Item 9.2 Secretary General’s Report By Tom Dielen - 20 July 2017 Dear World Archery President, Executive Board Members, Secretary General, Congress delegates and friends in Archery, World Archery has had a very successful period since the Copenhagen Congress. We have, again, done our best to enhance the impact of our Sport in the Archery and Olympic/Paralympic Family. We continue to be a federation that is often used as an example of how things should be done but we need to keep ourselves challenged and be ready to change. We were very proud to welcome Mr Thomas BACH, IOC President at two of our events since the last Congress. No other sports has had so many visits since his election in 2013. The IOC President has mentioned at several public interviews: “Change or be changed” This is very important and although we have been frontrunners in many areas, other federations have done a lot of catching up or copied us. We have to continue to innovate in many areas. We have focused on increasing the strategic planning of our member associations, working on good governance at all levels, assisting our members in adopting a national coaching programs, improving our media presence especially in social media and TV and the finalisation of our World Archery Excellence Centre To begin with, I want to list the key events since the last Congress. The idea of this list is not to be complete as this would be impossible and we have already listed most in the 2015 and 2016 annual reports. Therefore, the purpose is not to fall into repetition of what has already been stated in these reports and this report should be read in conjunction with the annual reports. 1. KEY EVENTS of 2015 (after the Congress) Ø Panam and Para Panam Games in Toronto (CAN) in July - August Ø World Archery Championships in Copenhagen (DEN) in August Ø World Archery Para Championships in Donauechingen (GER) in August Ø Archery World Cup stage 3 in Wroclaw (POL) in August Ø Archery World Cup stage 4 in Medellin (COL) in September Ø Test event Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) in September Ø Archery World Cup Final in Mexico City (MEX) in October Ø 7th International Coaching Seminar Fuengirola Malaga (ESP) in October Ø Level 1 Coach Trainers Course in Athens (GRE) in October Ø Preparation Camp for the Asian Championships & Rio Olympic Games in October in Bangkok (THA) Ø Archery Indoor World Cup stage in Marrakesh (MAR) in November Ø Archery Indoor World Cup stage in Bangkok (THA) in December Ø Executive Board Meeting in Istanbul (TUR) in December 2. KEY EVENTS of 2016 Ø Indoor Archery World Cup stage in Nimes (FRA) in January Ø Indoor Archery World Cup Final in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) in February Ø 2nd World Archery Gala in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) in February Ø World Archery Indoor Championships in Ankara (TUR) in March Ø Level 2 Coach Trainer Course in Marathon (GRE) in April Ø Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 1 in Shanghai (CHN) in May Ø Preparation Training Camp for European Championships & Rio Olympic Games in Compiegne (FRA) in April Ø Preparation Training Camp for Oceanian Championships & Rio Olympic Games in Tonga in April Ø Preparation Training Camp for American Qualifier & Rio Olympic Games in Medellin (COL) in May Ø Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 2 in Medellin (COL) in May Ø Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 3 and final qualifier for the Olympic Games in Antalya (TUR) in June Ø FISU World Archery University Championships in Ulaanbaatar (MGL)in July Ø Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) in August Ø World Archery Field Championships in Dublin (IRL) in September Ø Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) in September Ø Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Odense (DEN) in September Ø Level 1 Coach Trainer Course in Taipei (TPE) in October Ø Indoor Archery World Cup stage in Marrakesh (MAR) in November Ø Level 1 Coach Trainer Course in Cairo (EGY) in November Ø Indoor Archery World Cup stage in Bangkok (THA) in December Ø Joined Committee meeting of all World Archery Permanent and Ad Hoc Committees in Lausanne (SUI) Ø Executive Board Meeting in Lausanne (SUI) in December Ø Opening of the World Archery Excellence Centre (SUI) in December Ø Lausanne Archery Challenge in the World Archery Excellence Centre (SUI) in December 3. KEY EVENTS of 2017: Ø Archery Indoor World Cup stage in Nimes (FRA) in January Ø Archery Indoor World Cup Final in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) in February Ø 3rd World Archery Gala in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) Ø Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 1 in Shanghai (CHN) in May Ø Hyundai Archery World Cup stage 2 in Antalya (TUR) in June