From: Joseph de Pencier Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 7:11 PM To: Adel Ben Fdhila (Africa Zone I RADO 1); Adel Ben Fdhila (Africa Zone I RADO 2); Alexander Grima (Sport Malta); Andras Füleky (HUNADO); Andrea Gotzmann (NADA); Andrés Botero (COLDEPORTES); Andy Parkinson (UKAD); Áslaug Sigurjónsdóttir (Iceland SI); Aurora Andruska (ASADA); Badar Al-Saeed (Saudi Arabian ADC); Bakhodir Khusankhodjaev (Central Asia RADO); Bernardo De La Garza Herrera (CONADE); Bojan Gjorgjev (NADC Macedonia); Branko Markic (AADCBH); Bruno Genevois (AFLD); Byambasuren Battulga (Mongolian NADO); Carlos Alfredo Hermes (Central American RADO 1); Carlos Alfredo Hermes (Central American RADO 2); Chara Spiliopoulou (HNCCD-ESKAN 1); Chara Spiliopoulou (HNCCD-ESKAN 2); Charles Nobre (OBA); Chris Chan (ADS); Christine Wambui Mugera (Africa Zone V RADO); Chung Pang (HK ADC); Clifton Keenswijk (SADA); Cristiam Moraga (CONAD); David Kenworthy (UKAD); Deborah Hunter (BSADA); Dimitra Koutsouki (HNCCD-ESKAN); Doug MacQuarrie (CCES); Dr. Adrian Lorde (NADC Barbados); Dr. Ahmed Elgamel (Sudanese ADA); Dr. Alejandro Pineda (Philippine Center for Sports Medicine); Dr. Alicia Morea (CAICOA); Dr. Anik Sax (ALAD); Dr. Carlos Hermes (NADOGUA); Dr. Dante Gil (Chile CNCD); Dr. Dariusz Blachnio (Polish CADS); Dr. Eduardo De Rose (ABA); Dr. Eduardo Gutierrez (CNA Venezuela); Dr. Enerique Amy (CA de Puerto Rico); Dr. F. Jegathesan (ADA Malaysia); Dr. Gergely Szabo (HUNADO); Dr. Graziela Vajiala (NADA Romania); Dr. Hamid Sajadi (IRANADO); Dr. Hidenori Suzuki (JADA); Dr. Husnoor Ali (Drug-free Sport Fiji); Dr. Ieva Lukosiute (Lithuanian ADA); Dr. Jack Asherov (Israel ADC)); Dr. Jaroslav Nekola (Czech ADC); Dr. Jerome Lightbourne (Bahamas ADC); Dr. Jorge Tello (CNA del Perú); Dr. Josko Osredkar (NADC Slovenia); Dr. Luis Horta (ADoP); Dr. Miroslav Motycik (Slovak ADA); Dr. Mohammed Majidi (Morocco CNPLCD); Dr. Naser Al Ansari (Qatar NADC 1); Dr. Naser Al Ansari (Qatar NADC 2); Dr. Nenad Dikic (ADAS 1); Dr. Nenad Dikic (ADAS 2); Dr. Patrece Charles-Freeman (JADCO); Dr. Patrick Goh (ADS); Dr. Patrick Henry (NADO Belize); Dr. Rahul Bhatnagar (India NADA); Dr. Sayed Khashaba (Egyptian NADO); Dr. Seevali Jayawickreme (NADO Sri Lanka); Dr. Urumbaev Kamil (Uzbek ADC); Dr. Vassil Popov (Bulgaria ADC); Dr. Violeta Zarkova (Bulgaria ADC); Dr. Waqar Ahmed (ADOP); Dr. Zakia Bartagi (ANA Tunisia); Evagoras Nichoaides (Cyprus ADA); Evariste Djomo (Africa Zone IV RADO); Fatima Al Malki (Qatar NADC); Gatis Berkis (LatADA); George Taraeka Paniani (Cook Islands MADC 1); George Taraeka Paniani (Cook Islands MADC 2); Giampiero Curti (CONI-NADO); Gobinathan Nair (SE Asian RADO); Graeme Steele (DFSNZ); Head of NADO (NADC Nigeria); Herman Ram (SADAN); Igor Zagorskiy (RUSADA); Issoufou Aliou (Africa Zone II & III RADO); Ivan Kurlichshuk (NADO Ukraine); Jan Chlumský (CADC); Jean Larue (Indian Ocean RADO); Jerzy Smorawinski (Polish CADS 2); JGS Hamakim (Nigerian NADC); John Treacy (ISC); Jordi Cerqueda Sierra (ONAD Andorra); Jose Veloso (Uruguay Ministerio de Turismo y Deporte); Juan Cabezas (Ecuador CNA); Khalid Galant (SAIDS); Kristel Berendsen (EADA); Kristina Olinder (SSC); Lee Kyu-Hwan (KADA); Leonard Holden (BSADA); Lone Hansen (ADD); Lorraine Ng (HK ADC); M. Hocine Boudissa (CNA Algerienne); Manea Khalifa Al Rumathi (UAE ADC); Marco Benedettini (CPA San Marino); Marlene Klein (NADA); Michael Mader (NADAA); Michael Petrou (Cyprus ADA 1); Michael Petrou (Cyprus ADA 2); Milles Yallop (Bahamas Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture); Mohamed Mahid Shareef (South Asian RADO); Nadia Ali Al Shamali (Gulf States & Yemen RADO); Natanya Potoi (Oceania RADO); Nese Gündogan (ADC NOC Turkey); Nishel Kumar Silvaraju (ADA of Malaysia); Paolo Barone (CONI-NADO); Paul Masseron (CMA); Paul Melia (CCES); Pravin Dhoomon (MIDFS); Prof. Areg Hovhannisyan (Armenian NAD0); Prof. He Zhenwen (CHINADA); Prof. Moni Wekesa (Kenya ADA); Raúl Cárdenas (Instituto de Deportes de Panamá); Robert Bertrand (AFLD); Robert Ndjana (OCALUDS); Robert Schuler (ALAD); Sai Fei (CHINADA); Seena Omar (West Asian RADO); Shin Asakawa (JADA); Sra. Ana Muñoz Merino (AEA Spain); Stefania Terenzio (CONI-NADO 1); Stefania Terenzio (CONI-NADO 2); Temur Ukleba (Eastern Europe RADO); Tessa Chaderton-Shaw (Caribbean RADO); Thomas Huang (Chinese Taipei OC); Turker Arslan (ADC NOC Turkey); Una May (ISC); Widtaya Widsarudsophon (Sports