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Association of
National Anti-Doping Organisations, ANADO Association
of National Anti-Doping Organizations, ANADO
History of ANADO
ANADO is a dynamic organization working on behalf
several world leading National Anti-Doping
Organisations. Its main objective is working together
to develop quality anti-doping programs to strengthen
global anti-doping efforts and to ultimately protect
athletes’ fundamental rights to compete in healthy
sport, free from the use of prohibited drugs and
methods.
| The idea of establishing a professional association to
promote and assist national anti-doping organizations
(NADOs) to achieve their anti-doping aims had been
discussed between a number of leading NADOs over
several years. In particular, it was identified by the
International Anti-Doping Arrangement (IADA consists
of 10 governments with NADOs) there be established;
“…a member organization which organizes those
organizations that want to, support or have already
developed and implemented the ISO Quality System”
(referring to the International Organization for
Standardization). |
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In order to facilitate this, the NADOs from Canada,
Australia and Norway comprising the Drug Free Sports
Consortium (DFSC) called a meeting of its contracted
NADOs in November 2002 to discuss the proposal. It was
agreed between the fourteen NADOs present that the
proposed Association of National Anti-Doping
Organizations (ANADO) would be an international,
non-political and non-governmental membership-based
association of NADOs.
The association was intended to function like most
professional associations, where members benefit from
the opportunity to meet, discuss the work, share
information and, where appropriate, undertake
cooperative action or positions in the interest of
improving the anti-doping profession.
On 28 April 2003, the Association of National
Anti-Doping Organizations was established at an
inaugural meeting where 17 NADOs were represented.
Paul Melia (CCES) was elected as President, Michele
Verroken (UK Sport) as Vice-President, and five NADO
representatives were elected to the Executive
Committee. Anti-Doping Norway agreed to host the
secretariat.
Since then, the Executive Committee has had regular
teleconferences and meetings. ANADO’s first Annual
General Assembly took place on 5 November 2003, in
Strasbourg, France. In addition to the 40 (forty)
participants representing 26 institutions, the Annual
General Assembly was attended by World Anti-Doping
Agency representatives.
Since that time we have had several workshops (two per
year) in various regions of the world. These workshops
are intended to discuss topical issues of importance
and interest and offer program development
opportunities. The most recent workshop took place in
Lausanne, Switzerland March 2008. These workshops are
combined with our Annual General Assemblies which now
occur during the first workshop of each year.
Today our membership base is 55 and growing steadily.
In January 2007 ANADO set up its head office in
Ottawa, Canada and transferred the legal registration
from Norway to Canada during the first part of the
year. Our new constitution is now in place and we have
a Board of Directors with membership from all Olympic
regions of the world who are responsible for policy
approval and the financial well being of the
organization (please click here) for more information
on the Board. There is also a Management Working
Commission in place to oversee the activities of ANADO
on amore regular basis, particularly as it relates to
business service activity.
The Headquarters are located in the main offices of
the Sport Information Resource Center (SIRC) in
downtown Ottawa. ANADO has entered into a strategic
partnership with SIRC whereby ANADO promotes SIRC and
its world leading service to its members around the
world in exchange for office space and financial and
Information technology support.
ANADO has two staff located in Ottawa and two staff
located in Colorado and Montreal with additional staff
coming soon, working from Europe.
The offices are located at; 180 Elgin Street, Suite
1400, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2K3
For more information on ANADO you can visit their
website at
www.anado.org
or contact:
Kerry Hogan, Office Manager
+1 (613) 231-5236 ext 231
kerry.hogan@anado.org
ANADO also works to support the objectives of the
World Anti-Doping Agency. WADA is responsible for
leading and coordinating anti-doping efforts in all
its forms and is currently finalizing a review of the
World Anti-Doping Code. For more information on WADA
you are invited to visit their website at
www.wada-ama.org
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