Ø Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) in June Ø World Games in Wroclaw (POL) in July Ø Universiads in Taipei (TPE) in August Ø Hyundai Archery World Cup Stage 4 in Berlin (GER) in August Ø Level 1 Coach Trainer in Guatemal (GUA) in August Ø Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Rome (ITA) in September Ø IPC General Assembly in Abu Dhabi (UAE) in September Ø IOC Session and allocation of 2024 Olympic Hosts in Lima (PER) in September Ø World Archery Youth Championships in Rosario (ARG) in October Ø World Archery Congress Mexico City (MEX) in October Ø Level 1 Coach Trainer in Argentina in November Ø 8th World Archery Coaches Seminar in World Archery Excellence Centre Lausanne (SUI) in November I. Topics covered in this report I. Topics covered in this report II. World Archery Office III. IOC Relations & World Archery as part of the Olympic Movement IV. Development V. World Archery Excellence Centre and FIDTA VI. Information Technology and the Internet VII. Communications VIII. TV Production and Distribution, Web TV IX. World Archery Sponsorships – Marketing X. Finances XI. Events XII. Clean Sport XIII. Good Governance both at IF and NF level XIV. Strategic Planning XV. Evolution of World Archery XVI. Future II. WORLD ARCHERY OFFICE The World Archery Office underwent several changes with the departures of Deqa NIAMKEY and Laurent HADORN. We also had the arrival of Gwenael MASSOT and JK LEE became a permanent staff after his Internship. There was a substantial change of the structure because of the opening the World Archery Excellence Centre. In the Centre we also had some staff changes which is expected in a start-up of an activity. We thank Hiwot BELAY and Thomas RUFER. The operational part of the development department is hosted at the Centre since the 2nd semester of 2016. The Office is split into four departments: Ø Member Services Ø Events Ø Marketing, Television & Communication Ø Development & Education The Development department is split into two parts: Ø Development Strategy and Education, based in the main office and managed by Pascal COLMAIRE. The role is mainly to work on long term strategies, Good Governance of our Members, Coaching Education, Affiliations, Encouraging Development Activities, Course and Content Development. Ø Development Operations, based in the World Archery Excellence Centre and managed by Centre Director, Juan Carlos Holgado. The role is to do the day to day operational activities of the development of the sport. We also have several consultants working for us in development: Sergio FONT in the Americas, Khaled SOFIANE LAMANDÉ in Africa. We must thank Paul ZINZOU, Ivan YOTOV, Satakhun KOSAVINTA and CHONG Yap Lee for the work they have done but it was decided not to reconduct their projects for reasons explained further. We currently employ people in the Office and the Centre from Great-Britain, Spain, Canada, France, Switzerland, Korea, Italy, USA, South Africa, Morocco, Guatemala and Belgium making it a true global office with staff from four continents. I will present during the Congress the up to date structure of the World Archery office & the Centre. III. IOC Relations & World Archery as part of the Olympic Movement World Archery’s relationships with the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Family continue to be excellent. Our President continued to attend many meetings and, due to his role as IOC Vice President, was unable to be present at all World Archery events. The President is very much involved in the implementation of the IOC’s Agenda 2020, especially in areas of clean sport, and was a key person in the handling of the Russian eligibility issue for the Olympic Games. He also has a critical role in the Youth Olympic Games and chairs many meetings in relation to YOG 2.0 Even though no athlete from Archery nor our Russian federation was mentioned at all in either of the McLaren Reports, a lot of resources and time were spent on this matter in the lead up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games and post the Games. World Archery is still very much convinced that the decision by IPC to ban the Russian athletes was wrong since innocent Athletes paid for the price of wrong doing in other sports. The Russian athletes competing at the Olympic Games had clearly demonstrated, due to our proactive target testing of Russian athletes following the Pound Report, that they were beyond any suspicion and therefore should be and subsequently were given permission to participate in Rio. Russia won a medal as a result. World Archery fully supported the IOC’s strong decision which was more courageous and more appropriate than the unilateral decision of the IPC. We hope that with the creation of APSO (the equivalent of ASOIF) a better communication and cooperation with IPC will be created and I will report on this during the Congress.