanimously, with one against and one abstention.

SportAccord Convention

Mr Nis Hatt, Managing Director of the SportAccord Convention, began by showing a brief video. Some 15 meetings had taken place with potential future host ci-ties, which was a healthy sign of trust after a turbulent period. He thanked all those in the room, and the IOC. Without the support of the IFs and their belief in the Convention they would not be in this position today.

Around 1600 delegates had participated in the Aarhus Convention, from 740 organisations, and more than 90 IFs, spanning 71 nationalities. 135 cities and regions had attended the Convention this year, which was a


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record high, and showed a healthy interest in hosting future sports events. There had been fewer exhibitors this year, largely because not as much exhibition spa-ce had been available, but revenues were higher. All the Olympic organising committees had been present, along with the candidate cities for 2024. There had been 1600 dedicated news stories from all over the world on the event. He thanked SportEvent Denmark, the city of Aarhus and the organisers, without whose support this would not have been possible.

The next IF Forum was scheduled to take place at the Royal Savoy Hotel in Lausanne from 8 to 10 November. The 2018 SportAccord Convention would take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 15 to 20 April.

Mr Baumann thanked Mr Hatt and his team, and also the volunteers who had made their stay in Aarhus so comfortable. The fact that cities were showing such interest was a sign that there was renewed trust and credibility in SportAccord, thanks to the support and participation of all its members.

13. DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT STATUTORY GENERAL ASSEMBLYThe next Statutory General Assembly was scheduled to take place on 20 April 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

14. CLOSING OF THE STATUTORY GENERAL ASSEMBLYMr Baumann reported that over the past 12 months the Council and he had made efforts to build bridges with all the other stakeholders within the sports movement, including ANOC and previous SportAccord presidents, which had been very constructive. They had also ope-ned a dialogue with the IOC, including discussions on how the services the IOC delivered to all the IFs could be reconciled with those that SportAccord could de-liver in the future. As a result of those conversations, President Bach had had a private meeting with the SportAccord Council this week, where they had discus-sed the best way forward on a number of issues. The ultimate goal of all SportAccord’s members, Olympic or not, was a place on the Olympic programme. This meant that the Olympic movement and the values it represented were above the individual sports, and re-presented a target and an objective for them all to as-pire to. From this perspective, the relationship with the

IOC was vital and should be strengthened and made valuable to all of the members. There would be five ARISF members in Tokyo, and three in Buenos Aires; if they were strong enough to innovate and improve, even more could have this opportunity. There would always be differences, but the IFs all shared the same values and ambitions. He used the analogy of an ele-vator: the federations entered on the ground floor and moved up, but they could also move down, in which case it was important to regroup and renew the effort to go back up. The IOC Sports Director was doing an amazing job nurturing the relationship with all the fede-rations, not just the Olympic sports. The IOC had clear-ly understood that, if they wanted to keep the Olympic programme relevant, it was important to bring in fresh new blood. He then passed the floor to the IOC.

Mr Kit McConnell, IOC Sports Director, expressed his thanks to Mr Baumann, the SportAccord Council and all the International Federations for a very enjoyable and valuable week. He also thanked the SportAccord Convention President and Managing Director, and everyone involved in making this week in Aarhus such a success. The IOC Sports Department had a much wi-der focus than just the Olympic federations, although the Olympic sports were a key focus. The role of the summer federations would be greatly expanded going forward, into delivering the Games. The IOC continued to expand its support to ARISF and build its relationship with AIMS. He also acknowledged the contribution of associations including WOA, FISU, IWGA and the Mas-ters’ Games.Mr McConnell referred to the 1921 Olympic Congress document, which mentioned the bonds of friendship between federations and mutual assistance. In this changing landscape, the coming together of sports organisations was more important than ever, to ad-dress the challenges, seize the opportunities, share experiences and work together. The IOC focused on this and its partnerships with everyone in the room, re-gardless of where they came from. He congratulated SportAccord on the unanimous support for the new statutes and structures, and thanked those who had laid the foundations for the progress achieved today. He looked forward to moving ahead with this integra-tion, acting together as one team, speaking with a uni-


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ted voice, noting the differences but also those areas where they had common cause and common beliefs. He looked forward to working over the coming weeks and months on putting more detail into the integration, and come back with greater clarity on how those part-nerships would work in the future, whether in terms of services to the IFs, recognition structures or integrated projects. He looked forward to continuing the strong spirit of partnership, and focusing on sport and the athletes.

Award to Mr Ron FroehlichThe Council wished to recognise the contribution of Mr Ron Froehlich, who had given a great deal of his time to both SportAccord and the SportAccord Con-vention, even when suffering from serious health is-sues. Over the years, he had worked to build up the financial reserves of the organisation. He had been involved with the World Games and was a passio-nate member of the gymnastics family. In recogni-tion of his tremendous contribution to the activities of SportAccord and the SportAccord Convention, Mr Baumann presented Mr Froehlich with a commemo-rative plaque.

Mr Ron Froehlich said that his primary motivation was to help the athletes. For him, every athlete who was given the opportunity to participate in sport was a gold medal. He urged the members to continue doing what they did, because the athletes were im-portant and, without them, they had nothing. He wi-shed to accept this award on behalf of all the admi-nistrators, because they made the difference for all the athletes.

In closing, Mr Baumann thanked the General Assembly for their patience and their advice over the last year and months, and thanked them for their support for the changes that the Council had proposed, and for their input. He thanked the SportAccord and Convention teams, the city of Aarhus and the interpreters and de-clared the General Assembly closed.

Council MembersPatrick Baumann, PresidentRaffaele Chiulli, Vice PresidentStephan Fox, Vice PresidentMarisol Casado, TreasurerGian Franco Kasper, MemberRiccardo Fraccari, MemberKate Caithness, Member (excused)Nenad Lalović, MemberJosé Perurena, Member of 21

Membership CommissionAntonio Espinós, ChairmanRaffaele Chiulli, MemberStephan Fox, Member

Multi-Sport Games Working GroupsCombat Games: Stephan Fox, ChairmanMind Games: Geoffrey Borg, ChairmanUrban Games, Sabatino Aracu, Chairman

Lausanne, 7 June 2017

Patrick Baumann, PresidentPhilippe Gueisbuhler, Head of Administration


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06 / PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

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07 / FINANCIAL MATTERS:

07.1 TREASURER’S REPORT

07.2 AUDITOR’S REPORT

07.3 BUDGET 2018

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07.1 TREASURER’S REPORT


INTRODUCTIONAfter significant changes in the last years, the associa-tion has been able to increase its activities and, as a consequence, improve its financial situation.

Currently, two staff members are running the administra-tion and one staff member is in charge of the Membership department. The Doping Free Sports Unit has increased the number of staff to seven people to face the growing demand for anti-doping services. The aim was to main-tain the service at a high level of quality especially for the upcoming transition to the newly created ITA in 2018. In January 2018, Mr. Pierre Germeau was hired to launch the dotsport project acquired after many years of patience and to launch more digital services to benefit our Mem-bers. As a consequence of this positive development, operational expenses have been slightly increased but are of no consequence on the result as it is counterbalan-ced by the increase of the revenues.

SITUATION OF THE 2017 ACCOUNTSThe accounts showed a net profit of CHF 303,746.Total equity amounted to CHF 3,537,609.

The contributions of the IOC, WADA and SportAccord have been crucial to achieve a positive financial result.

BUDGET 20182018 will mark the transfer of the DFSU Unit to ITA, the proposed budget for 2018 includes therefore different investments in other projects such as the digital services and the multi sport games. The staff to support the Mem-bership Unit and the different projects currently launched has to be adapted to the new structure. Finally, the propo-sed budget includes a strong support of the IOC for the above-mentioned projects and will be of significant help to launch the various initiatives to support our Members. The budget for 2018 presents a small operational profit for the year. However, this may change, depending on the need to invest in additional resources and to improve the struc-ture to set up further services for members during the year.

AUDITSBDO has conducted the statutory audit whose result is published hereafter and submitted to your approval.

BDO was appointed the auditor of GAISF at the 2015 General Assembly in Lausanne for a period of two (2) years (art. 38 GAISF Statutes).

We recommend that the General Assembly renew the mandate of BDO for another two (2) years in accordan-ce with art. 38 of the GAISF Statutes.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to thank the GAISF staff, BDO and Ms Ni-cole Schnegg, who now provides the accounting ser-vices for GAISF.

RECOMMENDATIONSI respectfully ask the General Assembly gathered in Bangkok to approve the audited 2017 Financial State-ments and discharge the Council Members from any liability.

Respectfully submitted,Marisol CasadoTreasurer28 March 2018

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07.3 BUDGET 2018

Income0

0360.000

00

7.000500.000

00

280.000500.000350.000150.000

0

942.500

2.589.500

GAISF - DRAFT Budget 2018

STATUS VERSUS 20/03/18Human RessourcesSalaries employees of SportAccordSocial charges employees of SportAccordAdministration & OfficeSportAccord Convention/General AssemblyTravel and Expenses CouncilFinancialMembership & Legal AffairsMarketing & Communication UnitStakeholders Support (ex SAC)ARISF institutional meetings and travelsAIMS institutional meetings and travelsAssociate Members institutional meetings and travelCommunity platformContribution from the IOCContribution from IOCSpecial Projects (MSG)MSGUMSGU developpmentDoping Free Sports Unit

TotalOverall balance

Expenses990.823788.517147.031

134.59645.22118.84859.76462.84256.061

125.7090

74.0050

58.32658.326

1.211.490

2.837.685303.745

Income11.47811.478

0360.000

00

28.364473.847

00

10.4850

0

2.257.256

3.141.430

Expenses783.000542.000103.000126.500100.00025.00065.00013.500

60.000130.00085.00050.00030.0005.000

129.5000

350.000350.000682.000

2.549.50040.000

ACCOUNTS 2017 BUDGET 2018

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Proposed amendments to GAISF Statutes (2018 General Assembly)

1. REPRESENTATION OF WOMENThe representation of Women is one of the criteria that must be fulfilled by Organizations wishing to become a GAISF Member. The title of article 3 of the GAISF Statu-tes contained already this essential element, however in the body of the article, this was not specified. It is the opinion of the Council that the text of the article should be clear about it. Therefore, it is proposed to add the text that is contained in the Olympic Charter.

CURRENT VERSION

Article 3. Non-discrimination, representation of women

3.1 GAISF rejects all forms and means of discrimination against individuals, groups of people, organisations or countries on grounds of ethnic origin, gender, language, religion, politics and on any other grounds.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS


3.1 GAISF rejects all forms and means of discrimination against individuals, groups of people, organisations or countries on grounds of ethnic origin, gender, language, religion, politics and on any other grounds.

3.2 GAISF encourages and supports the promotion of women in sport at all levels and in all structures with a view to implementing the principle of equality of men and women.


