2023
COUNCIL
ELECTIONSCANDIDATE
PACK

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Contents

1. Introduction  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 42. Requirements  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 53. Composition of Council  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 64. Main Steps and Dates to Elections  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 7Appendix A - Roles and Responsibilities of Council Members .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 83

1. Introduction

This Candidate Pack contains information about
the upcoming 2023 Council Elections:• A description of the requirements to beelected, the positions available, and the steps
to election;• Information on Council Members’ roles andresponsibilities (Appendix A);• The Candidate Nomination Form andCompetency Statement (in attachment);• Guidance on Campaigning and Expenditures (inattachment).

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2. Requirements

Persons interested in becoming Candidates must comply with the following requirements to stand for election:
By 15 March 2023:• Apply to the Vetting Process by contacting compliance@worldathletics.org.
By 16 May 2023:• Be declared eligible by the Vetting Panel;• Complete the World Athletics ethical compliance eLearning course for Candidates;• Be nominated by a valid decision of their Member Federation’s Board, Executive Committee orequivalent body; and• Prepare a Candidate Profile and Competency Statement.
At all times:• Maintain an auditable record of campaign expenses that can be verified by the Election Oversight Panel(beginning from the Commencement Date of 1 July 2022); and• Comply with the Integrity Code of Conduct, the Vetting Rules, the Candidacy Rules, and any
Campaign guidelines issued by the Election Oversight Panel.

53. Composition of Council

3.1 Positions available for election
The elections will take place on 17 August 2023 at the 54th World Athletics Congress to be held in
Budapest, Hungary.
Voting Delegates will elect the following positions on the World Athletics Council:• 1 President;• 4 Vice-Presidents1;• 13 Individual Council Members.
These 18 elected members will be joined on the Council by:• 6 Area Presidents elected by each Area prior to the World Athletics Congress;• 2 Athletes’ Commission Representatives (the Commission Chair and one other member).
The World Athletics Council has a total of 26 members each having a 4-year term.

3.2 Area Representation and Gender Diversity
As set out in the World Athletics Constitution, additional details regarding the Council’s composition,
including minimum representation thresholds promoting area and gender diversity are summarised asfollows:• Each Vice-President must be from a different Area;• At least one Vice-President and one Athletes’ Commission Representative must be female;• There must be at least 10 members of each sex on the Council2.

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The Senior Vice-President will be elected at the first Council meeting after the elections from among the 4 Vice-Presidents.
This means that of the 26 Council Members, 10 Members will be male, 10 Members will be female, and 6 Members will be either male or female.

64. Main Steps and Dates to Elections

The table below presents the steps and deadlines3 applicable to the 2023 Council Elections:STEPSSTART DATEEND DATE

DETAILS/CONTACT

Persons proposing tobecome Candidates
apply to the Vetting
Panel to confirm theireligibility

1 July 2022

15 March 2023 23:59
CET– deadline for
Vetting Panel to receive
eligibility applications

compliance@
worldathletics.org

Eligible persons arenominated by Member
Federations’ Board,
executive committee or
equivalent body

From date of Vetting
Panel’s decisionconfirming eligibility

16 May 2023 23:59
CET – deadline to send
Nominations

elections2023@
worldathletics.org+ deadline for
Candidates to complete
ethical compliance
eLearning course

Election Oversight Panel 16 May 2023
validates Nominations
and publishes names ofCandidates

16 June 2023 – Official World Athletics’ website
list of Candidates isand Member Federation
publishedcircularCandidates for
President and VicePresident positions
present to Congress
Delegates

16 August 2023 - each
Candidate will have 3
minutes to present +3 minutes to answer
questions - session
moderated by the EOP

To ensure fairness
during the Candidates’
presentations, only
questions submitted inadvance will be asked tothe Candidates
The deadline forMember Federations
to send their questions
to the EOP is 2 August2023

17 August 2023

Election Congress in
Budapest, Hungary

3Congress elects 1President, 4 VicePresidents and 13Council Members« Deadline » means that World Athletics, the Vetting Panel and the Election Oversight Panel will do nothing about applications received after a specified deadline. There is no option toextend the deadline.

