The Education Advisory Group of the Anti-Doping Convention Monitoring Group met on November 21 and 22 in Vienna, Austria.
Education is key to enabling athletes to abide by anti-doping rules and adhere to clean sport. Experts shared experiences and best practices on how to design anti-doping education programs and make them accessible to athletes of all levels. Topics discussed included the voice of athletes, mutual recognition of educational programs and the training of educators.
A sanctioned athlete shared his perspective on anti-doping education and how it could be improved. Participants also discussed the revision of the World Anti-Doping Code and the International Standard for Education, as well as the future of anti-doping education, including digital learning and the athlete’s online environment.
The meeting, hosted by NADA Austria (the Austrian Anti-Doping Organization), brought together more than 50 educational and anti-doping experts from 30 States Parties to the Convention, observers from Japan, Kazakhstan, the USA and international sports federations of the world anti -Doping Agency (WADA).
The work of the advisory group for education complements the work of the advisory groups for compliance, legal issues and science, each of which deals intensively with specific provisions of the Anti-Doping Convention.
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