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2. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS According to art 1.1 of the GAISF Statutes: “The Global As-sociation of International Sports Federations (GAISF) is a not-for-profit association, composed of autonomous and independent international sports federations and other international organisations contributing to sport in various fields.” The Council considers therefore that Article 6 should be amended to clarify the nature of GAISF Associate Mem-bers. In fact, the Associate Members are not only Organi-zations which organize sport events but also other Interna-tional Organizations contributing to sport in various fields.

CURRENT VERSION

Article 6. Conditions for Membership

6. May become:

a) a Member any sport organisation (generally known as International Federations) which groups together the majority of the National Federations (or organisations) throughout the world practising its sport and regularly holding international competitions; or

b) an Associate Member any sport organisation which groups together the activities of several Members generally for the purpose of organising competitions.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS


6. May become:

a) a Member any sport organisation (generally known as International Federations) which groups together the majority of the National Federations (or organisa-tions) throughout the world practising its sport and re-gularly holding international competitions; or

b) an Associate Member any sport organisation which groups together the activities of several Members ge-nerally for the purpose of organising competitions or any International Organisation contributing to sport in various fields.

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3. VICE PRESIDENTS ELECTED BY THE COUNCILThe current version of Article 29.4 foresees the elec-tion of one Vice President being the First Vice-Presi-dent. However, as already indicated in previous ver-sions of the GAISF Statutes, the Council proposes to modify the article 29.4 so to indicate the election of a 2nd Vice-President.

CURRENT VERSION

Article 29.4

29.4 The Council elects 1 (one) First Vice-President and 1 (one) Treasurer from among the members of the Council.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

Article 29.4

29.4 The Council elects 2 (two) Vice-Presidents: 1 (one) First Vice-President and 1 (one) Second Vice-President and 1 (one) Treasurer from among the members of the Council.


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GAISF STATUTESGAISF Global Association of International Sports Federations

STATUTESApril 2017Version 7 April 2017 GAISF STATUTESTABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONSArticle 1. Name and headquartersArticle 2. ObjectivesArticle 3. Non-discrimination,Article 4. Official languages

CHAPTER II. MEMBERSHIPArticle 5. Categories of MembersArticle 6. Conditions for MembershipArticle 7.A Application Procedure for Full Mem bershipArticle 7.B Application Procedure for Associate MembershipArticle 7.C Observer status of applicantsArticle 8 Honorary MembersArticle 9. Members’ rightsArticle 10. Members’ obligationsArticle 11. ResignationArticle 12. Revision of MembershipArticle 13. SuspensionArticle 14. ExpulsionArticle 15. Notices

CHAPTER III. ADMINISTRATION OF GAISFArticle 16. Organs

A.GENERAL ASSEMBLYArticle 17. Definition, organisationArticle 18. Powers of the General AssemblyArticle 19. DelegatesArticle 20. QuorumsArticle 21 Voting

Article 22. ElectionsArticle 23. Election of the PresidentArticle 24. Ordinary General AssemblyArticle 25. Agenda for Ordinary General AssemblyArticle 26. Extraordinary General AssemblyArticle 27. Conduct of meetingsArticle 28. Minutes

B. COUNCILArticle 29. Composition and electionArticle 30. Eligibility, term of officeArticle 31. Presidential electionArticle 32. Meetings, quorumsArticle 33. Powers of the Council

C. ADMINISTRATIONArticle 34. MissionArticle 35. Director

CHAPTER IV. FINANCESArticle 36. SubscriptionsArticle 37. Finances, liabilityArticle 38. Auditors

CHAPTER V. FINAL PROVISIONSArticle 39. Dispute resolutionArticle 40. InterpretationArticle 41. Modification of the StatutesArticle 42. DissolutionArticle 43. Independence of MembersArticle 44. Enforcement

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STATUTES CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Name and headquarters

1.1 The Global Association of International Sports Fe-derations (GAISF) is a not-for-profit association, com-posed of autonomous and independent international sports federations and other international organisa-tions contributing to sport in various fields.

1.2 The GAISF is constituted according to article 60ff of the Swiss Civil Code, is governed by Swiss law and is formed for an unlimited period of time.

1.3 The registered office of GAISF is located in Lausan-ne, Switzerland.

Article 2. Objectives

2. The objectives of GAISF are:

a) to facilitate and promote knowledge-sharing and ex-change of information between its members;

b) to support the organisation of the annual GAISF Convention and IF Forum;

c) upon request from and in agreement with its Mem-bers, to develop specific services for its Membersin unique areas which avoid duplication and overlap;

d) to organise and coordinate multi-sports events and su-pport the organisation of multi-sports games by its Mem-bers in agreement and cooperation with its Members;


3.1 GAISF rejects all forms and means of discrimination against individuals, groups of people, organisations or countries on grounds of ethnic origin, gender, langua-ge, religion, politics and on any other grounds.

Article 4. Official languages

4.1 The official languages of GAISF are English and French.

4.2 Only English or French shall be used by GAISF and by its Members in their relation with GAISF. In the event of a dispute between English and French texts, the English text shall prevail.

CHAPTER II. MEMBERSHIP

Article 5. Categories of Members

5.1 The Members of GAISF are:

a) the Full Members;

b) the Associate Members, whose admission has been approved by the General Assembly. Unless the context otherwise indicates, the term Member(s) comprises both Full Members and As-sociate Members.

5.2 The Members of GAISF are also categorised according to the following divisions:

a) ASOIF members (Association of Summer Olym-pic International Federations);

b) AIOWF members (Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations);

c) ARISF members (Association of IOC Recogni-zed International Sports Federations);

d) AIMS members (Alliance of Independent Re-cognized Members of Sport);

e) Associate Members.


6. May become:

a) a Member any sport organisation (genera-lly known as International Federations) which groups together the majority of the National Fe-derations (or organisations) throughout the world practising its sport and regularly holding interna-tional competitions; or

b) an Associate Member any sport organisation which groups together the activities of several Members generally for the purpose of organising competitions.

Article 7.A. Application Procedure for Full Membership

7.A.1 The Administration shall conduct investiga-tions as to the bona fides of any applicant orga-nisation, under the direction of the Council. No commitment as to the outcome of such applica-tion may be made by anyone on behalf of the General Assembly.


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7.A.2 An ad hoc Commission may be appointed by the GAISF Council to examine the new membership appli-cations in respect to the justification of the existence of the sport and to the existence of rivalry issues with GAISF Members.

7.A.3 On the basis of the investigations and the report of the Commission as per 7.A.2 above, and if the GAISF Council finds the application compliant with GAISF re-quirements, the Council shall issue recommendations for the General Assembly.

7.A.4 Any organisation willing to apply for membership must submit its application at least 9 (nine) months prior to the commencement date of the General Assembly at which the application is to be considered, together with:

1. a written declaration justifying that the sport or activi-ty which they control does not conflict with or is not in rivalry with an already existing Member of GAISF;

2. a written declaration justifying that the IF is the only federation governing its sport on a world level. Provide, if any, the name of dissident organisations and explain how and which solutions were arranged;

3. a confirmation that the candidate is a not-for-profit organisation;

4. a copy of its constitution/statutes, regulations and di-rectives which must comply with the World Anti-Doping Code (incl. detailed statistics on the tests conducted and the number of anti-doping rules violations having led to sanctions). The constitution/statute of the candi-date must also contain a specific provision recognising the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, in Lausanne, Switzerland;

5. a chart of its organisational structure (including staff), with detailed explanations and highlighting the gen-der representation within its governing elected bodies (men/women comparison);

6. the minutes of the last 2 (two) General Assemblies;

7. the list of the last 5 (five) General Assemblies, and the list of their attendees;

8. a list of its Member National Federations (where appli-cable), grouped by continents, which must count:• for summer sports, at least 40 (forty) active Member Federations from at least 3 (three) continents;

• for winter sports, at least 25 (twenty-five) active Mem-ber Federations from at least 2 (two) continents. Only those sports which are practised on snow and ice are considered as winter sports;

9. a membership certification signed and stamped by each member NF must be enclosed within the member-ship application for GAISF; there will be no more than 1 (one) National Federation per sport and per country;

10. at the national level, the sport – represented

by the IF applying for GAISF membership – must include one of the disciplines recognised by the member NF. The National Federation must be a full member of the corresponding International Fe-deration applying for GAISF membership. No cate-gories other than the full membership to the IF will be taken into account;

11. a list of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or National Sport Authorities (NSAs) recognising its Mem-ber National Federations; A recognition certification signed and stamped by the NOC and/or NSA must be enclosed within the membership application for GAISF;

12. a list of its national federations having participated in men’s and women’s qualifying events (where appli-cable) and in the last two major Events/World Cham-pionships of their discipline;

13. a document presenting its event, explaining in par-ticular:• the procedures implemented by the candidate in or-der to ensure a high level of fairness and objectivity to its competitions (including selection, training, evalua-tion of judges);• the steps taken to present its sport in an interesting and attractive manner;• concrete examples of its ways of ensuring non-dis-crimination, fair play and solidarity in all of its activities;

14. copies of audited financial statements, together with a detailed description of sources of income and a transpa-rent report on expenses;

15. a strategic plan approved by the candidate’s board meeting, covering the mid/long term;

16. a document describing the main achievements of the candidate over the last three years, and its fields of priorities, among the following list:

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• athletes• coaches• anti-doping / medical• promotion of women• sport administration• communication / marketing

7.A.5 A National Federation is a body representing a sport or a number of sports in a country that is recog-nised by the NOC and/or the highest sporting authority of the country;

7.A.6 A country, to be defined as such, must comply with at least one of the two following conditions:

1. To be an independent state recognised by the Inter-national Community

2. To have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC

7.A.7 Membership applications are to be accompanied by a proof of payment, made out in Swiss francs, equiva-lent to the membership application fee determined by the Council. This payment does not cover the first membership subscription due after the candidate joins the Association.

7.A.8 In addition to the above rules, the Council is com-petent to enact guidelines implementing the provisions on admission, and to determine transparent and objec-tive criteria for admission into GAISF.

Article 7.B. Application Procedure for Associate Membership

7.B.1 The Administration shall conduct investigations as to the bona fides of any applicant organisation, under the direction of the Council. No commitment as to the outcome of such application may be made by anyone on behalf of the General Assembly.

7.B.2 An ad hoc Commission may be appointed by the GAISF Council to examine the new membership appli-cations in respect to the justification of the existence of the sport and to the existence of rivalry issues with GAISF Members or Associate Members.

7.B.3 On the basis of the investigations and the report as per 7.B.2 above, and if the GAISF Council finds the application compliant with GAISF requirements, the

Council shall issue recommendations for the General Assembly.

