Building a New NADO the Irish Eperience

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Building a New NADO the Irish Eperience

• November 2005
• ANADO Workshop Barbados

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Setting the Scene Stage 1

• 1992 Ireland signed Council of Europe
  Anti-Doping Convention
• 1996 Irelands first strategy for sport (need
  for Sports Council identified)
• 1997 Irelands first Ministry of Sport
• 1997 First Draft of Irish Sports Council Act
  (no mention of anti-doping)
• ???? Persuasion, politics, pressure ????

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Nothing quite like the media to add pressure!
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Setting the Scene Stage 2

• 1997 Anti-Doping Advisory Committee established
• 1998 Launch of Draft National Anti-Doping
  Programme
• 1999 Establishment of Irish Sports Council with
  Anti-Doping Unit
• 2001 Full time management responsibility for
  Anti-Doping

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Key Challenges - Independence

• Independence from Sport
• Independence from development/funding of sport
• Independence vs Power/influence
• ISC
• independent from sport
• distanced from development of high perf. Sport
• future plans to become independent

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Key Challenges - Independence

• Advantage of not being entirely independent
• Full support service available
• Ability to focus on core business
• Greater flexibility re resources
• Greater power/influence over National
  Governing Bodies (NGBs)

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Authority Jurisdiction

• National legislation Irish Sports Council Act
  1999
• Sports rules
• NGBs with rules based in IF
• NGBs with no rules
• NGBS with reference to Anti-Doping but no rules
• National sports
• Professional Sports
• Other e.g. Confederations of Sport?

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Authority Jurisdiction

• 1999 Model Rules
• Letter of Authorisation and Warranty
• - incorporating laws of natural justice etc.
• 2004 Voluntary centralised system (linked to
  funding!)
• The Irish Anti-Doping Rules

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Key Challenges Mandate

• Irish Sports Council Act 1999
• Functions
• 6(1)(d) to take such action as it considers
  appropriate, including testing, to combat doping
  in sport,

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Governing Board ISC Act 1999

• 18(3) As soon as practicable after the
  establishment day, the Council shall establish a
  committee, to be known as the Anti-Doping
  Committee of the Irish Sports Council, to-
• (a) assist and advise the Council in relation
  to the performance of its function under section
  6(1)(d), and
• (b) exercise such powers and carry out such
  duties relating to that function as the Council
  may from time to time delegate to the Committee.

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Governing Board Key challenges

• ISC Act 1999 Chair must be registered medical
  practitioner!
• Chairmanship of Board
• Terms of Reference of Board - NB

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General Manager

• Skills and competencies
• Management and leadership skills
• Good business acumen
• Communication skills 
• Ability to handle issues of a highly technical
  nature.
• Ability to be discrete and handle sensitive,
  confidential issues.
• Knowledge of drugs in sport useful. 
• ISC Academic who learned on the job!!

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Strategic Planning

• Background
• Objectives
• Main Actions
• Deliverables/Measures
• Resources
• human, financial, structural, technological
• ISC assistance from consultant and much
  consultation with other agencies (Thanks to
  everyone who helped us!!)

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Organizational Structure - original

• ISC Model
• Part-time General Manager (shared position with
  responsibility for other Council business)
• 1 operations executive
• 1 administrative assistant
• 2001 Full-time manager
• 1 testing executive
• 1 adminstrative assistant
• Various contract staff (inc. quality systems
  executive)

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Organizational Structure - current

• ISC Model
• General Manager
• 1 Testing executive
• 2 administrative assistants
• TUE secretariat, post-test adminstration
• Whereabouts, pre-test adminstration
• (additional executive due to commence in near
  future! research, training/education,
  technology)
• Approx. 900 tests/year

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Establish/document general policies

• IPT 2 vs 3
• Readiness??
• In retrospect best to wait for IPT3
• Use all WADA guidelines etc. wherever available
• 1999 some IADA guidelines in place

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Appoint Required Committees

• TUE committee
• Review panel
• Disciplinary panel
• Appeals panel
• Research committee
• Use contacts wherever possible
• Try and ensure availability of members for ad hoc
  consultation where required

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Establish Networks
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Key Challenges faced by ISC

• Issues with NGBs
• initial concerns re risks i.e. Diane Modahl case
• Results management remaining with NGBs
• Lack of harmonisation
• Sub-contracting of sample collection
• Establishment of tender specifications
• Dealing with Ministerial promises!
• ADC Chair

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Contact Details

• Irish Sports Council
• Top Floor
• Block A
• Westend Office Park
• Blanchardstown
• Dublin 15. Ireland
• t. 353 1 8608829
• w. www.irishsportscouncil.ie