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IOF Structure. Who are we?. Full professor of Cartography (PhD, DSc) Eötvös University, Department of Cartography, Budapest, Hungary http://lazarus.elte.hu. Member o f IOF Council (2006-) Former chairman of the IOF Map Commission (2002-2006), member since 1996 http://www.orienteering.org
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IOF Structure O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Who are we? Full professor of Cartography (PhD, DSc) Eötvös University, Department of Cartography, Budapest, Hungary http://lazarus.elte.hu Member of IOF Council (2006-) Former chairman of the IOF Map Commission (2002-2006), member since 1996 http://www.orienteering.org http://lazarus.elte.hu/mc László ZENTAI laszlo.zentai@elte.hu Chairman of the Commission on Education and Training, since 2003 http://lazarus.elte.hu/cet International Cartographic Association http://www.icaci.org O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Who are we? Educated topographer in the National Danish Survey and Cadastre since 1978. Gone through the topics: Photogrammetric capturing, Field work, generalisation, cartographing, specification work, quality controlling and so on. Flemming Hjorth JENSEN fhj@kms.dk Member of IOF Map Commission (2004-) Orienteerer since 1976 O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Agenda • Who or what is IOF? • IOF structure • Council • Commissions, working groups etc • Secretariat Goal of the session: to know the competence area of IOF bodies O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Name, Role and Constitution • Orienteering is a sport involving non-motorised navigation with a map • Foot orienteering • Ski orienteering • Trail orienteering • Mountain bike orienteering O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Name, Role and Constitution • The IOF is made up of the national orienteering federations which have been admitted to membership • Amongst its members, the IOF is the supreme authority on all matters relating to international orienteering • The IOF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) • The IOF is registered in Helsinki, Finland O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Objectives and Tasks • The aim of the IOF shall be • To spread orienteering and to promote its development • To conform with and to respect the Olympic Charter • To create and maintain a world event programme O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Objectives and Tasks • The tasks of the IOF shall be • To commission and supervise World Championships and other IOF events in recognised disciplines of orienteering • To commission and supervise other IOF international competitions • To draw up universal rules and guidelines for orienteering and to supervise their proper applicationpartly via the IOF advisors • To maintain cordial relation with other international sports organisation and to represent the interests of orienteering in its dealing with these O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Members • The IOF recognises two categories of membership • Full member45 federations (status August 2006) • Associate member22 federations (status August 2006) • Rights of full members • Active participation in IOF general assembly • Participation in IOF events • Organisation of IOF major events O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Members • Rights of associate members • Non-voting participation in IOF general assembly • Participation in IOF events other than WOC and World Cup • Organisation of IOF events • Membership fees depend on financial strength of the country, the fee for associate members are kept low O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
IOF Member countries O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
IOF Structure • General Assembly • Supreme IOF organisation • Meets bi-annually: 2000 Leibnitz (AUT), 2002 Fontainebleau (FRA), 2004 Västerås (SWE), 2006 Aarhus (DEN), 2008 Olomouc (CZE) • Agenda given by IOF statutes • Council • Discipline committees • Interdisciplinary commissions • Secretariat • Presidents’ conference O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
IOF Council • The IOF Council shall lead the IOF between General Assemblies • Members are elected by the IOF General Assembly • President, senior vice president, 2 vice presidents, total 9 members • Election period 2 years • Political and strategic lead of IOF • All decisions must be published by the Council • Committees can only propose/recommend to the Council O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
IOF General Assembly • Ordinary or Extraordinary • Each IOF full member shall have the right to send three delegates to a General Assembly. Delegates shall be citizens or residents of the country represented. Associate members may send up to two representatives. • Each full member represented at the General Assembly shall have one vote. O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Discipline CommissionsFoot-O, Ski-O, Trail-O, MTB-O • Members are appointed by the Council • Period 2 years • Commissions are responsible for the development of their discipline • To commission and supervise World Championships and other IOF international competitions • Schedule of events, assessment and appointment of organisers • Coaching of organisers and IOF advisors O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Discipline Commission Foot-O, Ski-O, Trail-O, MTB-O • To commission and supervise World Championships and other IOF international competitions • Schedule of events, assessment and appointment of organisers • Coaching of organisers and IOF advisors • To draw up guidelines for organisers, advisors, applicants, etc • To co-operate with Rules Commission in preparing rules • Seminar, training, organisation of contacts • Support development of media work O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Interdisciplinary CommissionsMap, Rules, Environment, IT, Medical, D&P • Map Commission (MC) • All map related issues • Rules Commission (RC) • IOF competition rules, special rules • Harmonisation across all disciplines • Basic education of IOF event advisors • Appointment of EAs O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Interdisciplinary CommissionsMap, Rules, Environment, IT, Medical, D&P • Environmental Commission (EC) • Support for and co-ordination among respective bodies in IOF federations • IT Commission (ITC) • Timing, electronic punching, web-casting projects • Support in arena production project • Medical (MedC) • Anti-doping issues (WADA) • Development and Policy (D&P) • Resource for Council development and policy projects O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
IOF Secretariat • Legal location of IOF • Support for the Council and all commission • IOF finances and controlling • Connecting link between the IOF, its members, the Council members, commissions and outside organisations O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
IOF Secretariat Secretary General: Barbro Rönnberg • Address: Radiokatu 20, FI-00093 SLU, Finland • Tel. +358 9 3481 3112 Fax +358 9 3481 3113 • E-Mail: iof@orienteering.org • Internet: www.orienteering.org O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
IOF website O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Important information on the IOF website • Contact information • Member countries • Council and commission members • IOF Event list • Rules and guidelines • IOF Newsletters • World Ranking • World Cup ranking O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Presidents’ Conference • The Presidents’ Conference meets at least every second year (practically organized during the WOCs). • The Presidents’ Conference is advisory. • The following shall be invited to the Presidents’ Conference: • The Council • The Secretary General • The President of each member organisation (or his/her representative) O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
Events • World Championships (in 4 four disciplines) • Normal • Junior (not in trail-o and MTBO) • Masters (not in trail-o) • Regional championships • World Cup (temporarily abandoned in trail-o and MTBO) • Changes in foot-o from 2007 • World Ranking Events (not in trail-o) O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)
IOF organisation Discipline Commissions Supporting commissions with cross-section tasks Map Commission Rules Commission IT Commission Environment Commission Medical Commission Event Advisers, Internet, special tasks, working groups, project teams, etc. O-Map Seminar, Curitiba, Brazil, October-November 2006 Instructors: László Zentai (HUN), Flemming Hjorth Jensen (DEN)