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/ 01 / 02 INITIATION Idea sparked in early 2017 and discussed among various Athletes’ Commissions. Its development and delivery is part of the implementation of the IOC Athletes’ Commission Strategy. ESTABLISH STEERING COMMITTEE IOC Athletes’ Commission assembled a 20-person Steering Committee of athlete representatives across the Olympic Movement 10 REPRESENTATIVES 5 REPRESENTATIVES INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS / 03 3 REPRESENTATIVES IOC ATHLETES’ COMMISSION ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES INITIAL ATHLETE DISCUSSION November 2017 – Discussion with a diverse group of 100+ athletes at the IOC International Athletes’ Forum 1 REPRESENTATIVE INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE 1 REPRESENTATIVE WORLD OLYMPIANS ASSOCIATION SURVEY / 04 FIRST-STAGE Distributed to Athletes’ Commissions (ACs) and athlete representatives to establish themes for the rights and responsibilities to be included COMPLETED BY ALMOST 200 / / ACs & ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVES 66 / / COUNTRIES 77 / / SPORTS DISCIPLINES / 05 ESTABLISH KEY THEMES AND RELEASE DRAFT Initial components released by the Steering Committee as a draft document, organised under five key themes, and stakeholders invited to provide feedback INTEGRITY & CLEAN SPORT / 06 GOVERNANCE & COMMUNICATION CAREER & MARKETING SECOND-STAGE SURVEY Second survey released for elite athletes globally to contribute their views, in parallel with stakeholder consultation COMPLETED BY SAFEGUARDING SPORTS COMPETITION AND RELEASE THE / 07 DRAFT ATHLETES’ DECLARATION Survey responses and stakeholder feedback reviewed, collated and turned into the Athletes’ Rights and Responsibilities Declaration 4292 / / ATHLETES 190 / / COUNTRIES 120+ / / SPORTS DISCIPLINES (ACROSS OLYMPIC, PARALYMPIC AND OTHER SPORTS) / 08 IOC SESSION PRESENTATION Submitted to the IOC Executive Board and IOC Session for adoption and reference in the Olympic Charter.