World Athletics seeking nominations for three commissions

World Athletics is seeking nominations for positions on its Competition Commission, Development Commission and Governance Commission.

The role of these commissions is to provide expertise and to advise the World Athletics Council, but if requested, they may also advise the President, Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer, senior management/directors, and other Commissions.

The purpose of the Competition Commission is to develop athletics events worldwide. Members will be directly involved in topics such as competition programme formats, new events, innovation within events to make them more appealing, developing the skills of officials and much more. Members play a pivotal role in advising, formulating and voicing their expertise on all competition-related matters across the sport’s many stakeholders. Standard agenda items requiring members’ input and expertise include the competition programme, the format and qualification systems of World Athletics Championships and the Olympic Games, the global calendar of competition circuits, races and events, world rankings, certification of equipment, and competition and technical rules and related regulations.

The Development Commission exists to support the growth, development and administration of athletics at all levels of the sport aligned to the World Plan for Athletics 2022-2030. Members will be involved in topics centred around World Athletics development and education programmes such as informing the content on the eLearning platform and determining the best strategy to use this tool in conjunction with in-person courses and training to recruit, retain and reward more people in athletics – notably coaches, officials and administrators – including ensuring gender equity is embedded in our approach. Members will also be involved in the continuous review and enhancement of coaching and officiating programmes, as well as the Kids’ Athletics programme.

The Governance Commission is involved in a wide variety of governance-related initiatives. Members will be passionate about governance and improving and upholding the highest integrity, promoting better governance and ethical compliance standards, including through the development of educational materials, and ensuring that these are implementable, aligned, and embedded in World Athletics, Area Associations and Member Federations. Recently Members of the Governance Commission worked on the roll out of a global eLearning course on integrity and ethical standards, the implementation of a safeguarding policy and standards to be implemented by Member Federations and, as it is Congress year, the review of the Constitution.

For more information, or to apply, download the information pack (English | French) and nomination form (English | French).

For additional information about the application process, or if you have any questions, please contact the independent Nominations Panel (nominations.panel@worldathletics.org).

The deadline for nominations is 11 June 2023.

Source: World Athletics