The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has just announced the appointment of 30 renowned experts to the newly created Permanent Committees of SIGA LATIN AMERICA. The committees, which will soon be strengthened with the addition of new members, already include a selection of recognized senior executives and experts from various sectors, ensuring robust intellectual leadership and diversity.
The announcement was made during the Inaugural Conference and Public Hearing of the Independent Study on the Future of Brazilian Football. In their roles, the newly appointed members will be involved with SIGA LATIN AMERICA in its commitment to conducting the Independent Study, which was commissioned by the Parliamentary Front for the Modernization of Football. As an advisory body supporting the SIGA LATIN AMERICA Executive Team, the Committees will have a crucial part in the discussions to be held.
As integral components of SIGA’s organizational structure, the Permanent Committees play a crucial role in shaping SIGA’s policies and in fostering the best practices, policies, and integrity reforms that are so needed. By focusing on their respective strategic areas, they promote knowledge exchange and information sharing, while offering expert advice, proposals, and recommendations to the SIGA Council, SIGA LATIN AMERICA, and the Global CEO.
Among the Committees created, the one Integrity in Sports Betting is entirely composed of Brazilian experts, who will contribute to defining SIGA LATIN AMERICA's policies and promoting best practices in the area of integrity. They are:
SIGA is the world’s leading organisation for Sport Integrity. We are creating a whole new landscape for the sports industry by delivering independent global rating and certification for world Sport to ensure it is governed and operates under the highest integrity standards: The SIGA Universal Standards.
SIGA LATIN AMERICA is committed to promoting the highest standards of integrity and governance in sport, across the region, as part of an ongoing global reform to restore the sector's reputation and regain its much-needed credibility.
To this end, SIGA LATIN AMERICA is working with all key public and private stakeholders in Latin America, in a framework of positive dialogue, constructive cooperation and mutual respect. It is the third in SIGA's continental structure and was established in July 2022.
Source: GMB
