Milestone 1

I didn’t even get to look back, and a year has already passed since I bravely stepped into the challenge and started working as the Director of the Anti-Doping Commission, a new independent legal entity. Inspired by the great love for the values ​​that anti-doping represents, the world that my dear colleagues and support Dr. Mira Jovanovski Dašić and Dr. Aleksandar Vujičić introduced me to, I tried month after month to establish the foundations of our national anti-doping organization within international standards, giving my contribution to the fight to protect the integrity and health of our athletes.

In this way, in a short time we showed that we are a valuable member of the world anti-doping community, finding our place among those who never have too much talk and action in preserving and improving what has been achieved in the field of anti-doping.

The need to strengthen communication and visibility of anti-doping activities was highlighted during the recently concluded UNESCO Conference, whose participants agreed that cooperation between national and regional anti-doping organizations, as well as with sports federations and other main actors, should be continued. In addition to continuing the harmonization of the anti-doping environment through WADA consultations on national compliance, UNESCO continues with intergovernmental dialogues at the level of the competent Ministries, as well as the Council of Europe.

The best domestic and foreign experts, members of the anti-doping community, as well as numerous personalities and organizations that recognize these values, have given their trust to the newly established Anti-Doping Commission and me through cooperation, and the result is the outstanding ratings we receive, given that we are someone who it just includes on these new legal grounds in the important anti-doping story. Infront of me are new tasks, new projects, new challenges, and I look forward to the process through which we will become better and more aligned with European and world guidelines and recommendations, changing in accordance with new knowledge.

Athletes are always our priority – and that is the only thing we will not change in the future. Continue to be with us, together we will achieve the set goals, and thank you for your trust!

Director of the Anti-Doping Commission, Dr. Olivera Prodanović