SWOA is entitled to elect a correspondent member to the BOF International Committee. At present there is no such representative from SWOA or any of the other regional associations - a situation that BOF is keen to address.

International Committee Responsibilities

Authority is delegated to the International Committee by the BOF Board to monitor the development and delivery of a strategy to achieve international success now and in the future, and to monitor the performance of all international programmes; the Committee will ensure work is aligned to the vision, values and strategic objectives as determined by the BOF Board. Specifically, the Committee responsibilities are:

• Strategy: Advising on the means to monitor the development and delivery of a strategy to achieve international success now and in the future
• Targets: Advising and agreeing with the BOF Board the annual goals and medal performances to be achieved at World Championships and other International Events
• Monitoring:
• The production of programmes required to deliver sustainable international success and capable of supporting athletes to achieve the annual targets; and the reviewing of the programmes on an annual basis
• The implementation of the programmes
• Performance of all international programmes against the agreed goals and medal targets
• Supporting:
• Staff in the delivery of the programmes
• The British international team by ensuring it is given every opportunity to achieve the agreed goals and medals performances
• Other committees in delivering strategic objectives, where appropriate
• Establishing and reviewing annually the selection panels and procedures used to select athletes to teams, squads and training camps
• Facilitating and chairing an athlete/staff forum for all international programmes; this forum should meet as required but a minimum of once per year
• Any other responsibilities as decided by the Committee and agreed by the BOF Board

Fuller details of the Committee are available on the BOF website.

SWOA correspondent member role

Nominated individuals are not expected to personally attend the meetings and will instead have agendas, papers and minutes for meetings copied to them. This will enable them to keep informed of international orienteering strategy, initiatives and actions on behalf of SWOA.

If this is a topic that interests you and you feel you might be prepared to take on the role, please in the first instance contact the SWOA secretary, .