50 volunteer as doping control officers during Youth Olympics
The “Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Anti-Doping Seminar 2009″ will run from 14 to 18 February. Organised by the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC), the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) and the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), the seminar is supported by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Japan Anti-Doping Agency (JADA).
Five JADA officers will be conducting the training for the Singapore 2010 volunteers. The volunteers, between 23 and 62 years old, will attend both theory and practical lessons in doping control.
The YOG Anti-Doping Seminar was declared open by the Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr Masagos Zulkifli Bin Masagos Mohamad at SYOGOC HQ this morning.
At the opening ceremony, he urged schools to explore issues and values relating to anti-doping as part of the Olympic Education Programme.
He said: “Inculcating the right values and attitudes about sports and fair play in our youths, whether they play a sport or not, may well be the key to a future where doping is no longer a problem in sports.”
In addition to the Doping Control Officers Course, the following programmes and meeting are being held:
- The National Sports Association (NSA) Anti-Doping Seminar (14 February 2009) for NSAs and SSC personnel.
- The Southeast Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (SEA RADO) Education Session (17 to 18 February 2009) for representatives from the Southeast Asia Anti-Doping Organisations.
- SEA RADO Annual Board Meeting (16 February 2009).
In total, 200 WADA, JADA and local officials, trainers and country representatives from Southeast Asian countries will be taking part in this five-day event.