7.B.4 Any organisation willing to apply for membership must submit its application at least 9 (nine) months prior to the commencement date of the General Assembly at which the application is to be considered, together with:

1. a written declaration justifying that the sport or activi-ty which they control does not conflict with or is not in rivalry with an already existing Member of GAISF;

2. a written declaration justifying that the IF is the only federation governing its sport on a world level. Provide, if any, the name of dissident organisations and explain how and which solutions were arranged;

3. a confirmation that the candidate is a not-for-profit organisation;

4. a copy of its constitution/statutes, regulations and di-rectives which must comply with the World Anti-Doping Code (incl. detailed statistics on the tests conducted and the number of anti-doping rules violations having led to sanctions) if the applicant organisation organises sports events. The constitution/statute of the candida-te must also contain a specific provision recognising the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, in Lausanne, Switzerland;

5. a chart of its organisational structure (including staff), with detailed explanations and highlighting the gen-der representation within its governing elected bodies (men/women comparison);

6. the minutes of the last 2 (two) General Assemblies;

7. the list of the last 5 (five) General Assemblies, and the list of their attendees;

8. a list of its Member National Federations or Inter-national Federations or National Olympic Committees (where applicable), grouped by continents;

9. a membership certification signed and stamped by each member NF or IF or NOC must be enclosed wi-thin the membership application for GAISF; there will be no more than 1 (one) National Federation per sport or NOC per country;

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the IF applying for GAISF membership – must include one of the disciplines recognised by the member NF. The National Federation must be a full member of the corresponding International Federation applying for GAISF membership. No categories other than the full membership to the IF will be taken into account;

11. if the applicant organisation organises sports events, a list should be provided of the National Federations or National Olympic Committees represented in its three most recent events. If the number of events is less than three, the organisation is not eligible for associate membership;

12. if the applicant organisation organises sports events, a document presenting its event, explaining in particular:

• the procedures implemented by the candidate in or-der to ensure a high level of fairness and objectivity to its competitions (including selection, training, evalua-tion of judges):• the steps taken to present its sport in an interesting and attractive manner;• concrete examples of its ways of ensuring non-dis-crimination, fair play and solidarity in all of its activities;• a list of all International Sports Federations that are in-volved in the organisation of the events. If any of these IFs are not Members of GAISF, they should not be any rival federation to any of GAISF Members;

13. if the applicant organisation does not organise sports events, a document presenting its events or profes-sion, explaining in particular the benefit of the organi-sation’s activities for the members of GAISF;

14. copies of audited financial statements, together with a detailed description of sources of income and a transpa-rent report on expenses;

15. a strategic plan approved by the candidate’s board meeting, covering the mid/long term;

16. a document describing the main achievements of the candidate over the last three years, and its fields of priorities.

7.B.5 A National Federation is a body representing a sport or a number of sports in a country that is recognised by the NOC and/or the highest sporting authority of the country.

7.B.6 A country, to be defined as such, must com-ply with at least one of the two following conditions:

1. To be an independent state recognised by the In-ternational Community.2. To have a National Olympic Committee (NOC) recognized by the IOC.

7.B.7 Membership applications are to be accompanied by a proof of payment, made out in Swiss francs, equi-valent to the membership application fee determined by the Council. This payment does not cover the first membership subscription due after the candidate joins the Association.

7.B.8 In addition to the above rules, the Council is com-petent to enact guidelines implementing the provisions on admission, and to determine transparent and objec-tive criteria for admission into GAISF.

Article 7.C. Observer status for applicants to membership

7.C.1 Upon request, the Council may in its sole discre-tion grant (and revoke at any time) Observer status to an organisation which

a) Has filed an application for membership under Arti-cle 7.A or 7.B; and b) Has, according to the sole opinion of the Council, no reasonable rivalry issues with an existing Member.

7.C.2 The Observer status does not confer any right other than the right to attend the General Assembly as an observer. The Council is competent to define guide-lines governing the status of Observers.

7.C.3 Subject to a revocation decided as provided un-der Article 7.C.1 above, the Observer status is valid for two (2) years, renewable once

Article 8. Honorary Members

The General Assembly may, upon a proposal by the Council, grant the title of “Honorary President” or “Ho-norary Member” respectively to a retiring President or a retiring Council Member for their outstanding servi-ces to GAISF. They may attend the General Assembly, but do not have the right to vote.

Article 9. Members’ rights

Members have the right:a) to receive in advance the agenda of the General Assembly, to be called to the meeting within the pres-

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cribed time, to take part in the meeting and, if Full Mem-bers (or the Member referred to under article 21.3), to exercise their right to vote;

b) to be informed of the state of GAISF;c) to participate in voting and in elections if a Full Mem-ber (or the Member referred to under article 21.3);d) to draw up proposals regarding the Agenda of the General Assembly;e) to nominate candidates to the Presidency of GAISF;f) to exercise any other right arising from the Statutes, regulations, directives and decisions of GAISF.

Article 10. Members’ obligations

10. Members have the obligation:

a) to comply at any time unreservedly with the Statutes, regulations, directives and decisions of GAISF, subject to the limits imposed by article 43 b) to have their executive organs elected at all times by their respective General Assemblies;c) to notify GAISF, in writing, of any modification in their constitution or statutes that potentially affects the con-ditions of admission, of the inclusion or hiving off of any sport discipline and of any other change that potentia-lly affects the conditions of admission;d) to pay their membership subscription in due time.

Article 11. Resignation

11.1 A Member may resign at any time.

11.2 Such resignation shall take effect immediately upon receipt of a notice of resignation signed by the authorized person(s), and shall be reported to the next General Assembly by the Administration of GAISF.

11.3 A Member that resigns remains liable for any outs-tanding obligations to GAISF.

Article 12. Revision of Membership

Modifications of its constitution/statutes, regulations and directives by a Member, inclusion or hiving off of sport disciplines to its program affecting the conditions of admission, or ceasing to comply with the conditions of membership may result in the revision by the Gene-ral Assembly of its membership to GAISF. As a result of such revision, the General Assembly may set a deadline within which the Member shall comply with any directions that the General Assembly may

give, failing which the General Assembly may decide to suspend or expel the Member.

Article 13. Suspension

13.1 The Council may, by a majority decision, suspend a Member until the next General Meeting: a) if it fails to comply with a provision of the Statutes, regulations, directives and decisions of GAISF; b) if it fails to fulfil its financial obligations and pay its liabilities due to GAISF; c) if it owes 2 (two) years of overdue annual members-hip fees to GAISF.

13.2 A final decision must be made by the next General Assembly, provided the suspension is still in force at that time.

Article 14. Expulsion

14. A Member shall lose its membership to GAISF on a resolution passed by the GAISF General Assembly, notably for the following reasons:a) refusal to pay any liabilities due to GAISF;b) non-payment of any membership fees due to GAISF for 4 (four) or more years;c) refusal to comply with the provisions of the Statutes, regulations, directives and decisions of GAISF;d) loss of its status as representative of its sport at the international level.

Article 15. Notices

15.1 A notice or notification to a Member shall be dee-med to have been properly received provided it was sent to the last address indicated by the Member to the Administration.

15.2 Notification regarding suspension or expulsion of the Member concerned or dissolution of GAISF shall always be sent by registered mail.

CHAPTER III. ADMINISTRATION OF THE ASSOCIATION

Article 16. Organs

16.1 The General Assembly is the supreme organ of GAISF.

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A. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Article 17. Definition, organisation

17.1 The General Assembly is the meeting of all GAISF Members. It is the supreme organ of GAISF.

17.2 Only a General Assembly regularly convened has the authority to exercise its powers.

17.3 The General Assembly may be Ordinary or Ex-traordinary.

17.4 The meetings of the General Assembly are open to the public except when decided otherwise by the General Assembly. When justified by the circumstan-ces the President may, under the authority of the Gene-ral Assembly, request individual members of the public to leave the conference room.

Article 18. Powers of the General Assembly

18. The General Assembly:a) adopts or amends the Statutes of GAISF;b) may amend or revoke the regulations and directives of the Council that the General Assembly determines adversely affects any Members’ right provided or des-cribed in article 9 or impinges on any power or other competence of the General Assembly provided or des-cribed in article 18;c) approves the minutes of the last meeting;d) admits, suspends (subject to article 13.1) or expels a Member (subject to article 14);e) elects the President;f) appoints the independent auditors;g) approves the budgets, financial statements and the activity report;h) sets the amount of the subscription for Members;i) bestows, on a proposal by the Council, the title of Honorary President or Honorary Member on a retiring President or retiring Council Member who rendered outstanding services to GAISF;j) exercises any other competence specifically attributed to it by the Statutes, regulations and directives of GAISF.

Article 19. Delegates

19.1 Each Member’s delegation is limited to a maximum of 3 (three) persons. A Member’s delegation shall not include GAISF Council Members.

19.2 All delegates other than the President/Chair, Vi-ce-President or Secretary General/Director General of the Member shall send to the Administration a power of attorney document signed by one of the above men-tioned 3 (three) Officers, which he/she must carry on the day of the General Assembly.

Article 20. Quorums

20.1 In order for the General Assembly to be validly convened, more than 50 % of the Members having vo-ting rights must be present.

20.2 Decisions regarding the dissolution of GAISF or amendments to the Statutes passed by the General Assembly shall only be valid if 2/3 (two-thirds) of the Members having voting rights are present.

20.3 Absent the quorum, a second General Assembly shall be held 24 hours after the first was due to con-vene, with the same agenda. In that second General Assembly, no quorum is required, unless an item on the agenda proposes the amendment of the GAISF Statu-tes, the election of the President, the expulsion of a Member or the dissolution of GAISF.

Article 21. Voting

21.1 Each Full Member who has satisfied all its financial obligations toward GAISF at the time of the meeting is entitled to one vote.

21.2 Delegates may not represent more than one Member.

21.3 Associate Members have no voting right, but have the right to speak.

21.4 Save any indication to the contrary in these Statu-tes, all decisions shall be made by more than 50 % of votes validly cast.

21.5 Illegible, void, blank votes, and abstentions shall not be included in the count of validly cast votes.

21.6 Except in the case of elections, voting shall be conducted by voting machines when available or otherwise, by a show of hands, unless 2 (two) or more Members having voting rights should request a secret ballot; in that case, voting machines may also be used, provided they allow for secrecy in voting.

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21.7 The Council may submit any resolution within the competence of the General Assembly to a vote b y correspondence to the Members. Resolutions passed by correspondence shall be considered decisions va-lidly made by the General Assembly. The quorums set forth in Article 20 shall not be applicable. Articles 21.4,

21.8 and 21.9 regarding majority shall be applicable to resolutions passed by correspondence.

21.8 Dissolution of GAISF and amendments to the Sta-tutes require(s) a 2/3 (two-thirds) majority of the votes validly cast.

21.9 Admission of a new member will require a 2/3 (two-thirds) majority of the votes validly cast in the case that a member raises a reasoned rivalry issue against the admission of the said member.

