2020 International Anti-Doping Seminar
In Asia and Oceania: GoVirtual!
- Are you READY!? for 2021Code/ International Standards and beyond -Schedule
1 December

2 December

3 December

Seminar DAY1Seminar DAY2

Seminar DAY3

& Chat with JADA/WADA& Chat with JADA/WADA& Japan Day!

The 2020 International Anti-Doping Seminar was, for the first time, held online as “GoVirtual!” on 1-3
December 2020, due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
With 165 NADO/RADO practitioners and some researchers from 52 countries and regions, the 2020
International Seminar aimed for a final confirmation of preparations for the implementation of the World
Anti-Doping Code (2021Code) and International Standards that were scheduled to be enforced from 1January 2021.
Following an opening address by Mr. TANOSE Taido, State-Minister for the Ministry of Education, Culture,Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), WADA President Mr. Witold Bańka made an opening remark
with his appreciation to this seminar for capacity-building and encouraged the participants for thesmooth implementation of the 2021Code.
The online Athlete Panel was one of the highlights: Dr. MUROFUSHI Koji, Commissioner of Japan Sports
Agency and previous WADA/JADA Athlete Committee member, was joined by Ms Yang Yang, WADA VicePresident and Mr. Ben Sandford, WADA Athlete Committee Chair. They discussed the meaningful
engagement of athletes in anti-doping programme and shared their thoughts on mobilising theleader/influential athletes for clean sport.
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Day1

1 December 2020

Opening Welcome Message
Mr. TANOSE Taido, State Minister of MEXT, emphasised a need fora close collaboration to protect clean sport in the world, and also
the Japan’s continuous commitment for creating a legacy of theTokyo 2020 Games through anti-doping activity.
In addition to the video message addressed to the registeredparticipants in the advance of seminar, Mr. TANOSE gave an
opening welcome message to the online participants. He
emphasised the need for the quality practices in line with the2021Code and ensuring the Code compliance.

Opening Remark
WADA President Mr. Witold Bańka shared a number of important
issues facing the anti-doping community, including theintroduction of the Code and Standards, securing additional
funding for Clean Sport, and the importance of athlete
engagement and education. Mentioning the importance of Asia asa region from the view of its region’s status as a “center of thesporting world”, the partnership-building is seen as one of thekeys to ensure the clean sport environment in the world.
President full speech available:
https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2020-1201_speech_to_jada_symposium_witold_banka.pdf

Are You Ready!?...Really!?

Mr. Olivier Niggli, WADA Director General,
explained:
1) that anti-doping activities were continuous whileconsidering the public health and the rights ofathletes amid the COVID-19 pandemic;2) various initiatives based on WADA’s Five-Year
Strategic Plan under the theme ‘Leading AntiDoping in a New Era’;
3) how the independence and capacity of theIntelligence and Investigations Department hasstrengthened;4) how WADA has initiated the support forcompliance with newly launched Code
Implementation Support Program (CISP); and5) the progress of the WADA governance reforms.

2021Code and “News”

Mr. Julien Sieveking, WADA Legal Director, andMr. Richard Young of the Code Drafting Team
explained the main changes, new concepts andterms in the 2021Code.
Just prior to the enforcement of the 2021Code,the participants were able to deepen theirunderstanding of the updated Code.

Niggli’s presentation slides is available to download
https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2020-1201_jada_confernece_olivier_niggli.pdf

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Day2

ISE – Making Education First before Testing
Ms Amanda Hudson, WADA Education Director, reaffirmed the principleof “Education First”, which is aspired in the new “International Standardfor Education (ISE)”. She reminded that ISE requires the ADO to set anannual Education Plan and an Education Pool, train and accredit anEducator and conduct monitoring and evaluation. Amanda also
introduced the WADA’s Digital learning tool via new ADEL.

ITA General Services & Collaboration Opportunities in Education
Mr. Benjamin Cohen & Ms Olya Abasolo, OLY from the International
Testing Agency (ITA), which was established by the IOC as the“Delegated Third Parties” and is delegated by more than 45
International Federations (IFs), explained about their general services
and the importance of collaboration with the National Anti-Doping
Organizations (NADO) in Asia and Oceania, not only for testing but alsofor education activities like an “Event-Based Education”.

Athletes’ Panel
Mr. Ben Sandford, WADA Athlete Committee Chair,
WADA Vice President Ms Yang Yang, and JapanSports Agency Commissioner Dr. MUROFUSHI Koji,
all of whom were the top-level athletes and are in aleadership position, came together online tohighlight the significance of the Athletes’ AntiDoping Rights Act (bringing all the rights foundthroughout the Code and International Standards
together in one document) led by the athletes ofthe world. There was a broad exchange of opinions
concerning meaningful athlete engagement forpreserving the integrity of sport, athlete education,and educating athletes through sporting values.
They agreed and stressed that Athletes wish to join
the anti-doping activities and contribute towards
clean sport. The NADO/RADO community wereencouraged to leave its door open to maximize theopportunities to engage the Athletes.

Case Study: IF Partnership
The partnership between theBadminton World Federation (BWF) andJADA since 2012 was shared as a goodpractice for maximizing the impact ofeducation and utilising the respective
strengths to bring the mutual benefits.

Mr. Andy Hines-Randle
Senior Integrity Unit Manager, BWF

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RADO-NADO Experience and Perspectives
The Southeast Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization(SEARADO) and the Central Asia Regional Anti-Doping
Organization (RADOCA) who signed MOU with JADA, shared theirregions’ readiness for the implementation of the 2021Code.
In the panel, while casting a glance at the results of online voting
by the seminar participants regarding their preparations for the2021Code, the significance of a close partnership was highlighted
in terms of getting inputs for the structural approach to various
activities and learning the good practices.

Online Voting Results<Panelists>
SEARADO: Mr. Gobinathan Nair
RADOCA: Dr. Maira Bakasheva & Ms Venera Abdulla

Code Compliance in 2021 and Beyond
By illustrating the status of approval on national anti-doping
rules in Asia and Oceania regions, Mr. Tim Ricketts, WADA
Standards & Harmonization Director, clarified some of the roles
and responsibilities of NADOs based on the 2021Code in theareas of doping control, intelligence and investigations,whereabouts monitoring, results management, TUE (TherapeuticUse Exemption), and education.

Japan Day!

In readiness for the scheduled Code Compliance Questionnaire(CCQ), it was emphasised that NADOs not only need to becompliant with the minimum requirements in the Code, but also
require a system for the effective implementation, monitoringand evaluation. It was emphasized that more proactive actions
matter than being reactive to the CCQ and Audit.

The “Japan Day! – Virtual Sport-Values Activity” brought
together both around 40 clean sport practitioners and highschool students from Clark Memorial International High School,
Yokohama campus (a member of the Sport for TomorrowConsortium).
Based on the concept that sport plays a significant role inresolving social issues, the participants had fun with an online
sport activity that was developed by the students during the‘stayhome’ period inspired by inputs from JADA particularly
focused on the value-based perspective.

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JADA Website & Press release

https://www.playtruejapan.org/topics/2020/000489.html

https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/release/202012038062