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A Summary of
the Final Proposal
for Governance
Structure Reformof the

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FROM
THE
PRESIDENT
These manifesto promises, which were drawn
up following many late night and early morning
conversations by phone and face to face with somany of you reflect the vision and ambition you
hold for our sport. They were right a year ago
and are even more salient today.

There are not many moments in our lives
when we have a genuine opportunity to shape
the future. The opportunity to put in place
the building blocks for something we may
not complete ourselves but something thatprovides a solid and strong foundation uponwhich the next generation can confidently build.

We have all just enjoyed a remarkable season of
athletics where we have seen increased levels
of interest in our sport from strong spectatorattendance in our indoor and outdoor world
championships to good crowds and media
coverage for our Diamond League events andsome outstanding performances at the Rio
2016 Olympic Games.

The governance structure proposal is at theheart of our collective ambition to be the best
we can be. It is our moment to look ahead tothe sport we want to be 20 or 50 years from now
and create the framework that can support our
ambition.
A framework that will help the next generation
to protect, promote and provide for athletes
and athletics in a responsible, responsive,
accessible and transparent way. It is time toleap not to tip toe.

But this is not the time to be complacent. It isa time to be visionary, to be brave and decisive.
It is important that we introduce change andinnovation in athletics in times of strength notof weakness. We are strong and there is no
better time for change.

The proposals address head on theuncomfortable challenges we have confronted
over the last year as well as the promises I
outlined in my campaign manifesto a little overa year ago.

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We have sponsors and stakeholders watching
very carefully how we address the issues facing
our sport and facing all sport, as we strive forgreater transparency and accountability.

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Our partnerships and revenue streams are
directly under threat if we do not act promptly
and decisively. This could impact on all levelsof the sport, not the least the development ofAthletics at both elite and grassroots level.

are all telling me this. Change that will create
trust. Change that will return confidence toclean athletes. Change that will attract moreresources. Change that is lasting and changethat leads.

We must accept that the reputation of the IAAF
and Athletics has been tarnished by events thatcame to light a year ago. We still have a lot ofwork to do to restore our reputation, credibility
and trust within our own sport and the wider
world of sport.

The proposals are wide ranging and many of
you and your colleagues have helped to shapethem into the final proposal included here
through face to face meetings, workshops andother communication.
They are proposals which your Council and the
Executive Board have discussed and debatedand unanimously agreed at the 10 AugustCouncil Meeting.

In today’s environment, the IAAF is a substantial
global business. We must have the necessary
structures, systems, practices and processes
in place to protect and grow our precious
assets for the future of the sport.

I look forward to spending time with you all
during the Area Roadshow meetings to discuss
this final proposal with you in more detail.

To do this we must have best practice
governance standards and ensure the IAAF ismodern and progressive.

I hope you will then join me and my Council
colleagues in Monaco in December where I
hope we will usher in a new era for the IAAF.

We also must ensure with urgency that we have
independence and meet gold standards in our
integrity and anti-doping functions including
our disciplinary processes.

Thank you for your support.

In the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
we had to make some very difficult decisions,
including suspending one of our own Member
Federations.
These decisions are not easy and have fully
tested the existing framework in which we
operate.
A leading edge integrity framework which noother international sports federation has inplace sits at the heart of our reform proposals.
It will position us as federation leaders whichis critical if we are to continue to lead inprotecting clean athletes.
Now is the time for change. The time to rebuild
our organisation for the next generation. To be
the change we want to see.
Lord Sebastian Coe
President

I know there is a real appetite for change, you

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From the Chair
Working Groupon Governance
Structure
Reform

It is my pleasure to present this Summary of
the Final Proposal for Governance Structure
Reform of the IAAF, on behalf of the Working
Group on Governance Structure Reform.

Many of the other ideas and views expressed
have been incorporated into this final proposal.
We consider the final proposal addresses manyof the various issues raised while still retaining
the fundamental elements of the governanceframework which we believe is critical to the
IAAF moving forward.