21.10 Voting by proxy or letter during the General As-sembly is not allowed.

Article 22. Elections

22.1 A candidate is elected if he/she obtains the majo-rity of the votes validly cast. If no candidate is elected in the first round, a second round shall take place be-tween the two candidates having obtained the highest number of votes in the first round. In case of a tie, a third round shall take place. In case of a tie in the third round the election is done by drawing lots.

22.2 Voting for elections shall always be carried out by secret ballot whenever there is more than 1 (one) can-didate up for election. Voting machines may be used provided they allow for secrecy in voting.

22.3 In the event there is only one candidate for the position being filled, the election will be carried out by acclamation, unless an election by secret ballot is re-quested by at least 2 (two) Members with voting rights.

Article 23. Election of the President

23.1 During the election of the President, the outgoing President shall conduct the election.

23.2 The outgoing President continue to chair the Ge-neral Assembly until it’s conclusion.

23.3 The newly elected President and Council members take office after the close of the General Assembly.

Article 24. Ordinary General Assembly

24.1 The Ordinary General Assembly is convened by the Council once a year.

24.2 All proposals by Members to modify the GAISF Statutes should be communicated in writing to the Ad-ministration at least 4 (four) months prior to the General Assembly.

24.3 At least 6 (six) months before the date of the ope-ning of the General Assembly, the Administration shall send a formal call to the meeting to all Members. The no-tice shall stipulate that any Member willing to add a new item on the agenda must submit it to the GAISF Adminis-tration no later than 4 (four) months prior to the meeting.

24.4 At least 1 (one) month before the General Assem-bly meets, the Administration shall circulate the agenda as prepared by the Council, together with the activity report and any other relevant document. The budget and the accounts will be circulated immediately after having been audited, but, in any case, before the Ge-neral Assembly.

24.5 Together with the agenda, the Administration sha-ll circulate details of any membership applications and a brief description and results of any investigations made to that effect by the Administration as well as any recom-mendations by the Council. Objections to or reservations held regarding such membership applications must be communicated to the Administration together with the re-asons for such objection or reservation, no later than 15 (fifteen) days prior to the General Assembly.

Article 25. Agenda for Ordinary General Assembly

25.1 The agenda shall contain the following items:a) opening of the meeting;b) roll call; c) adoption of the agenda subject to article 25.2;d) President’s address;e) appointment of scrutineers (if applicable);f) suspension or expulsion of a Member (if applicable);g) approval of the minutes of the previous General Assembly;h) activity reports;i) financial matters (balance sheet, accounts, auditing report, budget, auditor…);


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j) Statutes modifications (if applicable);k) voting and elections (if applicable);l) new membership applications;m) items presented for information;n) items brought forward from meetings among Members;o) date and place of next meeting.

25.2 The Council may add any urgent matter to the agenda of the General Assembly at any time. In any other cases, the agenda may be modified by the Ge-neral Assembly provided there is a 2/3 (two-thirds) ma-jority of the votes validly cast.

Article 26. Extraordinary General Assembly

26.1 An Extraordinary General Assembly may be con-vened at the request of the Council or shall be conve-ned upon receipt of a written request from at least 1/5 (one-fifth) of the Members having the right to vote, no later than 2 (two) months following the request. Notifi-cation of the meeting will be sent out to the Members at least 30 (thirty) days in advance.

26.2 The notification shall detail the reasons for conve-ning an Extraordinary General Assembly. No business other than that specified in the notification shall be conducted at such an Extraordinary Assembly, un-less all Members are present and vote unanimously in favour of it.

Article 27. Conduct of meetings

The President presides over every meeting of the Gene-ral Assembly and of the Council. If the President is absent, unable or unwilling to preside, the senior Vice-President shall preside for the duration of the meeting as Chair.

Article 28. Minutes

28.1 The minutes of the meetings are recorded by the Administration and submitted for approval by the Council within 2 (two) months of the meeting.

28.2 No correction of or alteration to the minutes will be accepted without written notification to the Administration, duly received and acknowledged, within 4 (four) months of the date of circulation of the minutes to the Members.

28.3 The minutes are submitted for approval at the next General Assembly.

B. COUNCIL

Article 29. Composition and election

29.1 The Council is the executive organ of GAISF. It consists of 9 (nine) members, including the President, who is elected by the General Assembly according to article 31 below.

29.2 Subject to article 29.3 below, the 9 (nine) mem-bers of the Council are appointed as follows:

• 3 (three) members are appointed by the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF);• 2 (two) members are appointed by the Association of International Olympic Winter Sport Federations (AIOWF);• 2 (two) members are appointed by the Association of IOC – Recognized International Sports Federations (ARISF);• 1 (one) member is appointed by the Full Members that belong to the Alliance of Independent Recognized Members of Sport (AIMS);• 1 (one) member is appointed by the Associate Mem-bers.

29.3 The elected President shall automatically be in-cluded in the number of members of the Council allo-cated to the organization / group (i.e. ASOIF, AIOWF, ARISF, AIMS and the Associate Members) to which be-longs the Member which nominated him/her as a can-didate according to article 31.2 below; the total number of members of the Council shall not exceed 9 (nine).

29.4 The Council elects 1 (one) First Vice-President and 1 (one) Treasurer from among the members of the Council.

29.5 The first Vice-President shall come from and be nominated by the organisation that will take over the Presidency at the next stage of the Presidency rotation cycle (as defined under article 31.1 below).

Article 30. Eligibility, term of office

30.1 The Council members must have reached the age of 18 (eighteen) when taking office and be in full pos-session of their civil rights.

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30.3 The Council members who, during their term of office with GAISF, lose their position with the Member affiliated to the organisation which they represent shall continue to sit on the Council until the next General Assembly, unless the relevant Member objects. In this case, the organisation concerned, mentioned under article 29.1, shall appoint a substitute that will sit for the remainder of the term.

Article 31. Presidential election

31.1 The President of GAISF shall serve for a single two-year term of office. There shall be a rotation cycle so that the President of GAISF shall come from and be nominated by a member from one of the organisations listed hereafter, in accordance with the following rota-ting cycle:

- ARISF (2020-2022)- AIOWF (2022-2024)- AIMS (2024-2026) - ASOIF (2026-2028).

The rotating cycle will automatically renew itself for a successive cycle, and so on from cycle to cycle.

31.2 Nominations for the Presidency must be notified in writing to the Administration at the latest 30 (thirty) days before the beginning of the General Assembly meeting at which the elections will take place. The Director will issue a note indicating the deadline to be observed at least sixty (60) days before the meeting at which the elections will take place.

31.3 Candidates must be nominated by a fully paid-up Member from the respective organisation (cf. 31.1. above). Candidates must, on the date of the election be, or must have been for at least one full term, a member of the Council or similar executive organ of the Member that nominated them. While it is recom-mended to submit the candidature of the President of the organization entitled to take over the Presi-dency, candidates must in any case be a member of that organisation’s executive organ and have the formal endorsement thereof.

31.4 Candidates must have reached the age of 18 (ei-ghteen) at the date of the election and be in full pos-session of their civil rights.

31.5 Nominations that arrive after the deadline shall not be taken into consideration. If no candidate has been no-minated within the deadline or if a nominee is no longer a candidate on the day of the General Assembly, the First Vice-President elected by the Council shall act as Presi-dent ad interim until the next General Assembly.

31.6 After the deadline for receiving nominations has been reached, the list of nominees for President will be distributed to the Members at least 15 (fifteen) days before the meeting at which the elections will take place.

31.7 The General Assembly elects the President for one (1) single two (2) year term.

Article 32. Meetings, quorums

32.1 The Council shall meet in principle twice during each year of its period of office.

32.2 The quorum for meetings of the Council is met when the President plus 4 (four) other Council mem-bers are present (including by video, computer or te-lephone conference), except in exceptional circum-stances when the President is unable to attend and does not wish or is unable to cancel the meeting, in which case the quorum shall be satisfied with 1 (one) Vice-President and 4 (four) other Council members.

32.3 The President or the Chair of the meeting has a casting vote in case of a tie.

32.4 Resolutions of the Council may also be adopted by way of written consent to a proposition.

Article 33. Powers of the Council

33.1. The Council is competent in all matters that are not reserved to other bodies by the Statutes, regula-tions and directives of GAISF.

33.2 The Council lays down the regulations and direc-tives of GAISF subject to article 18.b.

33.3 The Council represents and commits GAISF with regard to third parties. Subject to article 37.1, the Coun-cil shall decide through which individuals GAISF shall be committed towards third parties.

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33.5 The Council appoints any commission it deems necessary at any time.

33.6 The Council appoints or dismisses the Director.

C. ADMINISTRATION

Article 34. Mission

34.1 The mission of the Administration is to implement the decisions made by the General Assembly and the Council, and carry out all the administrative duties of GAISF, under the supervision of the Director.

34.2 Members of the Administration do not have voting rights.

Article 35. Director

35.1 The Director is appointed by the Council, on the basis of a contract governed by private law. He/she shall be accountable to the Council for the running of the Administration and such other duties as may be re-quired.

35.2 He/she hires the GAISF staff after consultation with the President.

CHAPTER IV. FINANCES

Article 36. Subscriptions

36.1 All Members of GAISF shall pay an annual subs-cription according to the following scale:

a) Full Members: 100% (one hundred per cent) of the subscription;b) Associate Members: 75% (seventy-five per cent) of the subscription.

36.2 New Members shall pay a partial subscription for the current year, as of the month of their membership acceptance.

36.3 The amount of the subscription shall be decided by each General Assembly on a proposal from the Council and shall be payable no later than the next 31st of January.

36.4 Should a General Assembly not be held in any one or more years, the same amount of subscription as the previous year shall become due on the 31st of January.

Article 37. Finances, liability

37.1 GAISF shall be financially bound, within the limits of the approved budget, by the joint signatures of the President and the Director, or of the Director and the Treasurer or Vice-President.

37.2 Members shall only be legally and financially lia-ble, toward GAISF and third parties, up to the limit of their annual subscription to GAISF.

37.3 The financial year of GAISF shall run from the 1st January to the 31st of December annually.

Article 38. Auditors

38.1 The accounts must be audited each year by ex-ternal qualified professional auditors, totally indepen-dent from GAISF. Their duty is to check the accounts and present their report to the General Assembly, with their conclusions and recommendations, notably with regards to the approval of the financial statements by the General Assembly.

38.2 The auditors must be appointed by the General Assembly, generally for a period of 2 (two) years. Their mandate may be renewed.

CHAPTER V. FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 39. Dispute resolution

39.1 Any dispute arising from, or related to the Sta-tutes, regulations, directives and decisions of GAISF , (including without limitation a dispute arising out of the interpretation of the Statutes that is to be resol-ved in the manner described in Article 40 or a dispu-te that can be resolved by a competent internal body of GAISF), shall be submitted exclusively to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in Lausanne, Switzer-land, to the exclusion of any ordinary court or other tribunal. Where a dispute is so submitted to the CAS, the Code of Sport-Related Arbitration shall be appli-cable, the language of the procedure will be English or French and the decision of the CAS in that dispute shall be final.

