Global Development Commission

Remit

Education

  • Deliver Global Development Webinars
  • Develop standardised material for regional seminars and webinars relevant for developing orienteering nations
  • Contribute with resources in the Education Working Group.

WOC

  • Deliver the annual IOF WOC Clinic in conjunction with WOC and ensure financing, promotion, and recruitment of strong candidates for participation in the clinics.

Youth program development

  • Deliver the IOF Young Leaders Academy, and contribute to delivery of regional versions on at least three continents

Building strong regional (and sub-regional) activities:

  • Support delivery of other regional development clinics
  • Revise criteria for Sustainable IOF Member Federations and create a structure for monitoring of these.
  • Support developing national orienteering federations (or committees) with membership in the IOF, or with a future potential and desire for membership in the IOF, to become sustainable member federations through the structure with Development Consultants
  • Support regional and sub-regional development projects
  • Support development of Regional Bodies and Regional Championships, leveraging them as developmental platforms towards the World Cup and World Championships

World Orienteering Week (WOW)

  • Contribute with resources in the WOW Working Group and support the promotion of WOW as the global festival for orienteering.

Remits IOF Commissions 2025-26


GDC Meetings

 

Global Development Commission Members

Chairperson Astrid Waaler Kaas (NOR)

astrid (at) dakas.no

Walther Rahbek (DEN)

wm (at) hasseris-gym.dk

Rehab Abdel Raouf Saady Abdelrehim (EGY)

rehab.abdelrehiem (at) alexu.edu.eg

Ondřej Pipek (CZE)

ondatra.pipek (at) gmail.com

Anders Björklund (SWE)

bjorklund.anders (at) telia.com

Jukka Kokkoniemi (COL)

[email protected]

Damir Gobec (CRO)

damirgobec (at) gmail.com

Sigrid Skjerve (Associate Member)

sigrid.skjerve (at) orienteering.sport