Swiss sport is becoming more diverse and creating clear rules for everyone, as adopted by Swiss Olympic in the first industry standard for Swiss sport.
05.07.2024, 10:59
05.07.2024, 12:29
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This so-called industry standard bundles and specifies the expectations placed on associations, clubs and event organizers in order to receive financial aid or funding from Swiss Olympic or the federal government. At the same time, it serves these players as an implementation aid for ethics and quality in Swiss sport.
From January 1, 2025, a binding gender quota for the highest governing bodies will apply to all national sports associations. At least 40 percent of both genders must be represented on the board. This requirement in terms of diversity stems from the revised Federal Sports Promotion Ordinance and is now set out in the first binding industry standard for Swiss sport.
Term limits and adjusted allocation of funds
The standard sets out numerous conditions and tasks in the three areas of governance, people and environment/fairness. These apply to Swiss Olympic with immediate effect, to the national sports associations from 2025 - and from 2026 also to clubs and event organizers that receive financial support for the implementation of Y+S courses.
The requirements in the area of governance also include, for example, a term limit, as well as election cycles of a maximum of four years. Swiss Olympic's association funding model is also to be adjusted as of 2027. In future, topics such as ethics, sustainability and diversity will be given greater weight in the allocation of funds in Swiss sport.
Launch of the new sports tribunal
There will also be further optimizations in terms of intervention. The Swiss Sports Tribunal Foundation will now be responsible for sanctioning ethics and doping violations. This should enable the new requirements in the area of ethics to be met even more efficiently, more specifically and more independently.
The Swiss Sports Tribunal Foundation succeeds the former Disciplinary Chamber of Swiss Sport and commenced operations on July 1. In the interests of even greater independence, rulings will be communicated by the sports tribunal itself and no longer via Swiss Olympic, as was the case with the Disciplinary Chamber.