Article 40. Interpretation

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President, or President ad interim, who shall seek the advice of the Council or General Assembly before ma-king a final decision.

Article 41. Modification of the Statutes

41.1 These Statutes may only be modified by the Gene-ral Assembly or by an Extraordinary Assembly conve-ned especially for that purpose.

41.2 The amendments to the Statutes require 2/3 (two-thirds) of the votes validly cast.

Article 42. Dissolution

42.1 The intended dissolution of GAISF shall require an Extraordinary Meeting of the General Assembly at which the proposed dissolution shall be the sole item on the agenda.

42.2 Dissolution of GAISF and amendments to the Sta-tutes require(s) 2/3 (two-thirds) of the votes validly cast.

42.3 Any assets remaining after the dissolution of GAISF, shall, after satisfaction of all its debts and liabi-lities, be applied to the furtherance of any objective(s) of GAISF as determined by the General Assembly at, or before, the time of dissolution. If effect cannot be given to the foregoing provisions, they shall be given to a charitable organisation. Under no circumstances shall they be paid to, or distributed among the Members of the Association.

Article 43. Independence of Members

No discussion or voting by GAISF shall infringe in any way on the freedom and independence of any Mem-ber, who shall, at all times, retain complete indepen-dence and control over all matters falling within its field of activity.

Article 44. Enforcement

This version of the Statutes has been adopted by the General Assembly in Lausanne, Switzerland on 22 April 2016 and amended in Aarhus, Denmark on 7 April 2017 and came into force immediately.

Note: Will be amended accordingly after the end of the 2018 General Assembly.


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09 / MEMBERSHIP AND OBSERVERS 09.1 APPLICANTS FOR GAISF MEMBERSHIP 09.2 OBSERVERS AND OTHER

APPLICANTS

09.3 SUSPENSION OF IFAF

09.4 OTHER MATTERS

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09.1 APPLICANTS FOR GAISF MEMBERSHIP

1) CANDIDATE FOR FULL MEMBERSHIPWORLD ARMWRESTLING FEDERATION (WAF)

World Armwrestling Federation, Sofia Park Trading Zone, Building 16VSofia, Bulgaria.

President: Mr. Assen HadjitodorovSec. Gen: Mr. Mircea Simionescu-SimicelEmail: contact@waf-armwrestling .com

Characteristics. Armwrestling is an independent sport with interactive confrontation.

Armwrestling sport test at the highest level the arms power, strength, endurance, technique, strategy, ex-perience and passion. Factors such as the length of armwrestler arm, his/ her muscle and arm mass/ den-sity, hand grip size, wrist endurance and flexibility, bo-nes strength, reaction time, as well as countless other traits, can add to the advantages of one armwrestler over another.

There is low risk of injuries when athletes are poorly matched and that is why similar ability and age is es-sential.

The Championships. In the official competitions, armwrestling is performed according with World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) Rules on official ar-mwrestling tables with certified armwrestling referees and score keepers. The game system used is double elimination with a slight difference (two players cannot meet twice unless for semi-final match or higher).

Armwrestling categories are set on the following criteria: able or disabled athletes (physical, visual and hearing impairment), male or female, left arm or right arm, under 16 years, under 18 years, under 21 years, seniors, masters over 40 years, grand mas-ter over 50 years and senior grand masters over 60 years old.

The Match and the Equipment. Two competitors po-sition their elbows on the elbow pads, grip the hands and try to push the opponent arm down to the pin pad. The equipment used is an armwrestling table which co-mes in two heights. The stand-up of 101.6 cm high and the sit-down of 71.12 cm high (for disabled athletes and for childrens).

ARMWRESTLING is probably the most popular game in the world. Simple rules, suitable for all ages and genders, for able or disabled persons, no costs to practice almost everywhere and last, but not least, a lot of fun.


3 ORGANISATIONS ARE PRESENTED FOR MEMBERSHIP TO THE 2018 GAISF GENERAL ASSEMBLY:

As Full Member, in accordance with Article 7A of the GAISF Statutes:

1) World Armwrestling Federation (WAF)

As Associate Members, in accordance with Article 7B of the GAISF Statutes:

2) World Union of Olympic Cities (WUOC)

3) World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI)

These 3 Organizations have submitted complete files for review by the Membership Commission and the Council. In their opinion the membership criteria have been met by the three candidates. Consequently, the Council approved to submit their names to a vote to the GAISF General Assembly and gives a favourable recommendation for all of them.

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MEMBERSHIP AND OBSERVERS / 09

Armwrestling is accepted to be one of the oldest sports. Researchers stated that armwrestling could be traced all the way back to ancient Egypt. This is based on a painting depicting a type of armwrestling found in an Egyptian tomb dating to about 2000 B.C. It has started to be very popular in the last century because it does not require many types of equipment and does not have many rules. Nowadays, it is a genuinely inter-national sport and spread out all over the world.

The World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) is the uni-versally recognized global governing body of armwrest-ling and comprises more than 90 member countries all over the world. Most of the members are recognized by their NOC’s or HSA’s and other wait WAF membership with GAISF to conclude national sport recognition.

World Armwrestling Federation has been granted Ob-server Status by GAISF in 2017, is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is WADA Code compliant since 2014.

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2) CANDIDATE FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

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3) CANDIDATE FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

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09.2 OBSERVERS AND OTHER APPLICANTS


9 ORGANIZATIONS HAVING GAISF OBSERVER STATUS:

1. World Armwrestling Federation (WAF)

2. World Dodgeball Association (WDA)

3. Federation for International FootGolf (FIFG)

4. International Union of Kettlebell Lifting (IUKL)

5. International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP)

6. International Pole Sports Federation (IPSF)

7. International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF)

8. Rugby League International Federation (RLIF)

9. International Padel Federation (FIP)

GAISF Council has implemented specific guidelines for the Observer Status, which includes the payment of a yearly Observer Status Fee. The Observers have been requested to comply with specific duties connected to the Status. GAISF has requested the Observers to cooperate with GAISF Members, where necessary, in order to prevent or solve any potential rivalry issue with existing member of GAISF. In principle, these Obser-vers have a maximum of 4 years to try to obtain GAISF Membership (art. 7c GAISF Statutes)

You will find hereunder a status report of the 9 Observers:

1) World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) see page 52.

2) World Dodgeball Association (WDA) is working with its National Federations to obtain the Recogni-tion Certificates in the various countries. WDA is also in the process of becoming signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code and has started discussion with GAISF Doping Free Sport Unit (DFSU) to outsource WDA Anti-Doping program. WDA is discussing with the other Dodgeball Federation (WDF) to include it in the management of the sport as requested by GAISF Council as a condition to move forward during the Observer Status period.

3) Federation for International FootGolf (FIFG) is wor-king on its NFs Structure (Registration of National Mem-bers in the countries) and received GAISF guidance on the best practice on governance structure for its NFs. FIFG is considering relocating its headquarters to Swit-zerland and is also working to become signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code. GAISF is helping FIFG to draft compliant Anti-Doping Rules.

4) International Union of Kettlebell Lifting (IUKL) has started discussion with other Kettlebell Lifting Federa-tion (IGSF) to involve it in the management of the sport and possibly merge the 2 Organizations as requested by GAISF. IUKL had started discussion with DFSU to outsource parts of the its antidoping program.

5) International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) is working on Recognition Certificates. IFMP has bought an exhibition booth to showcase its sport. IFMP com-mitted to outsource the Anti-Doping tests of its 2018 Championship to the DFSU.

6) International Pole Sports Federation (IPSF) is working on its Recognition Certificates and helping its NFs to achieve recognition. IPSF is still discussing with Dance Sport Federation (WDSF) to reach a common understan-ding and possibly a coexistence agreement, similar to the one it has with FIG. IPSF is experiencing some governan-ce issue at National Level caused by rival Organizations. Consequently it has started discussion with those rival Organizations to solve the potential conflicts.

7) International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) is wor-king on Recognition Certificates. ITSF had organized an extraordinary general meeting at the end of January 2018 to educate NFs about the recognition process and to reveiw its membership criteria for NFs. ITSF laun-ched competitions on new disciplines. ITSF is working to become signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code. GAISF is helping ITSF to draft compliant Anti-Doping Rules. ITSF has also started discussion with the DFS) to outsource parts of the ITSF antidoping program.

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8) Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) is working on the relationship with World Rugby, in order to find common understanding and possible form of cooperation as requested by GAISF in order to move forward during the Observer Status period.

9) International Padel Federation (FIP) is working on the relationship with International Tennis Federation to find an appropriate form of cooperation as requested by GAISF in order to move forward during the Observer Status Pe-riod. Furthermore, on GAISF request, FIP has created 2 working groups to evaluate a) the change of its scoring system to differentiate it from the one used in Tennis and b) the modification its acronym, since it is used by the International Polo Federation. FIP is also working to be-come signatory of the World Anti-Doping Code. GAISF is helping FIP to draft compliant Anti-Doping Rules.

OTHER APPLICANTS

As of March 2018, 133 Sport Organizations (122 for Full Members and 11 for Associate Members) have shown interest in becoming GAISF Members. The com-plete list of those Organizations has been sent to the GAISF Members. The GAISF Administration has invited every Member to raise any rivalry issue by 15 April 2018 to the GAISF administration.

The 122 Organizations interested in full membership represents a total of 102 Sports/Disciplines that may be categorized in different types (Combat, Exercise, Ball, Bat/Stick & Racket, Shooting & Target, Mind and Strength). In progressive order, there are:

• 36 Combat Sports

• 27 Exercise Sports

• 17 Ball Sports

• 9 Bat/Stick & Racket Sports

• 5 Shooting & Target Sports

• 4 Mind Sports

• 4 Strengths Sports

These application files are currently under assessment and are not ready to be presented to Membership Committee yet. The GAISF Membership Team will con-tinue to liaise with the GAISF Members to avoid any misunderstanding or potential rivalry.

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RESOLUTION

SUSPENSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL (IFAF) (article 18d of the GAISF Statutes)

The Council of GAISF hereby submits the following re-solution to the GAISF General Assembly for approval:

WHEREAS:

The GAISF Doping Free Sport Unit has regularly pro-vided services to the International American Football Association (IFAF) since 2015 and such services have been duly performed and perfectly justified,

IFAF has not paid the total amounts of Euro 34’877.90 and CHF 30’685.- corresponding to all outstanding and due invoices for services duly performed by GAISF,

IFAF was given formal notice to pay the requested amounts by November 3rd, 2017,

IFAF did not fulfil its financial obligations within the said deadline, which caused the GAISF Council to decide, in accordance with article 13.1 of the GAISF Statutes, on November 2017 to suspend IFAF until the next GAISF General Meeting,

The suspension decided by the GAISF Council on No-vember 8th, 2017, shall automatically lapse on the date of the GAISF General Assembly,

IFAF has neither formally acknowledged its liabilities nor paid any amounts to GAISF as of this day, alleging in particular some internal conflicts which do not con-cern GAISF,

Instead of fulfilling its obligations, IFAF has filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on December 11th, 2017 a Statement of Appeal with the respect to the decision rendered by the GAISF Council on 8th No-vember 2017. On March 12th, 2018, IFAF has informed the CAS that it was withdrawing its Appeal. However, IFAF has not paid any amount as of this day,

Such an attitude is unacceptable, bearing in mind, in

particular that the services by GAISF related to the fight against doping and were duly performed.

