1. Olympic Agenda 2020 – midway through
When the IOC adopted Olympic Agenda 2020, we did so with the overarching goal to strengthen the role of the Olympic Movement in a world that is changing faster than ever before.
The 40 detailed recommendations of Olympic Agenda 2020, that are well known to the NOCs, are focused on three pillars that are essential for us to have a positive impact in the wider world: credibility, sustainability and youth.
This year is the half-way point since the adoption of our Olympic Agenda To use a sports analogy, it is half-time now and we have the opportunity to look back at how we played in the first half.
Olympic Agenda 2020 was always meant to be work in progress. We are on a journey together with all our stakeholders and partners, including the NOCs. Olympic Agenda 2020 was always meant for the entire Olympic Movement and we are encouraged by the efforts we see across the world by the NOCs to follow these principles.
For the rest of the presentation, we will look at the achievement around the 4 key themes of Olympic Agenda 2020 that affect the NOCs.
The uniqueness of the Olympic Games
Athletes at the heart of the Olympic Movement
Olympism in Action: Keeping Olympism alive 365 days a year
IOC’s role; Unity in Diversity
The end of the presentation will include an update by Valerie Fourneyron on the Independent Testing Authority and Mark Parkman on the Olympic Channel, both topic which are a high interest to the NOCs. Tomorrow, Pere Miro and his team will give you an update on the services that the IOC provides to the NOCs through Olympic Solidarity and NOC Relations.

2. Independent Testing Authority (ITA)
2 November 2017, ANOC General Assembly
Valérie Fourneyron, ITA Chair

3. Call for an Independent Testing Authority
Foundation Board Members
Business model
Current status

4. Call for an Independent Testing Authority
Joining the ITA is a further commitment to fight doping and protect sport
Regain trust from athletes and public and strengthen credibility through independence and transparency
Improve efficiency and effectiveness of anti-doping as not-for-profit organisation
Standardise A-D process and harmonise quality of collection and testing across sports/countries
Increase transparency and independence of testing and prosecution
Ensure neutrality of anti-doping programme and address IFs’ existing or perceived conflict of interests
Foster expertise and know-how retention and transfer
Enhance use of intelligence across sports/countries and increase competence of A-D personnel
Back in 2015, the Olympic Summit called for the creation of an independent testing unit to strengthen the global anti-doping system and to make testing in sport independent s well as addressing any existing or perceived conflict of interest in the administration of antidoping matters.
The project was endorsed by WADA who mandated a feasibility study conducted by PwC, established a working group and a Steering Group to reflect on the project.
In May 2017, the WADA ITA Steering Group, composed of representatives from both the Governments and the Olympic Movement agreed on the Governance structure of the ITA.
The ITA will be an independent Swiss foundation that will provide doping control and other related services to IFs and MEOs and the project is receiving strong support from IFs, the IOC, WADA and the Olympic Movement at large.
Mission:
Provide not-for-profit doping controls and other related services to IFs and MEOs
Assist IFs and MEOs in fulfilling their obligations under the World Anti-Doping Code
Prevent/Address existing and/or perceived conflict of interest
Ensure neutrality in the establishment of the Anti-Doping programme
Harmonise standard level of testing
The ITA will also contribute to:
Increase sharing of intelligence across sports and countries
Improve costs management linked to the fight against doping and increase efficiency of the investments
Improve APMU system
Develop storage and re-analysis programmes
Consolidate IF efforts and resources
Unite the world of sport in the fight against doping by leveraging IOC/IFs’ collective power

5. Foundation Board Members
Independent Chair: Dr Valérie Fourneyron, France
Independent Member: Prof Peijie Chen, China
Athlete representative: Ms Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe
IFs representative: Mr Francesco Ricci Bitti, Italy
IOC representative: Prof Uğur Erdener, Turkey
The ITA is being established as Swiss Foundation by the IOC and to safeguard its independence, the WADA ITA Steering Group agreed to have: 1 Independent Chair, 1 Independent Member and 1 Athlete representative. In addition there is also 1 IF representative and 1 IOC representative as well as a WADA ex-officio member.
The selection of the members was done so as to ensure:
Expertise in the field of Anti-Doping and diversity of such expertise
Cultural Diversity
Gender equality

