The Council of Europe, represented by the Secretariat of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS), participated in the 6th Annual General Conference of the International Partnership Against Corruption on Sport (IPACS), held on 12 September 2023 at the headquarters of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria.
During the previous meeting of the IPACS Steering Committee, it was decided to merge the three IPACS Task Forces on Reducing the Risk of Corruption in Procurement, on Integrity and Major Sport Events and on Good Governance into a single “Task Force on the Promotion of Good Governance to Prevent Corruption in Sport ”, with a mandate to actively raise awareness of, disseminate and promote the prevention tools developed by its predecessors. These include IPACS Good practice examples for managing Conflicts of Interest in sports organisations, Guidelines on Procurement of major international sports events-related infrastructure and services, and the IPACS Sport Governance Benchmark & Guidelines. Additionally, the new Task Force will promote IPACS’ work in the area of prevention and good governance.
IPACS is an informal network bringing together intergovernmental organisations, international sports organisations and governments, combining the efforts of the various stakeholders in the fight against corruption in the governance of sport. It came about based on the knowledge that corruption in sport is a complicated and trans-border phenomenon, requiring urgent concerted effort at the international level between governments, intergovernmental organisations and sports organisations.
- News item on the IPACS website
- Mandate of the Task Force on the Promotion of Good Governance to Prevent Corruption in Sport
- IPACS website
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