The GAISF Council hereby propose the following re-solution to the GAISF General Assembly to be held in Bangkok on April 20th, 2018:

I. The General Assembly of GAISF, acting in accor-dance with article 18.d of the GAISF Statutes, decides to suspend the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) effective immediately.

II. The GAISF General Assembly hereby authorizes the GAISF Council to lift IFAF’s suspension at its enti-re discretion at any time after it is satisfied that IFAF has fulfilled all its obligations toward GAISF within the deadline set forth by the GAISF Council, including full payment of any and all amounts due to GAISF by IFAF, together with legal interests and costs.

III. The GAISF Council is charged with the implemen-tation of this resolution.

Note: Should the situation evolve by the time of the General Assembly, the GAISF Council reserves the right to amend the above resolution and submit an amended version for approval.

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09.4 OTHER MATTERS


INTERNATIONAL CHEER UNION (ICU) – WORLD DANCE SPORT FEDERATION (WDSF)

In November 2017, GAISF has been notified by ICU that in some countries there are difficulties and potential confusion and conflicts as to the roles and responsibili-ties of ICU and WDSF.

Therefore, GAISF and the IOC have invited ICU and WDSF to an in-person meeting which was held at the GAISF Office on 6th and 7th March 2018. The meeting had the objective of encouraging ICU and WDSF to find an amicable and cooperative solution to the issues. An extensive dialogue between ICU and WDSF was held and the two Organizations had the opportunity to raise their concerns, express their point of view and discuss potential solutions in a constructive way. GAISF and the IOC have proposed a way forward to finally resolve the conflict and ICU and WDSF have been requested to provide an update on the situation on 31 March 2018. GAISF President will inform the Members during the General Assembly on any development and, if requi-red, submit a recommendation from the Council.

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10 / SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

10.1 IOC ATHLETE SAFEGUARDING TOOLKIT

10.2 DOT SPORT

10.3 GDPR DATA PROTECTION

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Speaker: HRH Prince Feisal Al-Hussein IOC Prevention of Harassment and Abuse in Sport Working Group, Chair

Date: 20 April 2018

Harassment and abuse in sport presents a serious risk to an athlete’s health, participation, performance and safety.

Research has consistently shown that harassment and abuse occurs in sport, across all sporting disciplines and at all levels of sports participation. It also demons-trates that this is compounded by a lack of regulatory policies and procedures in sports organisations.

In November 2017, the IOC launched the IOC Toolkit for International Federations and National Olympic Committees related to creating and implementing policies and procedures, to safeguard athletes from harassment and abuse in sport.

This toolkit provides a step-by step guide to developing and implementing athlete safeguarding policies and procedures, underpinned by case studies and example applications already in place in sporting organisations, as well as research and best practice guidelines.

It focuses on the collective responsibility that all in sport share to ensure that athletes have the right to Safe Sport – the ability to train and compete in a spor-ting environment that is fair, equitable and free from all forms of harassment and abuse.

The toolkit is the latest in a series of initiatives, which have been supported by four IOC Commissions (Athletes’, Athletes’ Entourage, Medical and Scientific, and Women in Sport), in collaboration with NOCs, IFs, external part-ners such as UN Women, and subject matter experts.

This session provides a brief overview of the IOC Athle-te Safeguarding initiatives, including the IOC Toolkit for IFs and NOCs, as well as examining the next steps for the Olympic Movement related to this important topic.

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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS / 10

10.2 DOT SPORT

.SPORT TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN (TLD) INITIATIVE

BACKGROUND

Every website comes with a name and a Top-Level Do-main (also called extension). Today they are approxi-mately 200 Million active websites. Until recently, only a few generic extensions were available such as .com, .org, … as well as country code extensions e.g. .ch, .uk, …. The limited number of extensions, combined with the explosion of Internet needs, has two main con-sequences: (1) unavailability or heavy speculation on names and (2) a one-size-fits-all situation whereby the extension has limited meaning.

To solve this issue, ICANN (the association who manages the global organization of internet domain names) deci-ded in 2012 to authorize the creation of new extensions, with the objective of allowing industries and communi-ties to develop a more relevant digital presence. In this context, extensions like .bank, .bio, .bmw, .basketball and many more, appeared over the last 3 years.

GAISF, in consultation and with the support of its mem-bers decided to apply for the .sport extension, in partner-ship with CORE, an ICANN accredited technical provider.

.sport extension was also coveted by major specula-tive companies and as result, GAISF had to activate and face multiple administrative and legal challenges against the companies.

GAISF succeeded in ruling out these speculators from the acquisition process and signed the Registry Ope-rator contract with ICANN in November 2017. GAISF is now the exclusive Operator of .sport extension for a renewable term of 10 years.

GAISF MISSION

Through the management of .sport, GAISF intends to develop a curated trusted space dedicated to su-pport and protect the sport community, the values of sport, the practice of sport and the business of sport in general.

.sport domains will be opened to the following sport stakeholders :

• International Sport Federations

• Sport institutions

• Brands

• Media

• Sport events

• Athletes

• Clubs

• Cities and geographic areas

• Sport venues

The .sport extension offers fundamental advantages over other internet extensions and over the uncontro-lled name spaces of social media: • A space reserved for legitimate actors,• Systematic avoidance of confusingly similar names, and other fraudulent behaviors such as cybersquat ting or typosquatting,• The opportunity to acquire actual name, acronym and discipline,• Better discoverability with search engines, GAISF developed a specific program for its mem bers. The objective through this program is to offer its members• A privileged access to a key digital asset• The opportunity to further develop their digital presence• A protection of their digital brand

GAISF MEMBERS BENEFITS

Domain name portfolio

GAISF offers its members a right of first refusal on a member-specific portfolio composed of domain names which includes: • The respective International Federation’s acronym: <acronym>.sport. (www.FIG.sport)• The respective federation’s official discipline name(s) in every major language: <discipline>.sport, < 律>.sport (www.basketball.sport)• The respective federation’s specific sub-discipline

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names, provided sub-discipline name is not a common sport keyword (e.g. trampoline.sport would be attribu-ted to FIG as a subdiscipline but running.sport would not be attributed to IAAF because it is a common sport keyword.• A list of 15 members event names, submitted by each member, provided event name is not a common sport keyword: <eventname>.sport• The right to develop unlimited number of third level domain names: <country code>.<discipline>..sport or <athletename>.<discipline>.sport or any other concept of third level domain name (e.g. usa.canoe.sport, fra.canoe.sport, jpn.canoe.sport)• Most frequent confusingly similar names including spelling mistakes of all the above: <disipline>.sport

Web Reflector Platform

In order to achieve quality web presence for the entire portfolio of each member, in all major languages, GAISF will operate the Web Reflector Platform: Where a member is not currently publishing content on one or many do-mains of its portfolio, GAISF will activate these domains with either a redirection to the member’s main website, or by posting visual content on these domains and a link to the member’s main website. This enables members to fully cover their intrinsic name space and develop their audience in all the major languages. Traffic analytics rela-ted to these domains will be provided by GAISF.

If a member does not exercise its right of first refusal

GAISF members will get their acronym at no cost. They can also apply for domain names reflecting their discipli-nes and/or sub-disciplines, on a domain per domain basis.

If the respective member has not exercised its right of first refusal, third parties including non-governing bo-dies might apply for discipline domain names, provided they fulfil the rules defined by the General Policies.

POLICY ADVISORY BOARD

In 2012 GAISF created a Policy Advisory Board, GAISF members and the IOC are represented. It has the fo-llowing objectives:• Develop consensus best practices for all the sport-themed top-level domains,• Oversee and coordinate policy development and best practices,

• Evaluate comments and inputs from the community,• Safeguard the interests of the Sport Community in connection with the expanse of the domain namespace.GAISF coordinated the efforts of the Policy Advisory Board to create a set of policies related to the authori-zed usage, eligibility, reserved names and more.

LAUNCH PROGRAM

April 2018 : start of the Ambassador and Pioneer Program

The .sport Ambassador & Pioneer Program (AP) is the exclusive pre-launch program commencing in April 2018. A maximum of 100 domains will be selected to be part of this program and will enjoy exclusive visibility until the end of 2018.

The AP program has two groups of participants: Am-bassadors and Pioneers.

Ambassadors are commercial brands who wish to be strongly associated with the .sport ecosystem. They can take advantage of a unique opportunity to develop and communicate around their positioning in sport.

Pioneers are sport stakeholders other than commer-cial brands who wish to develop their digital presence in the .sport ecosystem or to develop theme portals on .sport. They include GAISF members willing to par-ticipate in this specific program, other sport governing bodies, sport clubs, athletes, cities/public authorities, media, publishing companies and other entities with an organizing, practicing or publishing role in sport.

Detailed description of the package is available on http://nic.sport, the portal dedicated to the project.

September - October 2018: Sunrise and domain name portfolio applications for GAISF members

Sunrise is a mechanism organized by ICANN whereby brand registered in the ICANN Trademark system are allowed to register their names first.

GAISF Members will benefit from the same time win-dow to register their domain portfolio.

January 2019: General Availability

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11 / REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION

11.1 ACTIVITY REPORT

11.2 DOPING FREE SPORT UNIT / INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY

11.3 MULTI-SPORT GAMES 11.4 OTHER SERVICES TO IFS

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11.1 ACTIVITY REPORT

The year since our highly productive General Assem-bly in Aarhus has seen the opening of a new chapter in GAISF’s history with a series of significant develop-ments which leave the Association better equipped to serve the interest of its members in the years ahead.

This Activity Report focuses on the key activities of the past 12 months.

General Assembly 2017:CHANGE OF NAME

Members approved a change of name from SportAc-cord to the Global Association of International Sports Federations, agreeing that the change was necessary to clearly define who we are and what we do.

Since then the new name has been visualised and crystallised in our striking new logo and brand-style, a look and feel which is being extended right across the GAISF family, including SportAccord.

ROTATING PRESIDENCY

A significant change to our Statutes was agreed so that, from 2020, the GAISF Presidency will rotate be-tween its constituent bodies (ASOIF, AIOWF, ARISF and AIMS) in strict order every two years. This is a move that builds-in stability and means that no one group will ever be able to hijack the Voice for All Sport and that we are all bound together by it. This last year has been dedicated to prepare the organisation for this impor-tant change, including the change in leadership in the separate entity SportAccord Convention, as the GAISF President also became President of this entity.