Authority of Thailand); William Todd (ICODER); Yaroslav Ivanovich (NADO Ukraine); Yo Say Po (ADS); Zhao Jian (CHINADA) Cc: Harriet Purcell (UKAD) Subject: INADO Update#1 The delivery of this INADO Update #1 was delayed for various reasons, now resolved. Look for Update #2 next week (with a focus on WADA Code and Standards Review). And please do circulate INADO Updates to your staff, your Boards, your volunteers and your government colleagues. INADO belongs to anyone associated with your NADO/RADO. INADO Update #1 – June 2012 Dear Members of the NADO/RADO Community: I have been your CEO for two weeks. INADO is beginning to take shape. Already progress is made in many areas: Organisational Development * Work has begun on finalising the Strategic Plan and preparing an annual operational plan (including performance indicators). * I will also begin work on by-laws to complement the Articles of Association to provide operational detail in a number of areas. * The budget will be revised and formalised now that I am in place. * Arrangements with WADA have been finalised for the payment of the first portion of WADA’s funding to INADO. Office Location * David Kenworthy and I have now seen suitable space in London (sharing with Sports Resolutions UK, the national sport dispute resolution service). With the encouragement and support of Germany’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), we have also seen suitable space in Bonn in a building beside NADA’s offices. I am also approaching the Maison du Sport in Lausanne. As well, the City of Barcelona has expressed interest in being INADO’s location. The decision will be made this summer. We are of course seeking the value for money. Website * Getting a site up and operating is a priority. I have approached the CCES to see if it would assist. At first I imagine something very simple and publicly accessible. Once the website is operating, the next step will be to create a members only section on which we can start placing more detailed information, host problem-solving exchanges among our experts and otherwise engage the members. Access to the member-only portion of the website should encourage further applications for membership. Logo * Through UKAD, we have had the advice of graphic designer Laura Grant of Leadpixel (www.leadpixelcreative.co.uk). She provided us with five interesting concepts. David and I believe one stands out. Three variations of it are currently being considered by the Board. I expect a decision shortly. Relations with WADA * This week I met with Rob Koehler WADA Director of Education. He oversees the RADO program and will be INADO’s main point of contact. o He began by reiterating that WADA wants INADO to flourish. o We will create an Advisory Committee similar to the one that manage WADA’s relationship with Sport Accord. I hope we can settle these matters well before the August INADO Board meeting and perhaps have an initial teleconference before then. o There will be a process for RADOs to formally apply for membership in INADO. Rob will make sure we do get those applications. o We discussed the need to include RADOs in INADO events. WADA is likely to conduct a training session of RADO staff immediately prior to next March’s WADA ADO Symposium. If so, and if INADO were to hold its AGM in Lausanne directly after the Symposium, we would likely get a good RADO turnout. WADA would encourage such a sequence of events. o NADOs make a critical contribution to the success of RADOs.[1] Rob is certainly interested in recruiting NADOs to further assist in RADO development. Staff training is a key need for RADOs. Use of the UNESCO voluntary fund (by means of government applications for the funds and NADO administration of them in ways that build individual RADOs) in increasingly seen as a useful approach. * I met with Anne Jansen who manages relations with the public authorities for WADA. o She is keen to see INADO help its members better equip public authority officials to brief their political masters so that they take a more effective role in WADA governance. Of course she would also like NADOs to ensure their Public Authorities do more to address their responsibilities under the UNESCO Convention (for example with respect to the regulation of nutritional supplements under Article 10). She also raised concern about the proposed EU date protection directive and hopes INADO can engage