Sports governance observer 2015

This report presents the Sports Governance Observer, a benchmarking tool for good governance in international sports federations on basic good governance criteria, and its application to the 35 Olympic international sports federations. The report consists of three main parts. The first part briefly explores the origins of this report. The second part presents an in-depth study of the governance of 35 Olympic sports federations. The third part of this report presents both the Sports Governance Observer and the benchmarking of the 35 Olympic sports federations on the basis of the tool. Introducing the SGO index as a measure of good governance, this part exposes the strengths and weaknesses of each of the 35 federations in relation to good governance.