World Anti-Doping Agency to Allocate $5m Research Fund

The Executive Committee (EC) of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will hold its second meeting of the year on Friday, 1 June 2001, in Cape Town, South Africa.

The EC will discuss and take decisions on the following topics:

the allocation of WADA’s US$5 million research fund. (WADA has already reviewed the forty applications it received as a result of its call for research.);

the ongoing out-of-competition testing program, and the future implementation of blood testing;

the finalization of the WADA Strategic Plan, which will, in part, form the basis for the government’s funding contributions to WADA;

the process for the selection of WADA’s permanent site; and

the achievements and progress of the committees.

Previous to WADA’s meetings, the fourth meeting of the International Intergovernmental Consultative Group on Anti-Doping in Sport (IICGADS) will hold its meetings in the same location on 30 and 31 May 2001.

Where:
Meetings will be held at the BMW Pavilion. A Press Center providing all the necessary working facilities will be set up in the BMW Boardroom (second floor).

BMW Pavilion
Green Point
8051 Cape Town, South Africa
Tel.: + 27 21 419 76 61
Fax: + 27 21 418 42 16
Website: www.pavilion-conference-centre.co.za

News conference:
Date: Friday, 1 June 2001
Time: 17:00
Place: BMW Boardroom, BMW Pavilion

Accreditation and Contact:

Media representatives wishing to attend the WADA Press Conference are kindly asked to contact:

Ms. Isabelle Tornare, WADA Communication and Information Project Manager
Office: + 41 21 343 4302
Mobile: + 41 79 686 1912
E-mail: isabelle.tornare@wada-ama.org

For further information relating to the International Intergovernmental Consultative Group on Anti-Doping in Sport (IICGADS) meeting, please contact:
Mr. Graham Abrahams,
Ministry of Sport and Recreation, South Africa
+ 27 21 465 5506 /07/08/09.