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Appendix A - Roles andResponsibilities of Council Members
THE PRESIDENT

Primary Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of the President aresummarised below:

Competencies
Each Candidate will be required to demonstrate
how they have experience in relation to thefollowing Competencies:• To serve as the primary liaison with the Area
Associations and Member Federations;• To chair Congress meetings;• Leadership in a dynamic and complex
environment;• To chair the Council, and lead Council indetermining the key strategies, policies anddecisions to be adopted by Council as theguardian of the sport;• Ability to build consensus and collaborativedecision-making;• Ability to communicate to the media;• To chair the Executive Board, and lead theExecutive Board in determining the key
strategies, policies and decisions to be adopted
by the Executive Board in overseeing World
Athletics’ business operations;• Track record of governing through opennessand transparency;• Commercial expertise, being the capability
to understand large and complex commercial
contracts in particular related to events,television broadcast and sponsorship; and• To serve as the key line manager for the CEO; and• To represent World Athletics in international
fora and events.

• Working knowledge of international sportpolitics.

VICE-PRESIDENTS

These competencies are in addition to those
expected from Council Members and listed furtherbelow.

Competencies
Each Candidate will be required to demonstrate
how they have experience in relation to thefollowing Competencies:

Term
The term of office for the President is four (4)years, unless they resign, is removed, ceases tobe Eligible, or ceases to act as President for any
other reason.

• Leadership in a dynamic and complex
environment;• Ability to build consensus and collaborativedecision-making;Role
The role of the President is to serve as the public
face of the sport of Athletics, representing World
Athletics at competitions, conferences, meetingsand before governmental and internationalorganisations where necessary or desirable tofoster, develop and promote the sport of Athletics
throughout the world.

• Ability to communicate to the media;• Track record of governing through openness
and transparency;8• Commercial expertise, being the capability
to understand large and complex commercial
contracts in particular related to events,
television broadcast and sponsorship; and• Chairing Council meetings;• Leading the work of Council including ensuring
Council is organised properly, functions
effectively, acts within its powers and meets its
obligations and responsibilities;• Working knowledge of international sportpolitics.

• Leading the work of the Executive Board; andThese competencies are in addition to those
expected from Council Members and listed furtherbelow.

• Liaising with the Chief Executive Officer andother members of World Athletics’ senior
management on matters subject to review
and approval by the Executive Board and/orCouncil.

Term
The term of office for each of the four (4) VicePresidents is four (4) years, unless they resign, isremoved, ceases to be Eligible, or ceases to act asa Council Member for any other reason.

To carry out such other duties, either on an ad
hoc or standing basis, as may be directed by thePresident, which are likely to include:

Senior Vice-President
One of the four elected Vice-Presidents will beelected as the Senior Vice-President by Council
its first meeting following the conclusion of theElection Congress meeting.

• Representing World Athletics at competitions,conferences, meetings and before governmental
and international organisations where necessaryor desirable to foster, develop and promote
the strategy and plans of World Athletics inpromoting the sport of Athletics throughout
the world;

The role of the Senior Vice-President will be to
deputise for the President, as requested by thePresident. The Roles and Responsibilities of thePresident sets out the primary duties which may
be assumed by the Senior Vice-President in theirrole as deputy.

• Serving as a liaison with Area Associations orMember Federations of World Athletics;• To be a member of the Executive Board; andIn all other respects, the primary duties ofthe Senior Vice-President are those of VicePresidents, as described below.

• To be a member of Council.
Commitments• As Council Member: 3-4 meetings yearly(approximately 3 to 4 days), including at least
one in person;

Primary Responsibilities
All Vice-Presidents, including the Senior VicePresident, are also Members of Council and ex
officio members of the Executive Board.

• As Executive Board Member: meet at least
6 times a year, possibly up to 10, with mostmeetings held virtually;

The primary responsibilities of the Vice-Presidentsare:• To deputise for the President if neither thePresident nor the Senior Vice-President areable to act, which may include:9• In addition, Executive Board Members andCouncil Members are expected toTerm
The term of office for all Individual Council
Members is four (4) years, unless they resign, isremoved, ceases to be Eligible, or ceases to act asa Council Member for any other reason.

– review material pre/post meetings;– review and provide input, as well as
take decisions by email consultationand participate in information sessions(approximately 3, 1-to-2-hour sessions
yearly), between meetings; andRole
The role of Council is to govern the sport ofAthletics, as set out in Part V of the Constitution.
Each Council Member must seek to fulfil that roleby carrying out the duties and responsibilities set
out in Part V, including the primary responsibilities
summarised below.

