July 22 – The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has signed another agreement with a government body, this time with youth and sport ministers from Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). At the same time preparations for ICSS’s Financial Integrity and Transparency in Sport (FITS) Forum are continuing at speed.
The agreement with CPLP will see the ICSS and CPLP work across several projects aimed at safeguarding the integrity, safety and transparency of sport, as well as protecting young athletes working towards establishing committees in the areas of sport integrity, anti-match-fixing and the protection of minors.
The aim is also to promote the highest ethical standards in sport across all nine Member States in the CPLP region.
The ICSS is one of the first non-governmental institutions to sign with the CPLP, and will work closely with Ministries of Youth and Sport across CPLP Member States, including Portugal and Brazil. Match manipulation, financial corruption and protection of young players (especially in football) are core areas for the co-operation which will also exchange information, knowledge and best practices to protect the integrity of sport.
Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros (pictured left), CEO of ICSS Europe and Latin America’ said: “Home to more than 250 million people across the globe and hosting some of the largest major sporting events over the next few years, CPLP Member States collectively have a powerful voice on the international stage which will provide an important platform to develop a more coordinated international effort to safeguard the integrity of sport and its future.”
Financial Integrity and Transparency in Sport (FITS) FORUM
Meanwhile the ICSS is continuing with preparations for in September 3-4 conference at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Conference Centre in Geneva.
The event, being held at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Conference Centre in Geneva, Switzerland on 3rd and 4th September 2015, will bring together the world’s leaders from sport, government and the financial and commercial sectors to address the crucial threats facing the governance, financial integrity and transparency of sport, and pave the way towards long overdue reform.
Topics include: Money laundering, tax evasion and other financial malpractice in sport; Third party ownership of players’ economic rights; The need for financial supervision mechanisms in sport; Club ownership rules and fit and proper tests; Good governance reforms in sport; Players’ transfers, agents activities and financial transactions; The rising activity offshore investment funds in football, its ownership and financial supervision; and Bidding processes for sports events and media rights.
Confirmed speakers so far include: Rick McDonell, Executive Secretary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Nicola Bonucci, Director Legal of the OECD; Leonard McCarthy, Vice President of the World Bank; Miguel Cardenal, Secretary of State of Sport of Spain; Mohammed Hanzab, President of ICSS; Sefton Perry, Manager of Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play of UEFA; Javier Tebas, President of the Spanish Football League; Barney Francis, CEO of SKY SPORTS; Ian Ayres, CEO of Liverpool FC; and Jean-Claude Biver, President of the Louis Vuitton Group and HUBLOT.
A full schedule is expected to be released shortly.
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