MEMBERSHIP – OBSERVER STATUS

Another milestone was the approval for the intro-duction of Observer Status for new IFs seeking a clear point of entry and progress within the Olym-pic Movement. The creation of a defined pathway with clearly defined criteria – allowing all members to raise concerns with regards to potential competi-tion with their own activities – serves to make GAISF


properly accessible and even more relevant within the world of sport.

Observer Status allows new, young International Fe-derations to take advantage of the GAISF network to grow and develop and, where appropriate, join forces with current members. They can take part, without vo-ting rights, in the annual IF Forum, attend the General Assembly and benefit from the knowhow of the GAISF Membership Commission and the in-house experts.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION DAY

GAISF’s inaugural Information Day for potential appli-cants was held in Lausanne in May 2017 to provide an introduction and practical guidance for International Federations and other sports organisations conside-ring applying for membership or associate members-hip of GAISF.

The Information Day was developed in co-ordination with the International Olympic Committee by the SportAccord/ GAISF Membership Commission Chaired by Antonio Es-pinos along with Vice Presidents Dr Raffaele Chiulli (Presi-dent of ARISF) and Stephan Fox (President of AIMS).

The event was attended by 73 delegates from 48 di-fferent Federations. One year later, the list of enquiries and interested organizations has risen to over 120.

IF FORUM

The 2017 IF Forum, held in Lausanne took as its theme Sustainability, an issue which has implica-tions across every area of life and which is closely linked to our roles in sport. In fact, “it’s often said that in life we never truly own things, we simply hold them in trust for the next generation. And, in doing so, we have a responsibility to safeguard them and help them grow and become more va-luable to that generation. In short, we are charged with a Duty of Care over the things in life which are precious so that we hand them on the next generation in better shape. That’s a responsibility

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shared by everybody at the IF Forum because our Duty of Care applies to our role in sport and, more broadly, to the world we live in.”

The IF Forum also allowed us to have a separate infor-mative session with all members and a few multi-game specific meetings.

Finally, two particular moments also marked the IF Forum and are presented hereafter.

NEW LOGO AND BRAND STYLE

GAISF’s vibrant new logo and fresh brand-style were

unveiled at the IF Forum, marking the beginning of a

new chapter in our history.

The new logo was commissioned following the decision

to change the name of the organisation from SportAccord

to GAISF.

The logo is the work of José Miguel Tortajada Aguilar,

the highly regarded Barcelona-based designer whose

work for many well-known brands has won leading in-

ternational advertising industry awards. His simple but

highly effective design makes a powerful impact and

instantly identifies the World and Voice of Sport.

GAISF / INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Last but not least, the IF Forum also provided the setting for a milestone event which underscored the progress made by GAISF in the last 24 months. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding

(MoU) between GAISF and the International Olym-pic Committee underscores the unity of vision and purpose between the two organisations and opens the door to a new, enhanced and aligned partnership.

The MoU, signed by IOC President Thomas Bach and GAISF President Patrick Baumann, also marks the closure of a transition period which has seen GAISF (former SportAccord) re-evaluating and re-defining its role, aims and objectives. The MoU covers membership criteria, services to members and multi-sport games, and is designed to serve as a framework for roles and responsibilities, eli-minating duplication among GAISF stakeholders and the Olympic Movement.

OBSERVER STATUS

GAISF announced the first nine IFs to be awarded Ob-server Status:

• World Armwrestling Federation (WAF)• World Dodgeball Association (WDA)• Federation for International FootGolf (FIFG)• International Union of Kettlebell Lifting (IUKL)• International Federation of (Match)Poker (IFP)• International Pole Sports Federation (IPSF)• International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF)• Rugby League International Federation (RLIF)• International Padel Federation (IPF)

Since the principle of Observer Status was agreed at the General Assembly in Aarhus, the GAISF Member-ship Commission Chaired by Antonio Espinos along with Vice Presidents Dr Raffaele Chiulli (President of ARISF) and Stephan Fox (President of AIMS) worked to define eligibility criteria and application procedures which were shared with aspirant Federations at the In-formation Day in May 2017.

The Observer status has been designed as a first step in a transparent, potential pathway towards full GAISF membership. Observers will be supported by GAISF in their development towards fulfilment of all criteria requi-red for membership, such as preparing them for beco-ming WADA compliant, assisting them in increasing their membership in countries across the globe and receiving the required recognitions by National Olympic Commit-

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tees or by the highest national sports authorities. At the

same time, perceived or alleged concerns with existing

members are discussed and future steps conditioned to

their resolution through specific and formal demands the

Observers must comply with within specific deadlines.

DOT SPORT INITIATIVE

In November 2017, GAISF has finally succeeded in ac-quiring the .sport Internet extension, after a process that has taken 7 years. Its first practical use - the GAISF.sport and SportAccord.sport - are expected to be launched on April 15 during SportAccord in Bangkok.

Ownership of the .sport extension is important for GAISF as the Voice of Sport. It ensures the proper use of the extension by and within the sports family and will allow members to exploit new positioning, marketing and revenue generation opportunities.

As the roll-out is scheduled to take place this year, starting from Bangkok, the project will be presented in more detail during the week in Bangkok at the GAISF booth. Furthermore, a special presentation is scheduled during the General Assembly on Friday 20 March 2018.

E-SPORT

The Olympic Summit at the end of 2017 has entrus-ted GAISF and the IOC Sport Department to study e-sports and to report back to the Summit in 2018. For that purpose an Open Day on e-sports will be organised by GAISF later this year in Lausanne. All those interested in this trendy topic will be invited to attend and contribute.

DFSU – DOPING FREE SPORT UNIT

GAISF established the DFSU in 2009 to actively pro-mote doping-free sport within the sports movement and brings its expertise to members by providing as-sistance and services and managing anti-doping pro-grammes so that they are fully compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code.

2017 has been a particularly busy year for GAISF’s Drug Free Sport Unit. More contracts, more activities and more clients to serve have been welcome over the past 12 months. This has also been a source of

constant preoccupations and attention by the Adminis-tration and the GAISF Council in order to maintain the quality of the DFSU services at its best. As an example, over the last two years, the number of tests performed by the DFSU has increased by 68%, and the number of athletes’ whereabouts monitored has risen by 130%. The DFSU has also seen substantial increases in the number of positive cases managed (116%) and Thera-peutic Use Exemption (TUE) cases processed (36%). To face this increasing demand, new staff has been hired and trained..

As a consequence, in agreement with the IOC, the DFSU will be the future core nucleus of the newly crea-ted International Testing Agency (ITA). This Agency was set up by the IOC to provide further independence in the testing processes and will play a major role in the fight to protect clean athletes. GAISF and the IOC are finalising the details of the transfer of the DFSU to the ITA and we look forward to presenting you the process and timelines during the General Assembly. Finally, in recognition of the quality of its work and of its future status within the ITA, the DFSU was requested to be even more active in setting up the anti-doping infras-tructure and management system ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, Korea, and in managing the Games-time operation on behalf of the International Olympic Committee. This work was com-pleted successfully.

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Head of AdministrationPhilippe Gueisbuhler

Executive Assistant - Charlotte Davis

Project O cerARISF – AIMSRohit Ramesh

Assistant- TBA

Council MembersP. Baumann, President

GAISFServices and EventsP. Baumann, President

SportAccordIF Forum

Head of Digital Services- Pierre Germeau

ORGANISATION - March 2018

Administration DFSU MembershipObservers

Digital Services

Membership Application Manager- Davide Delfini

Project Manager Services to IF’s - TBA

Head of DFSU- Matteo ValliniLegal & Anti-Doping Counsel- Gianluca SiracusanoProject Manager- Pedro GonçalvesAnti-Doping Coordinator- Yulia Droz- Ronan Coquet- Sara Geraldo Membership Commission

- A. Espinos, R. Chiulli, S. FoxCombat Games Working Group Chair- S. FoxMind Games Working Group Chair- G. BorgUrban Games Working Group Chair- S. Aracu

Special Advisor to President– M. FilliauMulti-Sports Games Advisor– E. GabrielExternal Accountant– N. SchneggExternal Legal Advisor– Kellerhals & Carrard

ITA

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11.2 DOPING FREE SPORT UNIT / INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY


1. GENERAL

The DFSU is a unit within the Global Association of In-ternational Sports Federations - GAISF.

The staff is employed by GAISF and reports to the ma-nagement and the Council of GAISF.

The DFSU offers a set of services to the GAISF mem-bership in Antidoping, in coordination with WADA and the IOC.

WADA and the IOC generously contributed to the func-tioning of the DFSU with a yearly contribution from 2009 to 2017.

As a result of the changing and increasingly complex anti-doping environment the DFSU has evolved considerably over the last two years and is in process of being transfe-rred to the newly established International Testing Agen-cy (ITA), a project endorsed by the IOC and WADA.

2. DFSU STAFF

The DFSU is currently composed of the following staff members: Mr. Matteo Vallini (Head of DFSU), Mr. Pedro Gonçalves (Project Manager), Mr. Gianluca Siracusano (Legal Affairs Manager), Mr. Ronan Coquet, Mrs. Sara Geraldo, Mrs. Yulia Droz, Mrs. Maria Prokofyeva mater-nity leave (Antidoping coordinators).

Mrs. Sara Geraldo, Mr. Ronan Coquet and Mrs. Yulia Droz joined the DFSU in 2017 and are employed on a permanent contract. Mr. Gianluca Siracusano, pre-viously Legal & Antidoping Counsel, was promoted to Legal Affairs Manager.

The staff of the DFSU will not be increased in view of the imminent transfer of the antidoping activities to the ITA.

3. OPERATIONS

3.1 General Assistance and support

Day-to-day antidoping support is provided to GAISF members who require expertise in the various aspects of their antidoping programs. Assistance was offered to members in relation to WADA’s request to fill-in the

Code Compliance Questionnaire for the evaluation of the level of compliance of the antidoping programs of signatories.

Following the review of all questionnaires WADA is in the process of issuing Corrective Action Plans to signa-tories. The DFSU is working with members to address and correct aspects of their antidoping programs as highlighted and requested by WADA. The DFSU is the ideal tool to support the membership in this type of exercise.

The DFSU continues to support International Fede-rations in their day-to-day Antidoping activities with a focus on ADAMS, Result Management helpdesk and general support/advice to International Federations.

The distribution of daily news to International Federa-tions is ongoing and the collaboration with the service provider was renewed.

The DFSU provides interested International Federa-tions with Antidoping Experts who can become part of the Doping Hearing Panel in charge of Antidoping rule violation cases. The DFSU is currently reviewing the composition of the tribunal and is looking at alternative ways of remuneration for the panellists.