The Working Group listened very carefully
to the feedback which Member Federations
representing each of the Areas gave on
the original proposal when we gathered in
Amsterdam in July 2016.

No proposal will be acceptable to everyone in
all respects. However, the proposal represents
a starting point from which we can evolve anddevelop in the future.

We have also reviewed, and taken into account,the very helpful comments and ideas sent in
to us over the last few months and the views
expressed in various discussions.

At each Congress held every two years thereis the opportunity to propose amendments tothe constitution and as such there is ongoing
opportunity to adjust and adapt specific partsof the proposal over time.

We have heard from Area Presidents, Member
Federation Presidents and officials, membersof committees and commissions, athletes andstakeholders in the Athletics family.

I look forward to meeting you when we visit
each Area for meetings, led by the President,with Member Federations in October andNovember to explain the proposal further andanswer any questions.

The Working Group has also benefited from thediversity of contributions of our new members
who joined the Working Group in July: Myrta
Doldan (Paraguay), Harold Adams (South
Africa) and Koji Murofushi (Japan).

On behalf of the Working Group, thank you forthe opportunity to help rebuild and grow oursport.

The other members of the Working Groupare Abby Hoffman (Canada), Geoff Gardner(Norfolk Island), Sylvia Barlag (Netherlands),
Terry Miler (United Kingdom), Alex McLin(Switzerland) and Huw Roberts (United
Kingdom).
In finalising this Proposal the Working Group
specifically took on board the views expressed
to better capture the diversity of interests andperspectives on the various decision making
bodies.
These views included providing a greater voice
for athletes, a better gender balance andstronger geographical representation.
We also acknowledged the views that inreshaping the roles and responsibilities forCouncil and the Executive Board, retaining
four Vice-Presidents to support broader
geographical representation was justified,rather than two as we had originally proposed.
8Maria Clarke
Chairperson
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Final
Proposalfor
Governance
Structure
Reform10

1.

2.

INTRODUCTION

1.1 This paper summarises the final proposal for reform of the IAAF’s governancestructureforconsideration at a Special Congress to beheld in Monaco on 3 December 2016.

OVERVIEW

2.1 In summary there are four principle
to the Final Proposal for Reform:• Redefining roles and responsibilities
includingempowering
MemberFederations and ensuring stronger Area
representation

1.2 This final proposal follows feedback on
the paper entitled “Reform of the IAAF
a New Era – An Outline of the Proposal
for Governance Structure Reform of the
IAAF” issued in July 2016.

• A greater voice for athletes• A better gender balance•• Independent anti-doping, integrity anddisciplinary functions.

1.3 This document is a summary of the Proposal and is not the document to be voted on at the Special Congress in December 2016.

2.2 Each of these elements listed above
feature in various parts of the Final
Proposal which are summarised further
in this paper.

1.4 At the Special Congress meeting, thedelegates of Member Federations will
vote on adopting two constitutions (circulated to Member Federations ) whichcontain the main elements of the Proposal. This is further explained in paragraphs 6 and 7 below.
1.5 In addition some of the procedural details of the Proposal will be set out in
Rules approved by Council. If the constitutions are adopted at the Special Congress, these Rules will be developed andadopted by Council early in 2017.

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3.

3.2 CONVENTION

KEY ELEMENTS OF THE FINALPROPOSAL• A new IAAF Convention will be establishedand held on the occasion of each
Congress to encourage wide participationand discussion on the future of the
sport. This will include representatives
from across the global Athletics family
including Member Federations, Areas,
athletes, coaches, sponsors and otherstakeholders.

