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IOC Certificate: Safeguarding Officer in Sport

Curriculum Content

The program includes a series of modules with the following lecture topics associated with each:

  • Overview/Introduction to safeguarding in sport
  • Putting safeguards in place – international human rights conventions, statutory and sport legal and policy frameworks
  • Key building blocks to prevent interpersonal violence
  • Prevention: Developing an organisational safeguarding policy, procedures, and structures for responding to safeguarding concerns
  • Response: Developing an organisational safeguarding policy, procedures, and structures for responding to safeguarding concerns
  • Understanding the Safeguarding Officer/Focal Point’s role
  • Safeguarding at Major Sports Events (MSEs)
  • Safeguarding advice and support
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