MONITORING GROUP (T-DO)
ANTI-DOPING CONVENTION
Strasbourg, 3 November 2014
T-DO (2014) 19rev1
Council of Europe and fight against doping – 25
years of the Anti-Doping Convention
From past to future
Strasbourg, Council of Europe,
Agora building, Room G01
Under the auspices of the Chairmanship of Azerbaijan in the
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
DRAFT PROGRAMME
10:00
10:30 – 10:45
Registration and coffee
OPENING AND WELCOME
 Mrs Gabriela BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Deputy Secretary General, Council of Europe
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10:45 – 11:00
INTRODUCTION – AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE
 Mr Anders Solheim, Chair of the Monitoring Group
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11:00 – 11:45
Ms Pirjo Ruutu, Vice-Chair of the Monitoring Group (Chair of the Conference)
Fight against doping and protection of human rights
 Dr Jean-Paul COSTA, President of the International Institute of the Human Rights,
Former President of the European Court of Human Rights
11:45 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:30
Mr Emin EYYUBOV, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the
Council of Europe
Questions and comments
WADA’s efforts to fight doping through education of athletes and raising their
awareness of their rights
 Mr David Howman, Director General of WADA
12:30 – 12:45
Questions and comments
12:45 – 13:30
Monitoring compliance experience of 25 years and lessons for future
Round table of 5 selected countries (Cyprus, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden
and Switzerland) to present their concrete experiences
13:30 – 14:30
LUNCH (OFFERED BY AZERBAIJAN)
Member States’ initiatives to strengthen the future anti-doping work
Presentations and discussions
14:30-15:00
How to organize legal proceedings to ensure fair, impartial and independent trial
in anti-doping?
 Mr Michal Rynkowski, NADO Poland
15:00-15:15
What is intelligence and why is it useful for fight against doping?
 Mr Graham Arthur, UKAD Director of Legal
15:15-15:30
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How to organize effective cooperation with police/customs?
Mr Kristian BARTHOLIN, Deputy Head, Terrorism Division, Action against Crime
Department on behalf of the Medicrime Convention of the Council of Europe
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Why should NADO be independent?
Joseph de Pencier, iNADO
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Conclusions and way forward for the Monitoring Group and the Member States
Mr Anders SOLHEIM, Anti-Doping Norway, Chair of the Monitoring Group to the
Anti-Doping Convention, Council of Europe
15:30-16:00
16:00-17:00
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