Further to existing services (see Annex 1) and following on the requests received from IFs to receive support in relation to the Corrective Action Plans issued by WADA, the DFSU has started to provide a new servi-ce of Risk Assessment. DFSU gathers and combines existing sport/discipline specific data available to pro-duce individual athletes’ weighting. Physiological and non-physiological factors are also taken in. The Risk Assessment is then translated into a Test Distribution Plan to implement by the International Federation.

4. ANNUAL ANTIDOPING GATHERINGS

In 2017 the DFSU participated to the following antido-ping gatherings:

- Tackling Doping in Sport, 8-9 March 2017, London, UK

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- WADA ADOs Symposium, 13-15 March 2017, Lausanne, Switzerland

- GAISF Convention, 3-7 April 2017, Aarhus, Denmark

- WADA Executive Committee and Foundation Board, 17-18 May 2017, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- Therapeutic Use Exemptions Symposium (FINADA, WADA), 21-22 September 2017, Helsinki, Finland

- WADA Executive Committee, 24 September, Paris, France

- USADA Scientific Symposium, 29 September – 2 Oc-tober 2017, Orlando, USA

- WADA Executive Committee and Foundation Board, 15-16 November 2017, Seoul, South Korea

5. PYEONGCHANG – PRE-GAMES ACTIVITIES

Prior to the Rio Olympic Games, the IOC and DFSU put in place a successful collaboration to perform Out-of-Competition doping controls worldwide outside Olympic venues.

The fruitful collaboration between the IOC and the DFSU continued in the preparation for PyeongChang 2018 Win-ter Olympic Games. The DFSU acted as the Secretariat of the Taskforce created by the IOC and WADA to address testing gaps identified in the Pre-Games period. Based on a broad variety of factors identified by the taskforce (such as: past medal histories, testing statistics, individual athletes’ performances, intelligence information, compe-tition schedule, virtual medal tables, etc.), the Taskforce produced a Country and a Sport/Discipline Risk Assess-ment which were combined and translated into more than 4000 testing recommendations issued to Internatio-nal Federations and NADOs.

Following the issuing of the said testing recommenda-tions the Taskforce monitored the uptake of the recom-mendations of each Antidoping Organizations (ADOs) and produced testing recommendations for the Ga-mes’ time antidoping activities in PyeongChang.

The presence of DFSU staff in PyeongChang from the 1st to the 25th of February 2018 enabled a smooth knowledge transfer from the Taskforce to POCOG.

DFSU also participated as a member to the Olympic Athletes from Russia Invitational Panel established by the IOC.

WADA and the IOC also established a Taskforce to su-pport POCOG in the preparation of antidoping activi-ties at the Olympic Games of PyeongChang. In October and November, the DFSU was invited to join Taskforce meetings being held in Seoul and in PyeongChang to assist the IOC and WADA in their assessment and to issue corrective actions to be implemented by POCOG prior to the beginning of the Games.

6. PYEONGCHANG - GAMES’ TIME ACTIVITIES

For the first time in history the IOC delegated part of the antidoping activities and responsibilities at the Ga-mes to a third party, GAISF, to increase the quality and the level of independency of its antidoping program so to address any real or perceived conflict of interest.

A delegation of responsibilities between the IOC and GAISF was signed and covered the following areas:

• Chairing the Games’ time antidoping Taskforce com-posed by GAISF, IOC, WADA Independent Observers, POCOG, KADA.

• Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUE)a) Appointment of TUE Committee

b) Administration of the recognition of Pre-Games granted TUEs

c) Administration of Games’ time TUEs’ applications management

d) Notification of TUE Committee’s decisions

• Testinga) Integration of testing outcomes from the Pre-Games taskforce into Games’ time Test Distribution Plan (TDP)

b) Review of Games’ time TDP and amendments based on intelligence gathered daily

c) Oversee of on-field testing activities implemented by POCOG

d) Point of contact for NOCs for matters and issues related to doping controls

e) Coordinate and oversee testing outside of the Olympic venues both in Korea and worldwide

• Whereabouts Failures

a) Refer potential whereabouts failures to IFs and NADOs.

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• Results Managementa) Initial review of Adverse Analytical Findings (AAFs), Presumptive Adverse Analytical Findings (PAAF) and Atypical Findings (ATF)

b) Notify the athlete and the athlete’s NOC Chef de Mission (in person), WADA, IF and NADO of an AAF

c) Coordination of B sample analysis and liaison be tween athlete and laboratory

d) Direct the IOC to bring forward the AAF as an appa rent Antidoping Rule Violation (ADRV), by means of an application to the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS)

e) Provide guidance when requested during the adju dication phase of each case

• External Quality Assessment Scheme (EQAS)a) Manage in collaboration with WADA the introduction of EQAS samples in the system

Four DFSU staff were involved in the Games’ time anti-doping activities and operated on the field in Pyeong-Chang, as well as providing support remotely from the GAISF Head Quarters located in Lausanne.

The delegation of responsibilities signed between the IOC and GAISF represents a first concrete and deci-sive step to make antidoping more independent from ADOs.

In view of its forthcoming transfer to the ITA, the DFSU has already started to work on the next Olympic antido-ping projects such as Buenos Aires, Tokyo and Beijing.

7. INTERNATIONAL TESTING AGENCY

At the May 2017 WADA Foundation Board meeting, members were asked to approve the recommendation of the ITA Steering Group concerning the structure and process of establishing the International Testing Agen-cy Board. The approval was granted.

The composition of ITA’s Foundation Board as well as the appointment of an independent Chair was also con-firmed in the month of October 2017. Moreover, a Direc-tor General was appointed in February 2018. The ITA, established as a Swiss foundation, will look at building capacity to offer services to IFs and MEOs.

The ITA has also finalized the search for its offices which will be located in Lausanne, Switzerland.

The activities of the DFSU, including ongoing collabora-tions with International Federations will be transferred to the ITA through an agreed transition plan. Operations re-lated to existing contractual agreements will be outsour-ced by GAISF to the ITA. DFSU clients moving to the ITA will benefit from the same, unchanged contractual condi-tions until the end of their current agreement with GAISF (December 2018). New contractual conditions will have to be negotiated by IFs with the ITA in the course of 2018 so as to be effective on 1st January 2019.

8. NEXT STEPS

• GAISF will keep liaising with the IOC and IFs for a smooth transition of DFSU’s activities to the ITA which is now imminent.

• In its process of reorganization, GAISF has created a new level for certain applicant International Federa-tions called Observers, aiming to become full GAISF members. GAISF/DFSU is now supporting Observer IFs to become WADA signatories in a first instance, via the provision of services related to the establishment of their antidoping rules and is working on the practical implementation of their antidoping program.

• DFSU/ITA will keep supporting IFs in their exercise to ful-fil all the criteria mentioned in the Corrective Action Plans issued by WADA to IFs to help them reach compliance.

• It should be noted that antidoping education servi-ces are not in the scope of the ITA, consequently this service is not envisaged to be transferred to the ITA. Education remains however, a mandatory requirement under the Code and its importance is increasing as a result of the Corrective Actions issued by WADA to IFs.

9. SUMMARY

DFSU continues to provide high quality Antidoping ser-vices and contributes to the successful implementation of Antidoping Programs and activities of Antidoping organizations (International Federations and/or Asso-ciate Members), and to actively collaborate with IOC, ITA and WADA to coordinate activities in view of the transition of its activities and staff to the ITA.

ADOs Antidoping programs’ compliance is currently be-ing assessed and in this respect the DFSU is playing a key role in supporting and guiding IFs to properly structu-re their Antidoping programs and avoid setbacks.


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ANNEX – 1

Figure 1. Currently 41 International Federations and Associate Members are outsourcing their antidoping program or part of it to the DFSU.

DFSU ACTIVITIESFACTS AND FIGURES

NUMBER OF TESTS PERFORMED

2750 TESTS IN 2017+68%

2,800

2,100

1,400

700

02015 2016 2017

POSITIVE CASES MANAGED

41 CASES IN 2017+116%

50

40

30

20

10

02015 2016 2017

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11.3 MULTI-SPORT GAMES


A. MSG PORTFOLIO

In the autumn of 2017, the GAISF Council commis-sioned a strategic review of GAISF’s portfolio of Mul-ti-Sports Games (MSG) with the objective to determine the best course to adopt regarding the composition of such portfolio and its management in the future. A re-port was presented to the GAISF Council as well as to the Chairmen of the 3 GAISF MSG Working Groups at its meeting in January 2018.

7 recommendations were approved for implementa-tion. In general, the approach is to remain pragmatic as GAISF looks at re-activating its portfolio with a recom-mendation to enact clear choices taking into account the current landscape of International multi-sports events and adding value to the main objective of GAISF which is to “maximise the potential of the members”. With regard to the MSG that have been organized in the past by GAISF (i.e. World Combat and World Mind Games), it was agreed that it was necessary to review and update to some extent their purpose and concept to ensure they remain relevant and attractive for future hosts. As for the World Urban Games, the GAISF Coun-cil approved the principle of proactively launching them in the near future. Finally, the GAISF Council also considered that a closer and integrating approach to the World Games would be beneficial for all Members and for the World Games itself.

B. MSG MANAGEMENT TEAM

To move ahead in the coming months and implement the above, it was agreed to enable a dedicated and cost-effective MSG management team at the level of the administration of GAISF. In February 2018, a GAISF MSG management team was formed through the appointment of an external group of recognized experts led by former IOC Head of Youth Olympic Ga-mes, Mr. Essar Gabriel, with a permanent presence in Lausanne. The team has since then been working very closely with the GAISF administration.

C. WORLD URBAN GAMES (WUG - WORKING TITLE)

An updated concept of the WUG has been finalized. The event would be organized every 2 years starting in 2019 or 2020.

D. WORLD COMBAT GAMES

The previous concept under which the next edition was to be held in 2019 had to be stopped and adjus-ted. The event, re-sized, would be held every 4 years, starting in 2021.

E. WORLD MIND GAMES

The Mind Games Working Group Chairman has rewor-ked on all conditions and is actively searching interes-ted hosts. These Games could be held annually.

F. ANOC WORLD BEACH GAMES

Since the last General Assembly in Aarhus, ANOC has proposed to form an equal partnership with GAISF for the World Beach Games after the 2019 edition in San Diego, USA.

The GASIF Council has therefore decided, missing a general agreement between GASIF and ANOC, to sup-port the involved IF’s in reaching a satisfactory agree-ment with ANOC through an amended Memorandum of Understanding between them and ANOC for the 2019 edition.

Discussions for the partnership beyond 2019 are not finalized.

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11.4 OTHER SERVICES TO IFS

PROPOSAL BY FIS ON AN INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION FOR GAISF MEMBERS (FOR DISCUSSION)

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12 / ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD FROM

STAKEHOLDERS 12.1 ASOIF 12.2 AIOWF

12.3 ARISF

12.4 AIMS

12.5 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 12.6 IOC

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13 / DATE AND PLACE OF THE

NEXT STATUTORY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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14 / CLOSING OF THE STATUTORY GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

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