The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) continues to strengthen its efforts to fight doping by creating alliances with National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs).
WADA announced that its Latin America and Caribbean Office facilitated the formalization of three partnerships between six NADOs. They span the Americas and Europe through the signing of multiple Memorandums of Understanding (MOU).
The MOUs were signed between:
- National Anti-Doping Unit of Ecuador (UNADE) and the Anti-Doping Agency of Serbia (ADAS);
- Comisión Nacional Antidopaje del Peru (Peru NADO) and the Hellenic Antidoping Agency (HADA); and
- Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO) and the Anti-Doping Agency of Lithuania (Lithuania NADO).
The objective of the project
“The objective of the project is to establish a network of partners for NADOs across Latin America and the Caribbean. According to WADA, “the network will leverage regional and global expertise to enhance capacity and capabilities in key anti-doping areas, guided by a needs-based and impact-driven approach.”
Director of WADA’s Latin America and Caribbean Office, Francisco León, said, “WADA is enthusiastic about what these partnerships can do for the development and growth of the NADOs in Ecuador, Peru and Jamaica. The partners have already begun their work in earnest, and we look forward to fruitful outcomes in the months and years ahead.
“I would also like to commend the Serbian, Greek and Lithuanian NADOs for their commitment to developing anti-doping capacity around the world. We have championed the importance of collaborative efforts for many years, and we are confident that these agreements will make a tangible impact and serve as good examples for other NADOs around the world to follow.”
The NADOs will work collaboratively through several meetings over the course of this year, with WADA monitoring the progression and activities outlined in the MOUs.
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