6. Business Model Basic Optional
Out-of-competition testing (collection + lab analysis)
Athlete whereabouts info management
Athlete Biological Passport Management
In-competition testing (*)
(collection + lab analysis)
Case prosecution (1st instance)
Further prosecution/ Appeals management
Test distribution plans
(incl. risk assessment)
TUEs Management & Panel Approval
Sample storage & re-analysis (**)
Results Management 
Olympic Movement contribution to cover the start-up costs so that those are not reported on the IFs – long term goal is for the ITA to be self-sufficient.
The ITA Business Model has been built on the “pay-per-use” principle to avoid an increase in costs for IFs compared to the current operations and context.
Client Pricing
Centralising the sports organisations anti-doping programmes under the ITA will facilitate economies of scale for each client which will have a direct impact on the pricing;
Each client to be quoted individually based on type of samples, tests and analysis required as well as the sample collection missions (Location of athlete, number of athletes covered by 1 mission, etc.);
Result management costs depending on the number of Adverse Analytical Findings and prosecution costs
Clients only pay for their individual use of the ITA
(**) Not included in the Financials. Concept and related financials to be developed

7. Current Status
Statutes are being revised by the Swiss Surveillance Authority for Foundations before finalising the creation of the Foundation
Recruitment of the Director General is ongoing
Search for offices in Lausanne area is ongoing
IFs are contacting the IOC, the DFSU and board members of the ITA on a regular basis to express their interest in joining the ITA.
PyeongChang 2018
Role of the Director General
• Contribute to and implement the ITA’s strategic plan in accordance with the ITA Board instructions.;
• Provide strategic advice, assistance and regular reporting to the Foundation Board;
• Propose and update an operational plan to deliver the strategic objectives of the Foundation;
• Manage effectively the daily operations of the Foundation, the conduct of all its activities and the actual administration of its assets;
PyeongChang 2018
ITA is expected to be present at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games and it is aimed for it to chair the Games TaskForce to ensure its independence. Currently this is being prepared with the DFSU to ensure in any case that the Games Task Force will be chaired independently from the IOC.
The Games TaskForce is also composed of representatives from PyeongChang Organising Committee, Laboratory Experts, the WADA Independent Observer Mission and the Korean Anti-Doping Agency.
While the ITA is being created, the IOC Medical and Scientific Department has also begun to work with the DFSU to ensure in any event that the Games TaskForce will be chaired by an independent body.
In Rio 2016 as similar TaskForce was in place but was chaired by the IOC Medical and Scientific Director. In PyeongChang 2018 the IOC will not be a member of the TaskForce and will only be there to provide administrative support.
Before the start of the Games, there will be a transfer of knowledge from the PreGames TaskForce to the Games TaskForce and POCOG.
Responsibility of the Games TaskForce:
monitoring and overseeing doping control programme which is delivered by POCOG, 
approving all changes to the test distribution plan in particular out of competition testing (Task Force will be ratify on a daily basis the TDP proposed by POCOG.  The numbers (with some flexibility) in each event in Competition and grand total out of competition have already been agreed with POCOG in order to have the right facilities and personnel in place, and enough resources to do the testing.  However, the detail of exactly which countries, sports and individuals will be up to the TaskForce)
Overseeing the TUE committee
assessing all AAFs and decide whether to proceed to refer to CAS for a disciplinary hearing  
assessing any reports of departures from the international standard or potential non-analytical ADRVs and refer, if appropriate, for a Disciplinary Hearing by the CAS Anti-Doping Division
instructing the IOC on required actions in event of any AAF and to provide all required documentation for CAS