3.1 CONGRESS• Congress will continue to be the highest
authority of the sport and the IAAF.
• Council, Executive Board and otherbodies within the IAAF are accountable
to it and must report annually, includingin the year between Congress meetings.
• Each Member Federation will retain one
vote at Congress through its delegate(s).
It must have at least one delegate attend
and is entitled to up to three delegates(one paid for by the IAAF). A delegate
must be a member of a Member
Federation holding an ofﬁcial position(eg Secretary General, President) and be
appointed as a delegate by the executive
body of the Member Federation.
• Congress will continue to elect the
President, the Vice Presidents and otherCouncil Members every four years.
Congress will be able to suspend andremove people from these positions incertain circumstances.
• Congress will have the power to admit,
suspend and expel Member Federations
from membership of the IAAF; to amend
the constitution and to approve the World
Plan for Athletics.

• The Convention will provide a forum inwhich to raise ideas and concerns, provide
input into the World Plan for Athletics, be
updated on new rules and developments,
and to share best practice.
• The programme for the Convention will
be decided by Council after consultationand input from Member Federations.
• The Convention will allow us to makebest use of the time and money spent on
bringing people together for Congressby providing a much needed forum forongoing discussion on the future of the
sport.

3.3 COUNCIL• Council’s role is redeﬁned to be the“guardian of the sport”. It will have
responsibility for all decisions related tothe sport of Athletics including approving
all rules and regulations, selecting
host cities for IAAF events, deciding
the competition calendar, appointing
Commissions, developing the World Plan
for Athletics and approving the IAAF
Strategic Plan.

• To ensure separation from politicalinterference, Congress will approve(upon recommendation) the members of
the Vetting Panel, Disciplinary Tribunal
and Integrity Unit Board.
• The ability for Congress to vote outsideof a Congress meeting by email in urgent
and extraordinary circumstances will
be available to ensure quick decisionsof Congress can be made, if absolutely
necessary, without the time and cost ofholding a meeting.

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REFORM OF THE IAAF | A NEW ERAREFORM OF THE IAAF | A NEW ERA• To ensure there is a geographical spreadin its members, there cannot be morethan one person from any one Member
Federation on Council.

• The composition of Council will change
to ensure better Area representation,
greater athletes’ voice and better genderbalance so that it has diversity of views.
Council composition (total of 26) will be
as follows:• The term on Council will be 4 years witha maximum number of 3 terms (total 12
years). This will ensure a regular rotationof Council members to bring new ideas
and energy to Council. At the same timeit allows for some continuity of Council
members if they are re-elected forsuccessive terms.

 President (elected by Congress)
 4 Vice Presidents (by 2019, 1 of eachgender. By 2027, 2 of each gender
elected by Congress and 1 as SeniorVice President elected by Council)• However to enable a smooth transition,for existing Council Members, if reelected, they may serve up to another two
terms in ofﬁce (ie until 2027), regardlessof the number of existing terms they have
had on Council.

 6 Area Presidents (elected by Area
Associations) Chair and 1 other elected member ofthe Athletes’ Commission (elected by
the Athletes’ Commission) 13 other Council Members (electedby Congress)• Consistent with gender numbers
participating in Athletics, the gender ofCouncil will transition to 50% of eachgender by the 2027 Election as follows: At the 2019 Election, there must bea minimum of seven of each gender
elected from amongst the total of 26
Council members (including the 1 Vice
President and athlete representativeof each gender) At the 2023 Election, there must bea minimum of 10 of each gender
elected from amongst the total of 26
Council members (including the 1 Vice
President and athlete representativeof each gender) At the 2027 Election, there must be
13 of each gender on Council(including the 2 Vice Presidents ofeach gender).

• The age limit currently in the Constitution
will be removed as it is considered
the maximum term limit will ensure
sufﬁcient turnover on Council so that
more regular opportunities are provided
for representation. In addition it isdiscriminatory in some jurisdictions andan age limit can disqualify very capable
people from continuing in ofﬁce.
• Any Council Member who misses threeconsecutive Council meetings, without
excuse, will automatically vacate theirposition. Council Members can besuspended or removed from ofﬁce by aspecial majority decision of Council or
Congress.
• Council must report to the Member
Federations annually including reports
on progress against the IAAF StrategicPlan, and reports from the auditors. In
the intervening year when there is noCongress, this reporting will be done
electronically via the website or IAAF
intranet.
• It is proposed that these changes toCouncil will come into effect following
the 2019 Election Congress.

