At the initiative of the International Olympic Committee, the International Forum for Sports Integrity (IFSI) met for the first time in Lausanne (SUI) on Monday, 13th April 2015.
The meeting was chaired by IOC President Thomas Bach and included representatives from world governments, the Council of Europe, the European Union, INTERPOL, Europol, United Nations agencies, sports betting operators, Olympic Movement stakeholders and others. FIS was represented by Sarah Lewis in her capacity as Secretary General of the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF).
The Forum prepared a roadmap for future action aimed at strengthening and coordinating all activities to protect clean athletes from match-fixing, manipulation of competitions and related corruption.
The measures adopted by the IFSI are centred on three main themes:
The IFSI forms part of Recommendation 16 of Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC’s strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement.
Coinciding with the forum, the IOC launched its new Integrity and Compliance Hotline, a new reporting mechanism for potential cases of competition manipulation as well as other violations of the integrity of sport.
For further information, visit here: http://www.olympic.org/news/first-international-forum-for-sports-integrity-adopts-roadmap-for-future-action-to-protect-clean-athletes/244384
Source: fis-ski.com