its members to advocate for changes. o She advised that UNESCO staff is undergoing considerable change at the moment and there may be a further loss of anti-doping expertise. o She hopes INADO can improve professional development for NADO staff and their Public Authority colleagues. o Looking ahead, we discussed how leading NADOs and their Public Authorities could again help in making authoritative non-English and non-French versions of the new Code and new Standards widely available in the lead up to January 1, 2015. * And I met with Julie Masse and Stacy Spletzer of WADA Communications. o They expressed a keen desire to promote INADO through WADA publications and other communications. o They are always interested to learn of and publicise new NADO initiatives and achievements. I will promote that to the membership. o They urged focus on getting the website established. Then start using social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to engage the community and to part to drive the community and interested persons outside it to the website and the organisation. o They want to continue to encourage NADO use of the WADA Outreach model and materials, especially for those NADOs without the means to have their own programs. Co-branding continues to be encouraged. * I will meet with Rune Andersen later in the month to discuss Code and Standards review and increasing NADO participation in both. He was tied-up with a working group meeting on intelligence, which included senior staff from several NADOs. Code and IST Review * Assisting members have more impact in the Code review is vital. The key for NADOs to be effective will be to make concrete drafting proposals, supported by brief cogent reasons. * At least initially, I will focus on equipping members to express positions and proposals. I will prepare model commentary and suggestions for all important proposals so that members can adopt or adapt those portions they wish to. As some members take up that material, while others develop their own proposals, common positions will emerge that can be promoted by INADO itself. * Engaging members in the just-started review of the International Standards will also start before month’s end. Here I can remind members of the process and solicit general views on provisions they would like changed (both accounting for Code proposals and otherwise), especially to the Testing and TUE Standards. Things will develop from there. NADO Innovation * NADOs lead global anti-doping efforts through innovation. Here are two important and ground-breaking programs run by NADOs that are worth consideration by all: o ASADA’s program for counselling athletes with an anti-doping rule violation (http://asada.govspace.gov.au/2012/06/13/counselling/) o JADA’s training of pharmacists to protect athletes from inadvertent doping (http://www.wada-ama.org/en/News-Center/Articles/JADA-progress-with- Sports-Pharmacist-System/) * If your organisation has a new or inventive program to improve the effectiveness of anti-doping, please let me know. We can all benefit from sharing. Looking Ahead * The Monitoring Group has invited INADO to apply for Observer status. I will do so as soon as I can. * I will attend the July 5-6 Code review meeting of the Monitoring Group’s Advisory Group on Legal Issues in Paris. This is an opportunity to meet with a number of senior NADO people. I hope to call on the French NADO, the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage (AFLD), as well. * The INADO Board will meet on August 28 in London. The next day, I will attend a meeting of the International Anti-Doping Arrangement (IADA) which includes ten governments and their NADOs (a number of our Board members will attend with their government colleagues). Concluding Words * Never hesitate to contact me if you need assistance. Let me know what is happening in your country and your organisation. Tell me how INADO can help you do a better job. Joseph de Pencier, J.D. Chief Executive Officer jcdep@me.com +1.613.850.7553 (m) NOTE: This email message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, or are not the named recipient(s), please immediately notify the sender and delete this email message. [1] Among NADOs who have worked with or are working with RADOs: Anti-Doping Switzerland, CHINADA, SAIDS, Anti-Doping Norway, USADA, FINADA, UKAD, JADA, ASADA, NADA, Drug-Free Sport New Zealand and CCES.