The ARISF Council at its meeting during the Sport Accord Convention discussed the importance of keeping sport safe for children and took the decision to promote the UNICEF Safeguards for Children in Sport to its 35 Member Federations.
The Safeguards have been developed by UNICEF in partnership with over 50 organisations, including ARISF Member the International Netball Federation and may be used by all sporting organisations who work with children or vulnerable adults to assess and enhance their policies and practice.
– The IFF feels that the UNICEF Safeguards are of great important and will also adopt these guidelines in the future, IFF Secretary General John Liljelund comments.
The Safeguards aim to:
1. Help create a safe sporting environment for children wherever they participate and at whatever level
2. Provide a benchmark to assist sports providers and funders to make informed decisions
3. Promote good practice and challenge practice that is harmful to children
4. Provide clarity on safeguarding children to all involved in sport
The safeguards may be found here:
http://www.unicef.org.uk/UNICEFs-Work/Sport-for-development/safeguarding-in-sport/
More on ARISF: www.arisf.org
The Association of IOC Recognised International Sport Federations (ARISF) is the world authority regrouping all IOC Recognised International Sport Federations. Currently the association counts 35 International Sports Federations: Air Sports, American Football, Automobile, Bandy, Baseball/Softball, Basque Pelota, Billiards Sports, Boules Sports, Bowling, Bridge, Chess, Sport Climbing, Cricket, Dance Sport, Floorball, Flying Disc, Karate, Korfball, Lifesaving, Motorcycling, Climbing/Mountaineering, Netball, Orienteering, Polo, Powerboating, Racquetball, Roller Sports, Ski Mountaineering, Squash, Sumo, Surfing, Tug of War, Underwater, Waterski/Wakeboard, Wushu. ARISF represents, through its Members, many hundred million individual members and billions of fans all over the World.
