Releases
WADA invites stakeholders to participate in Skills Survey regarding roles in anti-doping
Survey deadline: is 31 August
One of WADA’s six priorities under the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) 2020-2024 Strategic Plan is to ‘Grow Impact’. As one of the key initiatives under this priority, the Agency has committed ‘to developing training programs and qualifications standards for anti-doping professionals to improve professionalism and enhance the capabilities of the anti-doping workforce’.
Accordingly, in April 2020, WADA’s Education Department initiated development of a Global Learning and Development Framework, through which specific, standardized training for a range of anti-doping roles will be developed and made available for Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) and other stakeholders worldwide.
In November 2020, informal Technical Working Groups were established -- comprised of stakeholders, WADA subject-matter experts and other external experts -- to develop professional standards, role descriptors and training content initially for the following roles:
- Education Officers, given the new International Standard for Education that came into effect on 1 January 2021;
- Results Management Officers, given the new International Standard for Results Management that came into effect on 1 January 2021;
- Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) Officers, given the need to enhance I&I capability within the anti-doping system;
- Those responsible for data privacy matters, given the ever-increasing complexity in this area and the requirements to meet governmental regulations; and
- Those responsible for media relations and communications, which ADOs expressed was an area requiring more support
WADA is grateful to all of the Technical Working Group members that have been very active, engaged and committed to this initiative.
As communicated in WADA’s media release of 14 December 2020, as a result of their work, in 2021 and 2022, the Agency will be in a position to pilot and evaluate training and development programs for over 100 anti-doping practitioners in Europe; after which, the Agency will refine and expand upon its framework before implementing other projects in other regions of the world, starting in 2022.
For more detailed information regarding the Global Learning and Development Framework , including the organizations involved, please refer to the attached Backgrounder.
Skills Survey
Today, WADA invites stakeholders to participate in its first Skills Survey -- which is available in English, French and Spanish -- to be completed by 31 August 2021.
The Survey aims to gather insights from anti-doping practitioners that occupy or have responsibility for one of the five roles listed above; and, help WADA further develop the Global Learning and Development Framework. Administration of the survey was approved by WADA’s Education Committee.
The Survey is designed in such a way that respondents can choose to remain anonymous; or, share their name and contact details and agree to be contacted to further discuss their responses.
It should be noted that aggregated data highlighting any trends will be published in due course; and, as the Global Learning and Development Framework advances, WADA will issue other Skills Surveys for other roles.
We strongly encourage stakeholders to participate in the Survey. The voice of practitioners is key to ensuring that we invest in the people that are working diligently every day towards the global mission for doping-free sport.
For any other questions and/or comments regarding the Survey and/or the Global Learning and Development Framework, please contact Katrien.Daelman@wada-ama.org.
