The agency announced this week that in 2025 it will issue a "call for contributions" to gather input and evidence from the anti-doping community. The aim is to collect valuable information to support the Taskforce established by the organization to address these issues.
Established by WADA's Education Department at the request of its Social Science Research Expert Advisory Group (SSREAG), the Taskforce on Unintentional Doping was created with the purpose of examining this area and recommending an evidence-informed, athlete-centered approach.
Initial discussions on how to conceptualize, measure, and reduce unintentional doping took place during WADA’s 2022 Global Education Conference, after which the Taskforce was formed in 2023.
The Taskforce’s "Unintentional Doping Research Project" is co-funded by WADA and the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ), which in May 2022 committed CAD 400,000 (€275,000) for the research project, initially set to run from 2022 to 2026.
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