The Olympic Committee meets with representatives of sports federations and clubs to enhance governance and transparency

Over two days, at its headquarters in Dubai, the UAE Olympic Committee organized an expanded workshop, in the presence of representatives of sports federations and clubs, to review the election regulations and central electoral appeals.

The committee said in a statement that this workshop comes within the framework of its keenness to strengthen the principles of governance and transparency, and unify electoral procedures for sports federations and clubs, based on the regulations approved during the General Assembly meeting of the UAE Olympic Committee, which was held last February.

The workshop also aims to support sports federations and clubs in implementing regulatory frameworks in accordance with international best practices, ensuring the integrity and safety of electoral procedures.

The legal advisor to the UAE Olympic Committee, Dr. Muhammad Fadlallah, began the workshop, stressing that the regulations aim to establish the principles of equality and independence in the electoral process within sports federations and clubs, and to enhance the concepts of efficiency, transparency and accountability, by controlling procedures and unifying election systems, in addition to strengthening the role of general assemblies, and defining powers and responsibilities at various relevant organizational levels.

The unified organizational regulations for the formation and tasks of the Electoral Appeals Committee were also reviewed during the workshop, as this committee is committed to applying international best practices, in accordance with the provisions of the Olympic Charter, the rules of international sports federations, and the committee’s statute, in addition to the relevant laws and governance systems.

For his part, the Executive Director of the Committee, Mohammed bin Darwish, stressed the importance of organizing such specialized legal workshops, in light of the rapid developments witnessed by the Olympic movement, indicating the Committee’s keenness to prepare comprehensive regulations covering various aspects related to elections and appeals in sports federations.

Bin Darwish explained that the workshop was organized for sports federations and another similar workshop, with the participation of sports clubs in the country, with the aim of reviewing the regulations themselves and enhancing awareness of their importance among the various components of the Olympic movement in the country.