FEI Championships, Safeguarding and Gender Equality on Day Two of 2024 FEI Sports Forum

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The second and final day of the FEI Sports Forum 2024 kicked off with a three-hour session on FEI Championships. FEI Deputy Legal Director Áine Power opened the session with a thorough review of the topic, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Tim Hadaway, FEI Director Games Operations.

He was joined on stage by FEI Commercial Director Ralph Straus; Simone Perillo, Secretary General of the Italian Equestrian Federation (FISE); Michael Stone, President of Wellington International; Casper Cassøe Krüth, Chief Operating Officer, Global Equestrian Group; and Nayla Stössel, President, Longines CSIO St. Gallen.

The conclusion reached during the discussion was that maintaining the existing Championships is very important for the community and that the FEI needs to look at the economic model and requirements to preserve their future.

Providing the National Federations with key information to establish a national safeguarding policy was the objective of the second session of the day, which was presented by FEI Safeguarding Advisor Lucy Trochet. FEI Safeguarding Webinars for NFs will take place on 23 May 2024 at 09:00 and 16:00 CEST and National Federations were invited to save the date and sign up.

Gender statistics in the Olympic disciplines.
In front Mandana Mehran Pour, Nanda-Dévi Norodom,
Jessica Kürten

The Sports Forum 2024 ended on a high note with an inspirational discussion on equity, gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in equestrian sport, moderated by Jessica Kürten, FEI Athletes Committee Chair and FEI Executive Board Member. It It feature HRH Nanda-Dévi Norodom, Secretary General of the Cambodian Equestrian Federation; Mandana Mehran Pour, Head of Participation and Development at the British Equestrian Federation; and Jack Huang, FEI Executive Board Member as panellists.

In his closing remarks, FEI President Ingmar De Vos reviewed the key points for each session. He thanked the panellists and moderators for the level of the presentations and thanked delegates for the quality of the debate. He also thanked the FEI HQ Team for organising another successful edition of the FEI Sports Forum.

The FEI Sports Forum 2024 was broadcast live and is available to watch here.