Follow-up meeting on MINEPS V recommendations

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) will host the first technical meeting on the manipulation of sport competitions to follow-up on the historic recommendations and commitments made by governments in Declaration of Berlin.

Taking place in Doha, Qatar on the 16th and 17th September, this landmark meeting on the manipulation of sport competitions will gather over 80 government officials, international experts and leaders in sport and will be the first time officials meet to follow-up on the detailed recommendations outlined within the Declaration of Berlin.

Hailed as a ‘beacon for future national and international sports policy’, the Declaration of Berlin was adopted by 600 participants from 121 countries at the 5th UNESCO World Sport Ministers Conference (MINEPS V) in May 2013 and seeks to improve and enhance international cooperation between governments and all other sport stakeholders on issues of access, investment and integrity of sport.

Some of the key recommendations outlined within Declaration of Berlin include:

• Improved sports governance
• A zero-tolerance policy within the sport movement, especially against doping and the manipulation of sports competitions
• Greater collaboration in the early detection of manipulation
• Preventive measures and monitoring in accordance with national and international law
• An effective, proportionate disciplinary regulation, and a range of preventive measures

As well as following up on the progress of the MINEPS V recommendations on the manipulation of sport competitions, international experts and policy-makers attending the meeting will also aim to agree on several proposals to present to sports ministers at MINEPS VI.

Documents for Participants

• The Declaration of Berlin (2013)
• Follow-up of MINEPS V – Document 37 C/INF.16
• 37 C/ Resolution 38, related to MINEPS V
• Report of the 2nd follow-up Meeting of MINEPS V For Latin American and the Caribbean (held in Montevideo) and its final Communique
• English – The Revised International Charter of Physical Education and Sport. Final Draft Approved by the Executive Board (April 2015)
• French – The Revised International Charter of Physical Education and Sport. Final Draft Approved by the Executive Board (April 2015)
• Spanish – The Revised International Charter of Physical Education and Sport. Final Draft Approved by the Executive Board (April 2015)
• Arabic – The Revised International Charter of Physical Education and Sport. Final Draft Approved by the Executive Board (April 2015)
• Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions (2014)
• CIGEPS, Extra-ordinary Session 29 and 30 January 2015, Final report.
• MINEPS V Follow-up on match fixing Questionnaire
• 2014 Sorbonne-ICSS Full Report, ”Fighting against the manipulation of sports competitions
• Presentation of Sorbonne-ICSS/Council of Europe Handbook of Information Sharing
• Presentation of ICSS-UNODC Handbook
• Participant List
• ICSS UNESCO MINEPS V Follow Up Meeting Agenda
• English – Practical Information
• English – Working Paper
• English – List of background papers
• French – Agenda
• French – Information pratiques
• French – document de travail
• French – Liste des documents de contexte
• Spanish – Practical Information
• Spanish – Working Paper
• Spanish– List of background papers
• Arabic – Agenda
• Arabic – Practical Information
• Arabic – Working Paper
• Arabic– List of background papers