At its meeting in November 2016 in Glasgow, Scotland, the WADA Foundation Board approved a series of recommendations that would equip the Agency to be fit for the future.
To continue strengthening the anti-doping system, the Foundation Board agreed to form three separate Working Groups to study: WADA’s laboratory accreditation monitoring system; governance matters; and independent testing. The composition of the three Working Groups is as follows:
Ad-Hoc Working Group on Laboratory Accreditation
In order to maintain WADA’s strengthened laboratory accreditation monitoring system, it was decided that a working group would be formed to review the lab accreditation process.
Ugur Erdener
Turkey
John Miller
UK
Richard Young
USA
Peter Van Eenoo
Belgium
Working Group on WADA Governance Matters
To ensure the independence of the anti-doping system from sports organizations and national governments, the WADA Foundation Board approved the creation of a working group with stakeholder representation from the governments, the sport movement, National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs), athletes and other experts. The working group will study strengthening WADA’s governance structure and report back at the next Foundation Board meeting in May 2017.
Public Authorities
Judge Gberdao Kam (Chair)
Burkina Faso
Judge Lex Mpati
South Africa
Marcos Diaz
Dominican Republic
Toshiei Mizuochi
Japan
Philippe Muyters
Belgium
David Howman
New Zealand
Sport Movement
Didier Cossin
Switzerland
Romano Subiotto
Italy
Tony Estanguet
France
Richard Budgett
Switzerland
Andrew Ryan
Switzerland
NADOs
Patrick Goh
Singapore
Andrea Gotzmann
Germany
Athlete Representatives
Angela Ruggiero
USA
Adam Pengilly
UK
Independent experts (non-voting)
Akaash Maharaj
Canada
Independent Testing Authority
The Foundation Board agreed to continue the process to evaluate establishing an Independent Testing Authority (ITA); a request made by the Olympic Summit. This group will report back on the proposal of the ITA at the next Foundation Board meeting in May 2017.
Public Authorities
Valérie Fourneyron
France
Tetsuya Kimura
Japan
Andrew Godkin
Australia
Marcos Diaz
Dominican Republic
Thorhild Widvey
Norway
Khalid Galant
South Africa
Sport Movement
Juan Antonio Samaranch Junior
Spain
Ugur Erdener
Turkey
Gian Franco Kasper
Switzerland
Francesco Ricci Bitti
Italy