World Anti-Doping Agency
Budget
€43,612,325
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.2 FTE
EU Grants
€1,430,000
Mission & Goals
1. to promote and coordinate at the international level the fight against doping in sport; 2. to reinforce at the international level ethical principles for the practice of doping-free sport and to help protect the health of the athletes; 3. to establish, adapt, modify and update the list of prohibited substances and methods in sport; 4. to encourage, support, coordinate and, when necessary, undertake the organization of unannounced out-of-competition testing; 5. to develop, harmonize and unify scientific, sampling and technical standards and procedures with regard to analyses and equipment, including the homologation of laboratories; 6. to establish and promote harmonized rules, disciplinary procedures, sanctions and other means of combating doping in sport; 7. to devise and develop anti-doping education and prevention programs at the international level; 8. to promote and coordinate research in the fight against doping in sport.
EU Legislative Interests
EU data protection legislation: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) EU Sports Policy Funding Opportunities for Sport (and Anti-Doping in particular)
Communication Activities
In 2021, WADA became official partner of the European Week of Sport. 2023-2025, WADA prepared the Erasmus+ Sport Guide for NADOs (National Anti-Doping Organizations) and distributed it to all European NADOs to promote the Erasmus+ program. In 2025, WADA responded to the European Commission’s call for evidence regarding the Future EU Strategic Vision for Sport by submitting its feedback.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
WADA cooperates with a number of international organizations, with several of them having formal cooperation agreements in place (such as with WHO, the WCO, the Council of Europe, Interpol and Europol); however, WADA is not a member of any organization as such. WADA was established in 1999 as an independent agency to lead a collaborative worldwide movement for doping-free sport. WADA's founding partners are the Sports Movement and Governments of the world and, therefore, WADA’s governance and funding are based on equal partnership between those two partners.
Organisation Members
WADA is the global regulator of anti-doping and sets the rules (in the form of the World Anti-Doping Code and its accompanying International Standards) which are then applied by all sports organizations and national anti-doping organizations, as well as event organizers that are signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code. Therefore, WADA has no members but rather its Code signatories. The organizations within the following categories have accepted the Code: - International Federations (IFs) - Major Event Organizations (MEOs) - National Olympic Committees (NOCs) - National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) - National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) - Other organizations having significant relevance in sport Here is the list of all Code signatories: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/what-we-do/world-anti-doping-code/code-signatories Also, WADA has a number of partnerships in place. Some of them are based on formal agreements. Here you can find the list of all WADA partners (category by category): https://www.wada-ama.org/en/anti-doping-partners
Additional Information
1. As for the EU grants: In June 2022, WADA was awarded a grant by the European Commission for a Pilot Project - Anti-Doping Intelligence and Investigations Capacity and Capability Building in Europe to increase anti-doping intelligence and investigation capacity in Europe, reduce the prevalence of doping in sport and maximize the health benefits for European youth practicing clean sport. The project involved around 48 countries, 51 anti-doping organizations and 48 law enforcement agencies in Europe. The multi-phase project lasted over two years and aimed to: - Provide online and in-person training to anti-doping organizations staff to help them increase in-house capacity with regards to intelligence and investigations; - Support collaboration and information sharing between European National Anti-Doping Organizations' (NADOs) I&I teams and law enforcement agencies; - Demonstrate to decision makers the importance of I&I to prevent doping in sport; - Raise public awareness of the prevalence and threat of doping in youth amateur sports, not only among elite athletes The grant agreement was signed on 2 June 2022 and WADA received the first tranche (initial prefinancing) of 1,001,000 EUR on 16 June 2022. The remaining amount (final payment) was transferred in 2024, after the approval of the final report. 2. As for the contributions, a full (and updated) list of all contributions received by WADA in 2024 can be found here: https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2025-10/wada_contributions_2024_update_en.pdf 3. As for WADA's 2024 budget, please be informed that WADA's total income in 2024 was 45,431,966 USD equivalent to 43,612,325 EUR (at Dec 31, 2024 rate). Here you can find WADA's detailed financial statement for 2024: https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/Item_03_b_IFRS_World%20Anti-Doping%20Agency-2024_signed.pdf
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.