New Insights

IPACS and its partners recently published some important new resources, aimed at preventing corruption in specific areas of sport.

IOC-OECD Guidelines

The IOC and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have launched new guidelines to help the organising committees of large-scale international events navigate and manage the complexity of hosting these projects, and help mitigate risks. The “Guidelines on the Effective Delivery of Infrastructure and Associated Services in the Context of the Olympic Games” (available also in French) cover selected dimensions of specific challenges for the organising committees, such as institutional set-up and organisational management, sustainability and legacy, stakeholder and citizen participation, and programme management. In addition, they include good practices from previous Games organisers, and lessons learnt from procurement for large infrastructure projects.

The Guidelines come with an online toolkit, which offers practical resources to support organisers in the effective delivery of major sports events. It includes a checklist to help sports event organisers identify areas to strengthen their delivery environment.  Learn more.

IPACS Legislative Guide

Recently, IPACS finalised a new legislative guide entitled “Legal Approaches to Tackling Bribery in Sport”, jointly prepared by UNODC and the IOC. The publication is tailored to provide lawmakers, policymakers, prosecutors and key stakeholders with practical approaches, good practices and guidance to effectively combat bribery in sport.

The guide is based on a meticulous analysis of legal approaches in 180 jurisdictions worldwide, conducted by IPACS Task Force 4 with the support of 25 contributors from sports organisations, governments, intergovernmental organisations and academia. It builds on the information and data collected in the IPACS report Tackling Bribery in Sport: An Overview of Relevant Laws and Standards, published in 2021, and takes the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as its guiding principle. Read more.