Bhutan Anti-Doping Committee

Bhutan Anti–Doping Committee (BADC)
Thimphu: Bhutan

On 3rd November, 2003, the Royal Government of Bhutan signed the Copenhagen Declaration on Anti-Doping in Sports. Since then, Bhutan continued to advocate and carry out anti-doping activities. Bhutan joined the South Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SA-RADO) in 2007 to share experiences and collaboratively address anti-doping in sports. The SA-RADO office is based in Male, Maldives and is guided by the SA-RADO board which is represented by a member from member countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka).

The Parliament of the Bhutan endorsed signing of the International Convention against Doping in Sports on the 18th October 2011 during the 7th Session of the 1st Parliament. Accordingly, the Royal Government of Bhutan ratified the International Convention against Doping in Sports in 2011 and was officially endorsed by the UNESCO which came into effective from 1 January 2012. The primary purpose of the Convention is to promote the prevention of and the fight against doping in sports with an ultimate view to eliminate any forms of doping in sports.

It was then in 2010, the Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) assumed the role of the National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO) on an interim measure as setting up a new independent organization at that point of time was found to be resource intensive. Thus, with the consent of the WADA in 2011, the Bhutan Anti-doping Committee (BADC) was formed under the BOC to look after the anti-doping program in the country. The BADC is manned by a group of experts working on voluntary basis and is financially supported by the RGOB through the BOC.  The BADC’s members include medical doctors, legal officers, sports administrators and doping control officers from relevant agencies.

BADC Mission:

To promote Clean Sport; to protect the health of athletes, uphold the integrity of sport and maintain fair flay at all levels.

BADC Programs:

The BADC in collaboration with national and international stakeholders to carry out the following programs but not limited to:

  1. Enforce Bhutan Anti-Doping Rules: The BADC to conduct awareness and also ensure enforcement of the Bhutan Anti-Doping Rules, 2015.
  2. Education Program: As a primary strategy to prevent and deter doping, BADC to carry out educational activities for children & youth, athletes, coaches, parents, support personnel and sports administrators.
  3. Research and Intelligent: BADC will carry out research and intelligence activities to provide timely interventions and also detect the real dopers.
  4. Anti-Doping Tests. The BADC to conduct in-competition and out of competition tests in a proficient manner.
  5. Management: BADC to ensure that the anti-doping program is conducted in professional and effective manner respecting the rights of all concerned but limited to the anti-doping rules.

    Bhutan Anti-Doping Committee (BADC)  members (April, 2023)

    Name

    Parent Organization

    BADC

    Email address

    Contact No.

    Mr. Sonam Karma Tshering

    Secretary General, Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC)

    Chairman

    [email protected]

    17112006

    Mr. Nima Gyeltshen

    Chief Sports Coordinator, SSD, DEP, Ministry of Education and Skills Development

    Director

    [email protected]

    17602631

    Ms. Tshering Om

    Dy. Chief Attorney, Office of the Attorney General

    RM member & Coordinator

     [email protected]

    77468895

    Dr. Kipchu Tshering

    Assistant Professor, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan

    TUE Coordinator & Education

    [email protected]

    17628245

    Mr. Jigme Dorji

    Sr. Regulatory Officer, Medical Product Division, BFDA

    Member, TUE

    [email protected]

    17984308

    Ms. Tshering Choden

    Dy. Chief Pharmacist, Control Substances Medical Device Division (CSMDD), BFDA 

    Member, Education

    [email protected]

    17642244

    Ms. Yeshi Pelden

    Department of Public Health

    Member, RM

    [email protected]

    77357366

    Bhutan Anti-Doping Committee (BADC) Secretariat:

    Name

    Parent Organization

    Function

    Email address

    Contact No.

    Ms. Chimi Wangmo

    BOC

    Focal Person

    [email protected]

    17635145

    Mr. Sonam Tshewang

    BOC

    Testing Coordinator

    [email protected]

    17835131

 

           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

           
           
           
           

The following are some of the milestones of the BADC till date (2018):

  1. Bhutan joined the global communities by signing the Copenhagen Declaration on Anti-Doping in Sports on 3 November 2003 (forerunner to the UNESCO Convention) and thereafter took steps to foster Clean sports in the country.
  2. Bhutan became a member of the South Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organization (SA-RADO) countries in 2007 to address doping in collaboration.
  3. The Bhutan Anti-Doping Rules was developed for the first time in 2008. It was then amended in 2015 as per the revised World Anti-Doping Code, 2015.
  4. The BADC was formed within the BOC on an interim measure to look after the anti-doping program.
  5. Bhutan ratified the UNESCO’s International Convention against Doping in Sports in 2011 which formally came into effect from 1 January 2012.
  6. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the BADC/BOC and National Sports Federations & Associations in 2014 committing to fight doping collectively. A revised MoU was again signed in 2016 with the revision of the WADA Code, 2015 and also the Bhutan Anti-Doping Rules in 2015.
  7. The BADC/BOC and Department of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Education developed and circulated the anti-doping educational materials such as pamphlets, posters, post cards and videos.
  8. The BADC developed logo and it is being is now exclusively used.
  9. BADC Facebook is be launched and also separate section for anti-doping program is set up within the NOC’s website wit the required information/forms.
  10. Athlete Health Book is being developed.
  11. The Royal Government of Bhutan continues to pay the WADA’s contribution on an annual basis.
  12. The Good News! So far there are no cases of Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADVR) although Bhutanese athletes are tested within and outside the country.

BADC material

  1. Bhutan Anti Doping Rules, 2021
  2. BADC Focal Person in National Sport Federations & Associations
  3. Form for Competition details
  4. Form for submitting athletes list (2018)
  5. TUE Application
  6. TUE Application Process
  7. Testing Procedures
  8. Prohibited list (2018)
  9. WADA Anti-Doping Code (2018, English)
  10. WADA whereabouts
  11. WADA TUE Guidelines
  12. WADA_2016_INTERNATIONAL STANDARD_THERAPEUTIC USE EXEMPTIONS
  13. Anti-doping cover
  14. Anti-doping content

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