– attend the Congress meeting andWorld Athletics Championships (in total
approximately 14 days every 2 years).

In all cases, the Council Member must consider
the interests of Athletics and World Athletics asa whole throughout the world and must ensurethat World Athletics acts in accordance with theConstitution and Rules and Regulations, includingbut not limited to the Integrity Code of Conduct.

COUNCIL MEMBERS
Competencies
Each Candidate will be required to demonstrate
how they have experience in relation to thefollowing Competencies:

Primary Responsibilities• To attend and actively participate in all Council
Meetings and Congress Meetings;• Leadership;• Strategic Thinking;• To ensure that the activities of World Athletics
are carried out in a manner which is not likely tocreate a substantial risk of serious loss to World
Athletics’ creditors, and without World Athletics
incurring any obligations unless the Council
Member believes at that time, on reasonablegrounds, World Athletics will be able to performthe obligations when it is required to do so;• Knowledge of Athletics;• Decision-making;• Honesty and Integrity;• Interpersonal Communication;• Organisational Awareness;• To consult widely with Member Federations,
Area Associations, athletes for the continuous
review and implementation of the World Plan for
Athletics 2022-2030, as approved by Congress;• Financial Understanding;• Administrative and/or Governance Experience;• To approve and review World Athletics
Strategic Plan, on the recommendation of theExecutive Board, and regularly monitor progressagainst that Plan;• International Relations.

10• To adopt, amend and repeal Rules andRegulations;and remove members of Commissions andWorking Groups; and monitor the progress ofCommissions and Working Groups;• To approve the Annual Report for approval byCongress;• To consider and make recommendations toCongress to approve members of the VettingPanel;• To consider and make recommendations toCongress for amendments to the Constitution;• To make and amend Rules and Regulations
for the establishment and authority of theDisciplinary Tribunal, and consider and makerecommendations to Congress to approve
members of the Disciplinary Tribunal;• To consider and make recommendations toCongress for the election of Honorary Life
Presidents, Honorary Life Vice-Presidents
and Honorary Life Personal Members; andthe recognition of awards to be granted forservice and contribution to Athletics and WorldAthletics;• To make and amend Rules and Regulations forthe establishment and authority of the Athletics
Integrity Unit, and elect a Council Member to bea member of the Athletics Integrity Unit Board;• With respect to Member Federations, to makerecommendations to Congress on the amountof the Membership Fee, and decide on the Due
Date for payment, on the recommendation ofthe Executive Board;• To elect a Council Member to be a member of theAthletics Integrity Unit Board Appointments Paneland approve the independent member of theAthletics Integrity Unit Board Appointments Panel,on the recommendation of the Executive Board;• To review the existing InternationalCompetitions and competition structure, decideon new competitions and events, approve theannual and multi-year International Competition
programme and select hosts and locations ofInternational Competitions;• To establish, and monitor the performanceof, such bodies and entities as it considers
appropriate to further the Purposes of World
Athletics and in which World Athletics has
an interest, on the recommendation of theExecutive Board;• To approve and amend policies and proceduresfor the appointment and training of officials forInternational Competitions, and appoint officials
including technical officials for InternationalCompetitions;• To approve the programme for the Convention;• To define and monitor delegations of authority
from the Council to the President, VicePresidents, Council Members and the ExecutiveBoard; and• To recognise world records;• To approve, monitor and assess a Development
Programme for the benefit of Member Federations
for the global advancement of Athletics;• To resolve and determine any disputes ormatters not provided for in the Constitution.

• To establish and disband such Commissionsand Working Groups as considered appropriate,including an Athletes’ Commission; appoint

11Commitments• 3-4 meetings yearly (approximately 3 to 4days), including at least one in person;• In addition, material review pre/post meetings;• Material review, input and decisions byemail consultation, as well as participation in
information sessions (approximately 3, 1-to-2hour sessions yearly), between meetings; and• Attendance at Congress and World Athletics
Championship (in total approximately 14 days
every 2 years).
Fees and Expenses
The World Athletics Remuneration Policy iscurrently under review and the amounts for theperiod 2023 until 2027 will be approved inJanuary 2023.

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