Proposals for WADA Governance to Ensure Independence / Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO). - Bonn : iNADO, 2017
This paper summarises what independence means in principle and in practice for WADA, and makes proposals for enhancing it. It argues that WADA needs to be independent from any force, vested interest or stakeholder seeking to influence decisions in favour of anything other else than clean sport.
Contents:
1. What does it Mean for WADA to be “Independent?”
2. Why is WADA Independence Needed?
- Recent Events / The Need for a Restart
- Sport Cannot Police Itself
- WADA’s Mandate
- Protecting Clean Athletes and Whistleblowers
- Protecting Sport without Fear or Favour
- Conflicts of Interest
- Dedicated Expertise
- Optimised Use of WADA Resources
- Enhancing Public Confidence
- Justifying Government Contributions to WADA
3. Limits on WADA Independenct that Need Compromise it
- Transparancy and Public Reporting
- Compliance with Global Norms and External Oversight and Auditing
- Observance of National Laws
- Judicial Oversight
- Legislative Oversight and Code Revision Process
- Funding
4. Proposals for Enhanced WADA Independence
- Independent Governance
- Independent Oversight
- Legislative or Policy Independence
- Operational Independence
- Interdependencies
