Watch Canadian IOC member Richard W. Pound give his view on the Sports Governance Observer and some perspectives on good governance in international sports federations.
The old Elsinore Theater in Aarhus provided an ambient setting when two FIFA presidential candidates presented their vision for the football body in a broader panel discussing the future of FIFA in front of Play the Game 2015 delegates.
Watch author of the Sports Governance Observer 2015 report, Arnout Geeraert, speak about what international sports organisations can do to improve their governance standards.
More than 350 delegates are participating in the ninth Play the Game conference, taking place in Aarhus, Denmark. The conference opened with calls for more reforms and stronger dialogue in international sport.
Not only FIFA needs an overhaul. Most international sports federations fail to comply with basic standards for democracy, transparency and accountability. The new report ‘The Sports Governance Observer 2015’ identifies serious governance deficiencies in international sport.
Play the Game has been a leader in the sports governance debate for almost two decades and will once again gather the world’s most eminent experts, activists, whistle-blowers, journalists, politicians and sports officials.
Japan is not only fighting bad governance in several sports, but also outdated, authoritative training methods. New rules for good governance have been set out to reform elite sport in one of the world’s leading sports nations, but conservative forces are working against them.
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