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Report on performance ASADA ANNUAL REPORT 2010:11Assisting sporting organisationsASADA continues to work with sporting organisations to increase their understanding of their obligationsunder the World Anti‐Doping Code (the Code), and to assist them meet these obligations, so that theAustralian Government can be assured that Australian sport is meeting its international commitments. Wepursue this objective through sports forums, liaison with sporting administration bodies and maintainingstrong international connections.Sports forumsIn 2010–11 we divided our sports forums into two discrete groups to cater for the needs of national sportingorganisations (NSOs). A series of lunch forums were conducted for Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Chairsand Presidents, while half-day workshops were conducted for Anti‐Doping Contact Officers (ADCOs).These forums and workshops were held in Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in November andDecember 2010. They were attended by 133 participants representing 61 sporting organisations.The CEO lunches were held in an informal setting with the ASADA CEO providing an update on the latestanti‐doping trends emerging from Canada, Europe and the United States based on international meetingsthat she had attended in November 2010. The gatherings also afforded senior managers from the varioussports with a chance to raise strategic anti‐doping issues directly with ASADA.The half-day workshops for ADCOs were operationally focused and provided the opportunity to updatesporting organisations on ASADA programs and initiatives—most notably our education program, thetesting program and its development, and the NSO compliance framework and reporting.The presentations were well received and issues raised by participants in the forums informed the furtherdevelopment of our programs and strategies.At the workshops, ASADA gave a preview of ASADA e-Learning and our strategy for engaging NSOsin developing inclusive anti‐doping education tools. ADCOs were also given an insight into the level ofsophistication of the ASADA testing program, which included updates on how enhancements such as theAthlete Biological Passport testing would impact on their operations.The workshops also reinforced with the ADCOs the importance of effective anti‐doping programs and theinformation they are required to supply to ASADA to meet their compliance obligations. Information fromthe NSOs forms the basis of ASADA’s report to the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) about the extent ofcompliance by each sport with the sporting administration body rules.ASADA has established contacts within existing athlete representative bodies as a channel to informASADA’s programs. ASADA maintains contact with several bodies including:> Australian Athletes Alliance – the umbrella organisation representing the athlete organisations fromswimming, rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football, netball, cricket, thoroughbred racingjockeys and football> Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Athletes Commission> Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Athletes Commission.41