Secretaries of IPA CIS Permanent Commissions Participated in Discussion on Corruption in Sport

The representatives of the IPA CIS Council Secretariat participated in the meeting of the Steering Committee of the International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport (IPACS) held online today.

The event was dedicated to the evaluation of the current activity of the IPACS and discussion of the IPACS governance guidelines, as well as appointment of the governing bodies and outlining perspective action plan.

The meeting was chaired by Director of the Division of Treaty Affairs at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime John Brandolino.

The IPA CIS Council Secretariat was represented at the event by Executive Secretary of the Joint Commission at the IPA CIS for the Harmonization of National Laws Related to Security, Countering Emerging Threats and Challenges Stanislav Korostelev, Secretary of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Defense and Security Issues Aleksandr Borisov and Acting Secretary of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Culture, Information, Tourism and Sport Igor Minin.

The topic of the event corresponds to the activity of the IPA CIS. Among the documents adopted by the Assembly there are the Model Law on Countering Corruption (2008), amendments to the Model CIS Anti-Corruption Penal Code (2015), the Model Law on Paralympics (2008), the Model Law on Physical Fitness and Sports (revised in 2009). In spring 2020 the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Culture, Information, Tourism and Sport submitted to the consideration of the IPA CIS the draft Model Laws on Sports at School and on Countering the Use of Doping in Sport.

The IPACS was established in 2017 in accordance with the commitment taken at the 2016 London Anti-Corruption Summit. Its establishment was initiated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Council of Europe, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

This multi-stakeholder initiative aims at bringing together international sports organizations, governments, inter-governmental organizations, and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen and support efforts to eliminate corruption and promote a culture of good governance in and around sport. It is composed of governments, sports organizations and international organizations who are focusing their efforts on fighting corruption in sport.

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