Conference on Integrity in Sport, 6-7 December 2021

Organised by the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) of the Council of Europe and the Italian Department for Sport within the framework of the Italian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe

Hybrid format: Online from Rome

Background

The conference on integrity in sport follows the important work carried out by the Council of Europe, in particular by EPAS and the Sport Conventions Division, in the areas of:

the preparation of integrity guidelines,
combating the manipulation of sports competitions,
ensuring good governance in sport.

Conference objectives

The aim of the joint conference is to outline and plan the next steps to be pursued in these three areas in collaboration with our Italian and international counterparts.

Target audience

The integrity conference is aimed at governmental authorities from a range of sectors including:

sports ministries,
anti-corruption authorities,
foreign affairs departments,
law enforcement,
national data protection offices/officers,
sport integrity agencies,
betting regulation authorities, and
the justice sector.

Partner organisations from the sports movement, the betting regulation authorities and NGOs involved in sport will also be welcome to attend the conference remotely.

Speakers

During the Integrity Conference, representatives from sports ministries, governments, the Council of Europe, Unesco, and other international bodies, as well as prosecutors, experts on anti-corruption and on the manipulation of sport competitions, consultants on ethics and sports governance, integrity in sport experts and researchers who have carried out case studies on the subject, will all come together to debate how to best implement integrity guidelines, combat the manipulation of sport competitions and ensure good governance in sport.

List of speakers