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3.4 EXECUTIVE BOARD• The three Appointed Executive Board
members will be appointed by the
President and the four Vice Presidents,on the recommendation of the Executive
Board Appointments Panel. This Panelis made up of the President, a Council
Member and an independent governanceexpert. They will review candidates forthese positions (after an open search
process) and recommend persons
who have the necessary skills andexpertise to be on the Executive Board.
The Panel must apply the criteria set
out in the Constitution in deciding its
recommendations.

• The Executive Board will have a new roleas “guardian of the IAAF”, the organisationthat governs the IAAF business. Thisis a signiﬁcant change as currently
its only function is to act on urgent
matters between Council meetings.
But given the IAAF’s responsibility
forthe
globaldevelopment
of
Athletics at all levels, efﬁcient governancewith the right expertise is necessary.
• The Executive Board will have
responsibility for all decisions related
to the business of the IAAF including
the annual plan and budget, risks andcompliance, major transaction (egsponsors),
organisational
policies,
procedures and systems (eg humanresources, IT), ﬁnancial planning, revenue
raising, investment, and monitoring the
Chief Executive Ofﬁcer.

• The reason for using an appointment
process, rather than election, is toensure that the full bandwidth of skills
and expertise within the Athletics family
is utilised and that the best people arechosen to complement the skills andexpertise of the President and Vice
Presidents, rather than those who might
be most popular or can galvanise support
for their election.

• The composition of the Executive Boardchanges to ensure it has a combinationof senior elected ofﬁcials and people
with the requisite skills, experience andcapabilities to govern a multi-million
dollar business.

• Candidates for Appointed Executive
Board Members may come from within
Council (other than an Area President
or Athletes Commission members), orfrom within Athletics or they may becompletely independent. The Appointed
Executive Board members do not have to
be independent but may be. The process
will ensure that appointees are soughtfrom member federations first. This will
be in the rules.

• The Executive Board composition (totalof nine) will be as follows: President
 4 Vice Presidents 3 Appointed Members (from either
within the Athletics family or
independent)• The Appointed Executive Board Members
are full members of the Executive Boardand have the same rights and obligations
as the other Board members. They are
fully accountable to the Executive Board,
Council and Congress.

 Chief Executive Ofﬁcer (non-voting)• There must be at least three of eachgender on the Executive Board.
.

• The term on Executive Board is 4 years
with a maximum number of 3 terms (totalas
12 years). For Executive Board Members
who are also on Council, the terms ofofﬁce on Council, are the same terms
for Executive Board, and vice versa.

• There cannot be any more than one
member of the Executive Board fromone Member Federation country which
ensures an equitable balance of area
representation.
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REFORM OF THE IAAF | A NEW ERAREFORM OF THE IAAF | A NEW ERA• The Executive Board will be like a
corporate governance board and is likely
to meet regularly (estimated 10 meetings
per year). The use of technology (eg videoconferencing) for meetings, and to makedecisions by phone and email, will be
critical to its effective functioning.

• As the leader, the President will be
the main spokesperson for the sportand Area, Member Federation andstakeholder liaison. The President will
be responsible for chairing Congress,
Council and the Executive Board,
including ensuring the decisions ofCongress, Council and the Executive
Board are implemented. The President
is also the link between the Chief
Executive Ofﬁcer and the Executive
Board and will support, monitor
and liaise with the Chief Executive
Ofﬁcer to ensure they have a strong
collaborative working relationship.

• The Executive Board will set up subcommittees, such as ﬁnance, risk
and audit to support its work. As aconsequence, the current position ofTreasurer will cease to exist and theﬁnance function will be managed by a
combination of professional staff, theﬁnance sub-committee and the Executive
Board.

