Katie Simmonds Presentation

1. Standards in Sport: Ethics, Integrity and Governance
22 June 2017
Manchester

2. SIGA – A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COALITION
SPORTS ORGANISATIONS
GLOBAL BUSINESSES
GOVERNMENTS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
CIVIL SOCIETY

3. SIGA VISION & MISSION
VISION
SIGA works towards a vision of
sport played and governed under
the highest integrity standards, free
from any form of unethical, illicit
and criminal activity, to safeguard
sports values and ensure its positive
impact and benefits to all citizens.
MISSION
The mission of SIGA is to provide
global leadership, promote good
governance and safeguard the
integrity of sport through a set of
universal standards operated by an
independent, neutral and global
body.

4. SIGA
FINANCIAL
INTEGRITY
GOOD
GOVERNANCE
SPORTS BETTING
INTEGRITY
Core Principles &
Universal Standards
Core Principles &
Universal Standards
Core Principles &
Universal Standards
TRAINING & EDUCATION
CAPACITY BUILDING
MONITORING & VERIFICATION
➢ Club licensing
➢ Financial Transactions
➢ Financial Supervision
➢ Club ownership & oversight
➢ Bidding criteria: sports events,
broadcasting/ sponsorship,
➢ Anti-money laundering, tax
evasion
➢ Democracy
➢ Human Rights
➢ Transparency
➢ Accountability
➢ Stakeholder representation
➢ Anti Match-fixing
➢ Sports Betting fraud
➢ Illegal sports betting
➢ Criminal infiltration in sport
➢ Information-sharing
➢ International cooperation
INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT & RATING SYSTEM
Core Areas
Issues
Tools
Activities
Transitional
period
SIGA
Independent
Rating
CORE AREAS

5. SIGA GOOD GOVERNANCE STANDARDS

6. SIGA FINANCIAL INTEGRITY STANDARDS

7. SIGA SPORTS BETTING INTEGRITY STANDARDS

8. ✓ Universal Standards – “living document”
✓ Inclusive multi-stakeholder consultation process
❖ Gradual, progressive implementation plan with transition
period
❖ Not all standards apply to all organisations
❖ Organisations self-assess and self-select category of
implementation
❖ Independent assessment by SIGA
❖ Organisations encouraged to reach the highest level possible,
cognizant of means and resources available
Consultation Process Ongoing with 2017 version to be published in July 2017
SIGA UNIVERSAL STANDARDS

9. TARGETED EARLY ADOPTERS OF THE SIGA UNIVERSAL
STANDARDS

11. SIGA GENERAL ASSEMBLIES
11/15
New York
02/16
London
04/16
Madrid
06/16
Paris
09/16
Cascais
01/17
London
07/17
Lisbon
Agreement to
develop a Sport
Integrity Global
Alliance (SIGA)
• First SIGA General
Meeting (ICAEW)
• Draft Statement of
Intent &
Declaration of Core
Principles
• Over 50 organisations sign
Declaration of Core Principles
and Statement of Intent
• Launch of SIGA as a global,
independent and neutral sport
integrity body
• Approval of SIGA
Concept
• Appointment of SIGA ad
Interim Council and
Coordinator
• Approval of Co-Chairs of
Steering and Working
Groups
• Approval of SIGA
Universal Standards first
draft
• Approval of SIGA
Constitution
• SIGA officially
incorporated as a
legal entity
• SIGA Constitution
signed by 30
Founding Members
• 1st Edition of the
SIGA Sport Integrity
Forum
• Elections to SIGA
Council
• Appointment of SIGA
CEO
• 2nd Edition of the SIGA
Sport Integrity Forum

12. 1ST EDITION OF SIGA SPORT INTEGRITY FORUM
London 30 January 2017
Svein Arne Hansen
European Athletics
Sir Ronnie Flanagan
International Cricket Council
Brian Lewis
CANOC
Sports Betting Integrity
Panel Session
Good Governance
Panel Session
Financial Integrity
Panel Session
Lars-Christer Olsson
EPFL

13. 2ND EDITION OF SIGA SPORT INTEGRITY FORUM
26 July 2017, Lisbon, Portugal

14. THANK YOU!
katie.simmonds@siga-sport.com