Since December 2022, EN GARDE has been working in close partnership with European Athletics to strengthen safeguarding across its Member Federations and major competitions.
Supporting European Athletics Member Federations
EN GARDE was appointed to support European Athletics’ Member Federations in developing and implementing their own safeguarding policies and procedures, in alignment with the World Athletics Safeguarding Policy, which mandated all federations to have frameworks in place by December 2023. As part of this mandate, EN GARDE also led the revision of European Athletics’ overarching Safeguarding Policy and drafted new safeguarding rules to ensure consistency, clarity, and accountability across the organisation.
Safeguarding at Major Competitions
In 2023, EN GARDE’s mandate expanded to include the design and implementation of a safeguarding framework at European Athletics' major competitions. Mathilde Grenet was appointed as European Athletics Safeguarding Officer for the following events:
Key Initiatives and Deliverables at the events:
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