• To ensure any political inﬂuence in theoperations of the IAAF is removed, thePresident will not have any authority
over the day to day management of the
IAAF Staff (other than the Chief Executive
Ofﬁcer) as that is the responsibility of the
Chief Executive Ofﬁcer.

• To reﬂect the increased workload that will
be required of Executive Board Members,
Council may decide to remunerate themfor their work. This will be effectedby Council establishing a speciﬁc
remuneration policy. Council Members
and other positions within the IAAF may
also be remunerated in accordance withthat policy.

• The term of ofﬁce for the President willbe 4 years with a maximum of 3 terms
in the role of President, but is subject
to a maximum total number of 5 terms
in ofﬁce (20 years), including terms asa member of Council or the Executive
Board. This means a person could be aCouncil Member for two terms (8 years)
and then have three additional terms (12years) as President.

• The accountability required of Executive
Board Members, is reﬂected in the rightfor the Executive Board, Council andCongress to suspend or remove themfrom ofﬁce on the same basis as Council
Members.

• However by way of transition, andconsistent with the terms of existing
Council Members, if the existing
President is re-elected as President in
2019, he may serve another two terms(ie until 2027), regardless of the numberof terms he has served on Council.

• It is proposed that these changes to the
Executive Board will come into effectfollowing the 2019 Election Congress.
3.5 PRESIDENT• Should the President resign, die or beremoved from ofﬁce, the Senior Vice
President would automatically become
President until the next Election Congress.

• The President will continue to act
as the leader and ‘face’ of the IAAF
and the sport of Athletics worldwide.
However there will be greater checks
and balances in place to eliminate theability for the President to take majordecisions alone as is currently the case.

• It is proposed that these changes to the
President’s powers will come into effectin 2017.

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3.6 VICE PRESIDENTS

3.7 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER• The number of Vice Presidents will be
retained at four. The initial preference wasto reduce the number to two Vice Presidents
to ensure more efficient decision making
on Council and the Executive Board.
However, following the feedback it isacknowledged that retaining four Vice
Presidents, who are elected by the Member
Federations, is appropriate given the othersubstantial changes being proposed and toensure broader geographic representationon the Executive Board.
• A Senior Vice President will be electedby Council from amongst the four VicePresidents at the ﬁrst meeting of Council
after each Election Congress.

• The existing title of “General Secretary”
has been replaced with the title “Chief
Executive Ofﬁcer” however the Executive
Board may decide on some other title.
For example it could be Chief Executive
Ofﬁcer, General Secretary or Director
General.
• This change in title reﬂects theadjustment to the accountabilities of
the CEO who will be responsible for the
day to day management of the IAAF in
accordance with the approved plans andbudgets (including the IAAF headquarters
and staff). These responsibilities will
be deﬁned by the Executive Board withlimits of authority speciﬁed for the Chief
Executive Ofﬁcer.
• It is proposed that these changes to theChief Executive Ofﬁcer will come into
effect in 2017.

• Consistent with the principle of genderbalance which is proposed throughout
the governance structure, there will
be a minimum of one Vice President ofeach gender, starting from the electionsin 2019, and two Vice Presidents of eachgender, from the elections in 2027. Thisis an increase of one female Vice
President in the current constitution.

3.8 COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS• The nature, number and scope ofCommissions and Working Groups will
be reviewed in 2017 and be aligned to
the IAAF Strategic Plan. This will ensure
greater focus and clarity on the work andoutputs of the Commissions, which willreport to, and be monitored by, Council.

