WADA has the following three Standing Committees, which report to the Executive Committee (ExCo) and play a key advisory role for the Agency in anti-doping policy and priority development.
In accordance with WADA’s Governance Regulations concerning Standing Committee composition and rotation, on an annual basis, we announce a call for nominations six months prior to when the decision will be taken by the ExCo.
An aggregate diversity overview of the composition of all Standing Committees is available here.
Note 1: In May 2022, as part of a series of governance reforms designed to strengthen athletes’ representation within the Agency, the WADA Foundation Board approved the creation of a 20-member Athlete Council (AC) to replace the Athlete Committee, as recommended by the Working Group on the Review of WADA Governance Reforms in its Final Report. The AC is a Permanent Special Committee. As a result of the governance reforms, the AC is responsible for selecting, from among its members, athlete representatives to sit on the Standing Committees mentioned above.
Note 2: The Compliance Review Committee (CRC), which has been a WADA Standing Committee since 2016, has been reclassified as a Permanent Special Committee in line with the 2022 governance reforms to recognize the CRC’s specific role and independence.