After exactly 2 months in office, the
newly elected LEN Bureau has wasted no time in taking concrete action on
commitments made during the election campaign.
One of the key pillars of the
campaign was made up of three inter-connected themes: governance, integrity,
and transparency, and considerable progress has been made across each of them
since February 5. Below is the summary of the key achievements to date, with
more to come before the conclusion of the “first 100 days” action plan in May.
LEN General Secretary Andida Bouma,
who is also one of the members of the LEN Reform Committee said:
It is important to deliver on the
commitments made during the election campaign in the crucial area of
governance. These ongoing reforms underpin the work LEN does in every other
area of activity so it is good to see progress already being made.
Governance
New LEN Commissions have been
created, including for:
LEN Reform
National Federations (which will be
composed of representatives of all European regions)
Education (to address educational and
development needs.)
Special projects, (with two sub
commissions dealing with learning to swim, swimming dropout, and
para-swimming.) More details can be found here.
Work on the LEN constitution is
underway. LEN is in dialogue with the FINA Reform Committee to make sure the
future constitution is aligned with FINA’s. Proposals to make changes to the
constitution will be presented at the next LEN Congress on May 14th.
LEN has started a conversation with
SIGA (Sport Integrity Global Alliance) who will conduct an organisation
governance review to assist LEN in making beneficial changes to help meet Good
Governance in Sport principles.
Integrity
An Integrity hotline has been
launched and is open to all stakeholders at: https://integrityunit.com/europeanaquatics-integrity-hotline/
Work on a new integrity unit
blueprint has begun, with a proposal set to be presented at the Congress on May
14th.
Transparency
There has been a big focus on
developing robust auditing mechanisms, both internal and external.
The Bureau is aiming to formally
procure an independent auditor, and an update on progress will be provided at
Congress.
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