• In addition to deputising for the President,
Vice Presidents are members of the
Executive Board and Council, whichmeans they will have a greater
workload than is currently thecase. Each Vice Presidents will begiven a deﬁned role and area of focus.
• Given the increased time commitment andresponsibilities of the Vice Presidents, it is
proposed that neither an Area President
nor a member of the Athletes Commission
on Council, can be a Vice President at thesame time. They may stand for election asa Vice President but if elected they must
resign from their other position.
• It is proposed that these changes to theVice Presidents will come into effectfollowing the 2019 and 2027 Election
Congresses respectively.
17• From 2019, the current Committees
will cease to exist as elected bodies,and become Commissions. Removing
the election process, will ensure thatmembers are appointed to Commissions
based on their expertise in the relevant
subject matter of the Commission, rather
than their popularity or their ability togalvanise votes. Member Federations
will be able to make recommendations
for appointments.
• The need for the views and input from
Member Federations on Commissions
will be protected by requiring eachCommission to have at least one
representative from each Area, as wellas gender balance and athlete input.

REFORM OF THE IAAF | A NEW ERAREFORM OF THE IAAF | A NEW ERA• A new Vetting Panel will have the taskof checking eligibility and deciding if
the vetting requirements have beensatisfactorily met. This will include thevetting of candidates ahead of the 2019
elections. Most of the administrative workfor this will be undertaken by a new EthicalCompliance Ofﬁcer who will be a memberof IAAF Staff.

3.9 VETTING AND ELIGIBILITY OF ALL IAAF
OFFICIALS• To ensure greater scrutiny and transparency
within the IAAF, all “IAAF Ofﬁcials” mustbe “eligible” and also meet the “vetting
requirements”.
• “IAAF Ofﬁcials” includes all members ofCouncil, the Executive Board, Integrity Unit
Board, Disciplinary Tribunal, Commissions,and others acting for IAAF including IAAF
staff.

• The Vetting Panel will be made up of
three people who are independent of the
IAAF and approved by Congress on therecommendation of Council. Decisions of
the Vetting Panel can be appealed to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport.

• An IAAF Ofﬁcial will not be “eligible” ifcertain circumstances have occurred
to them such as a criminal conviction,
declaration of bankruptcy, disqualiﬁcation
as a director or breaching any IAAF rule,
including committing an anti-doping
violation.

• It is proposed that the introduction of
the eligibility and vetting requirements,
including the Vetting Panel come into effectin 2017.

• The “Vetting requirements” will include
disclosing interests the person holds, inaccordance with the Rules.

18• The Code will apply to:

3.10 INTEGRITY CODE OF CONDUCT• A new Integrity Code of Conduct
incorporating the existing Code of Ethics
and all the existing IAAF rules which set
out the standards of conduct, will be
introduced in 2017 as one new Code.

 IAAF Ofﬁcials
 Area Association ofﬁcials
 Member Federation ofﬁcials (limited
to their dealings with the IAAF)• The Integrity Code of Conduct will
include rules on:

 International level athletes and theirsupport personnel.

 Anti-doping Manipulation of Sports
Competitions
 Betting and corruption
 Conﬂicts, Disclosures and Gifts
 Other prohibited conduct (egbringing the sport into disrepute).

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REFORM OF THE IAAF | A NEW ERAREFORM OF THE IAAF | A NEW ERA• The Integrity Unit Board will consist of
five people as follows:

3.11 ATHLETICS INTEGRITY UNIT
• A
new
independent
Athletics
Integrity Unit will be established to
manage all doping and non-doping
integrity matters including assuming
responsibility for education and testing,and for investigation and prosecutionof breaches of the Integrity Code of
Conduct.

} A person with significant
governance experience (who willbe the Chairperson)} A person with experience in antidoping or other integrity matters} A lawyer• In particular, the Athletics Integrity
Unit will take over responsibility forinvestigating and prosecuting antidoping rule violations of all international
level athletes, which is currently being
carried out at national level.

