Our proposal: Towards an entity

To more effectively address the issue of crime, corruption and other integrity breaches in sport, this proposal advocates for an all-encompassing international entity with clear separation of powers across the below-described capacities. 

1. To harmonise existing policies into universal minimum standards of integrity in sport, an international entity could coordinate existing networks to define and administer a collaborative framework.
   
   
2. To monitor and apply the defined minimum standards outlined by the collaborative framework, an international entity could implement compliance mechanisms as a global regulator.
   
   
3. To strengthen the protection of athletes and those who interact with sport, an international entity could bolster investigations, intelligence gathering, and other necessary steps by managing a reporting mechanism that offers full protection to whistleblowers and others involved in the investigative process.
   
   
4. To ensure fair access to justice, an international entity could offer specialist services related to signposting, arbitration and mediation as dispute management alternatives. 

By centralising these capacities, they can strengthen one another and complement existing efforts. 

The pages seen below explore each of these capacities in more depth, outlining what they look like, how they address the defined challenges and their proposed implementation in an international, all-encompassing entity.