iNADO White Paper on the Concept of an “Independent Testing Authority” / Jeremy Luke, Anders Solheim, Carey Brown, Herman Ram, Karine Henrie, Joanne McRae, Travis Tygart, John Frothingham, Bill Bock, Michael Cepic, Una May, Joseph de Pencier. - Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO). - Bonn : iNADO, 2017
The White Paper is developed by iNADO on the concept of the “independent testing authority” as this relates to the anti-doping responsibilities of International Federations (IF). iNADO members are now actively engaged with many IFs in a variety of initiatives whereby some of the anti-doping responsibilities of an IF are delivered by fully independent Anti-Doping Organisations (ADOs). As such, the NADO community represented by iNADO has a great deal of experience and an ongoing interest in the concept of the independent delivery of anti-doping services.
Primarily, the White Paper strives to define the nature of the required independence of anti-doping organisations and to demonstrate that independence must encompass far more than testing.
Secondarily, the White Paper identifies two approaches for IFs to consider. It explores the existing model of separate and autonomous anti-doping units created by IFs with responsibility for that sport’s elite athletes. It also introduces an approach that would see a new ‘third-party’ entity acquire the collective anti-doping responsibilities (not just testing) of the IFs that may choose to join such an initiative.
