A record number of national governing bodies and a record number of delegates are registered to attend the 85th FIG Congress, which will be held from tomorrow until October 26 in Doha. Over 500 attendees including delegates from over 150 out of a total of 159 affiliated member federations will be present.
On October 25 the delegates will vote to renew all of the FIG’s governing bodies: the President, three Vice-Presidents, seven elected Executive Committee members and 21 Council members (with quotas for continental representation). They will also elect the President and six members of the Gymnastics for All Committee and the President and six members of the Technical Committees for all seven FIG disciplines, with Parkour set to be represented by a new Technical Committee for the first time. Two auditors will also be elected. All elected officials will commence their terms of office on 1 January 2025 for a term of four years.
The FIG is set to welcome five new affiliated national gymnastics federations during the Congress: Antigua and Barbuda, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, and Zambia. If the Congress approves these affiliations, it will increase the total number of FIG affiliated federations to 164.
The approval of the quadrennial plan for 2025-2028 is one of the main responsibilities of the Congress. Approval of this budget will allow the FIG to operate and achieve its objectives, which include managing World Championships in each of its seven disciplines as well as Gymnastics for All events, managing other international events and competitions and supporting the federation’s global education and development programmes.
The Congress will hear reports from the independent Gymnastics Ethics Foundation, the FIG Foundation for Solidarity as well as updates on safeguarding, the ASOIF Good Governance report and the results of the new NF-Insights project to gain a better understanding of the FIG’s global membership.
Furthermore, proposed changes to the FIG Statutes include the addition of Para-gymnastics as a new competitive discipline within the FIG, along with provisions that will help to pave the way for a new, consumer-facing brand for the FIG.