} A Council Member, appointed byCouncil (non-voting)} Head of the Integrity Unit (nonvoting).
• The first three members will be approved
by Congress on the recommendation of
the Integrity Unit Board Appointments
Panel. This Panel will undertake asimilar role to that of the Executive
Board Appointments Panel. However
the composition of the Integrity Unit
Board Appointments Panel differs inthat it consists of the Chairperson of theIntegrity Unit, an independent person(appointed by Council) and a Council
member.

• To ensure the independence of theAthletics Integrity Unit, it will have its
own Integrity Unit Board and staff, andbe housed and operate separately fromthe IAAF.
• However the Athletics Integrity Unit will
not be a separate legal entity and will be
required to report annually to Congress.
Council will make Rules setting out thescope and authority of the Integrity Unit,
and will appoint certain members to it
and the appointments panel. The IAAF
will also allocate financial resources toit.

• It is currently proposed that the Integrity
Unit will be operational by 3 April 2017.

• The Integrity Unit Board will besolely responsible for governing theIntegrity Unit including appointing andmonitoring the Head of the Integrity
Unit. Neither the Council, Executive
Board nor any officer within the IAAF,
including the President, will have any
authority to direct the Integrity Unit on
its work .

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3.12 DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL

3.13 AUDITING• A new independent Disciplinary Tribunal
will be established to hear and decide all
breaches, and impose sanctions, underthe Integrity Code of Conduct, so there
is “One Code - One Tribunal”. This will
enable the Tribunal to develop specificknowledge in athletics and ensure
consistency in its decisions across the
sport.

• New external audits of finance, antidoping/ integrity and governancefunctions would be undertaken andreported to Congress and/or Member
Federations annually.

• The functions of the current IAAF
Ethics Board (and potentially some ofits members) will be transferred to thisTribunal.

• The auditors will be approved by
Congress on the recommendation of the
Executive Board.

• The audits will check that the IAAF iscomplying with its own rules as well as
the applicable international standards.

• It is proposed that these new audits
will start in 2019.

• There will be transition provisions toallow existing cases before the IAAF
Ethics Board to continue before theEthics Board until they are resolved.

3.14 TRANSPARENCY STANDARDS• The Disciplinary Tribunal will consistof a panel of lawyers, from which
members would be allocated to eachcase. The panel of members would be
proposed to Congress for its approval,
on the recommendation of Council.

• New transparency standards will be
developed, and set out in the Rules.
• They will apply to all IAAF organs
including publication on the IAAF
website of the composition of bodies,applications for roles, decisions,
reports, remuneration of IAAF officials
and decisions of the Disciplinary
Tribunal. This approach will ensure that
more information and greater clarity isavailable to Member Federations.

• Decisions of the Disciplinary Tribunal
will be able to be appealed to the Courtof Arbitration for Sport.
• It is currently proposed that new
Disciplinary Tribunal will come into
effect from 3 April 2017.

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4.

implementation of this Proposal, if it isadopted. For example, finding suitable
candidates to meet the gender requirements for delegates, Vice Presidents andCouncil Members. We will be developing
initiatives to support Member Federations in this regard.

OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE FINALPROPOSAL

4.1 In addition to the elements describedabove, the 2017 and 2019 constitutions
set out a number of other changes to theexisting IAAF Constitution. In the main,these changes are to the drafting of theConstitution and the terminology used
and are not intended to change the intent of the existing rules.

6.

6.1 As mentioned earlier, the Final Proposal will be effected by two Constitutions –the 2017 Constitution and the 2019 Constitution. These will be voted on as partof one vote at the Special Congress, as
described below.

4.2 Member Federations should read the2017 and 2019 Constitutions thoroughly
to ensure they understand all of thechanges being proposed.

5.

6.2 In simple terms the 2017 Constitution
enables the Integrity related reforms to
be implemented in 2017. The 2019
Constitution brings in the remainder ofthe reforms, with the new structure forVice Presidents, Council and Executive
Board starting after the 2019 Election
Congress.

