The following indicators were recently developed and published in the final report on “Action for Good Governance in International Sports Organizations” (AGGIS)1. Only a few indicators are excluded as inapplicable to MYSA (e.g. Recognizes Court of Arbitration for Sport for disputes). MYSA compliance (92.1%) is shown in the left margin.
1. Transparency and public communication
- Publishes its policies and rules on its website
- Publishes its organisational chart on its website
- Publishes its strategic plan on its website
- Publishes the records of its statutory meetings on its website
- Publishes biographical information on its board members/top officials on its website
- Publishes contact details for board members and senior officials on its website
- Publishes its annual general activity report on its website
- Publishes reports of its standing committees on its website
- Publishes an annual financial report on its website
- Publishes remuneration of its board members and senior officials on its website
- Publishes main event reports with detailed and relevant information on its website
2. Democratic process
- Holds elections for its governing bodies and standing committees
- Holds elections with secret ballots and clear procedures in its governing documents
- Allows candidates standing for election to present their programme manifesto
- Allows major policy decisions by ballot in governing bodies
- Defines a quorum in its governing documents for its decision-making bodies
- Sets a term limit for elected officials
- Convenes regular meetings of its governing bodies
- Has gender equity guidelines for its leading officials
- Provides opportunities for stakeholders to be represented within the organisation
3. Checks and balances
- Has an internal audit committee
- Is externally audited by international recognised standards
- Has accounting control mechanisms in place
- Separates regulatory and commercial functions
- Has or recognises an ethics/integrity code for all its members and officials
- Has clear conflict of interest rules
- Recognizes a code or has its own standards of good governance
- Has an independent body on its ethics, integrity and conflict of interest rules
- Specifies internal channels in its governing documents for appealing decisions
- Allows athletes and officials to contest decisions in civil courts
4. Solidarity
- Allocates specific resources for the development of grassroots activities
- Inspects and audits the use of funds given to its internal stakeholders
- Adopts an environmental management system for its major events
- Has a well-defined social responsibility strategy and programmes
- Controls the use of its social responsibility funds using international standards
- Offers advice and assistance to its members on organisation and management
- Provides support for economically disadvantaged members
- Adopts a clear anti-discrimination policy
1 AGGIS, 2013, Final Report on Action for Good Governance in International Sports Organizations, Play the Game/Danish Institute for Sports Studies: Copenhagen, April, 2013. The report was developed and adopted by Play the Game/Danish Institute for Sports Studies; University of Leuven, Belgium; Loughborough University, London; German Sport University, Cologne; Utrecht University, Netherlands; Swiss Graduate School of Public