APPLICATION TO MEMBERFEDERATIONS AND AREAS

5.1 It is not proposed, as part of this Proposal, to mandate that Member Federations
or Area Associations must adopt the
governance reforms of the IAAF for theirown organisations.

6.3 Within each of these Constitutions, there
are transition dates as described below.

5.2 The changes being proposed to the IAAF
are significant and it is important to implement them (if they are adopted) before undertaking further reforms at Area
and Member Federation level.
5.3 However Member Federations andArea Associations may of course makechanges consistent with those proposed,should they wish to do so.
5.4 In the future, it is envisaged there willneed to be alignment across the sport
but Member Federations and Area
Associations should be actively involvedin that reform process before anyalignment is required.
5.5 There will be a number of steps that
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2017 CONSTITUTION(amends current constitution)effective from 1 January 2017
In force from 1 January 2017

In force from 3 April 2017

Council has sole power to make Rules(Need this power to adopt new rules including Integrity
Rules with Integrity Code of Conduct, Integrity Unit,
Disciplinary Tribunal)

Integrity Code of Conduct

President’s powers changed

Integrity Unit including the Integrity Unit Board

Convention

Disciplinary Tribunal (incorporating the Ethics
Board) and current Ethics Board and code of
ethics continue to apply until 3 April 2017(or proceedings before it have been completed)

Role of Chief Executive Officer changed

Current composition of Council, Executive Board andCommittees unchanged
Eligibility requirements for all IAAF Officials and Vetting
Panel to assess eligibility of IAAF Officials (needed forIntegrity Board, Disciplinary Tribunal etc)

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2019 CONSTITUTION(new constitution)effective from 1 January 20198.

NEXT STEPS

In force from 1 January 2019

In force from 1 October 2019

Oct

Member Federations to register for Special Congress and make travel arrangements. Details are in the Invitation.

All of Constitution, other than new Council,
Vice Presidents, Executive Board powers

Vice Presidents, Council, Executive Board rules
takes effect under newly elected President,
Vice Presidents, Council and Executive Board

Oct/Nov

The President will hold forums in each of the Areas in October/November to discuss the proposed changes and ensure that there is a full understanding of why
these have been proposed and what they mean for the IAAF, the Areas and theMember Federations. The dates have been sent out to all Area Associations andMember Federations.

Revised membership provisions on admission, intervention, suspension etc.

Nov

Member Federations to hold meetings to decide how they wish their delegates tovote at the Congress.

Revised powers and procedures for Congress meetings(starting 2019 Election Congress) and revised Delegate
requirements

2 Dec

A Pre-Congress workshop will be held to enable delegates to ask any questions
about the Proposal prior to the vote.

3 Dec

Special Congress meeting will be held at which a decision will be made on theapproval, or otherwise, of the proposal.

Process for nomination and election of newCouncil at 2019 Election Congress

Revised Commission structure
Annual reporting to Member Federations and Congress

6.4 This approach is proposed to ensure an
implementation process that prioritizes
the changes to our integrity functionsin 2017 and includes the fundamental
governance changes through until
2019, which allows for the developmentof rules, practices and procedures tosupport those changes.

7.

one Article in a constitution will likely
impact on another Article in the same
constitution. Therefore to vote on theconstitutions in parts or separately could
result in incomplete constitutions orinconsistencies between them.
7.3 It is recognised that some delegates may
wish to propose amendments to certain
Articles.

SPECIAL CONGRESS PROCESSFor any questions about the Final proposal or the Next Steps, please contact
the Working Group at the following email address:

reform@iaaf.org

7.4 To address this it is recommended that
if changes are requested, these arepresented to the 2017 or 2019 Congressby way of amendments.

7.1 At the Special Congress there will be
one resolution proposed, in which boththe 2017 and 2019 Constitution will bevoted on together. This is set out in the
Convocation calling the Special Congress.
7.2 The reason for this approach is that the
proposals are inextricably interrelated sothat changes to one constitution, will
impact on the other. Also changes in

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