Acknowledgements

The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) wish to sincerely thank a wide variety of experts and officials who contributed to this Guide on the Security of Major Sporting Events: Promoting Sustainable Security and Legacies.

The Guide represents a cornerstone of the security component of the Global Programme on Security of Major Sporting Events, and Promotion of Sport and its Values as a Tool to Prevent Violent Extremism, and its aim to protect major sporting events as a common good of the international community.

The Global Programme is made possible thanks to the generous contributions and support provided by the People’s Republic of China through the United Nations Peace and Development Fund (UNPDF), the State of Qatar and the Republic of Korea.

The Global Programme’s partners would like to express their sincere gratitude to Mr. Mauro Miedico, Deputy Director, Chief of UNOCT Special Projects and Innovation Branch, for his oversight and continuous impulse to the programme in all its components; and to Mr. Massimiliano Montanari, CEO at ICSS, for the strategic contribution given to the Guide and for his supervision; and to Ms. Carol Jimenez, ICSS, for coordinating a drafting process which included an extraordinary community of committed experts and officials from the world of sport, security, academia and international cooperation.

A special thank goes to the chairs of the Task Groups which led to the completion of the Guide, including the Coordinator of the Global Programme, Mr. Valerio De Divitiis, UNOCT; Ms. Anne-Maria Seesmaa and Mr. Jean-Philippe Morange, CTED; and Mr. Duccio Mazarese, UNICRI; and to the the principal drafters and coordinators of the Task Groups, namely Mr. Esteban Giudici and Mr. Brendan Heffernan; ICSS officials Mr. Diogo Guia and Mr. Dale Sheehan, as well as Mr. Eddie Marshbaum, Mr. Stefano Betti and Mr. Brian London: your expertise, knowledge and commitment have made this Guide a reality.

Mr. Richard Chalk, Mr. Travis Heneveld, Mr. Stuart Hodge, Mr. Howie Lodder and Mr. Giovanni Pisapia are kindly thanked for their expertise and contribution in the drafting of specific sections of the Guide.

A special thanks also goes to Mr. Alex P. Schmid and Ms. Anna Korula for their reviews and content integration.

Thanks go to the officials involved from the UNOCT Special Projects and Innovation Branch: Ms. Guadalupe Megre, Ms. Sereena Karsou and Mr. Khalil Otmane. Your support across the various moments of the drafting has been highly appreciated.

Further acknowledgement goes to ICSS staff members for all the research work conducted in support of the Guide: Ms. Magda de Lange for her precious analytical support, as well as to Mr. Fred Lord, Mr. Steven Fleming, Mr. Massimiliano Di Cola, Ms. Michelle Maxwell, Mr. Max Mumford and Mr. Alain Van Thiel, who are also greatly acknowledged for their much-appreciated contributions throughout this process.

In addition, the Global Programme would like to express its sincere gratitude to those experts and officials who actively participated throughout the process of the drafting of the Guide in both expert meetings and interviews and by responding to the consultation documents, namely Mr. Mahfoud Amara (College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University); Mr. Antony Anderson (Jamaica Constabulary Force); Mr. Luis Manuel Andre Elias (National Police of Portugal); Mr. Maurizio Barbeschi (World Health Organization, WHO); Mr. Joseph Callixtus (Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security); Mr. Louis Chiasson, Mr. Augusto Coriglioni, Mr. Christian Emeruwa (Confederation of African Football, CAF); Mr. Paulo Valente Gomes (Council of Europe, CoE); Mr. Adam Lewis (Adidas); Mr Alphonse MacNeil; Mr. Francesco Norante (Leonardo Canada); Mr. Shahin Rahmani (Asian Football Confederation); Mr. Domenico Paterna, and Ms. Janet Williams (Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy).

Special thanks also go to those who participated in experts’ interviews; your expertise and wealth of information have been most useful: Mr. Gregory Bujac (OSAC, U.S. Department of State); Mr. Richard Caborn (Minister for the London 2012 Bid and England FIFA World Cup 2018™ Bid); Ms. Jane Fernandes (Football Federation Australia); Mr. Alex Marshall (International Cricket Council, ICC); Mr. Eloy Mazon (4Global); Mr. Alexander Protosov (2018 FIFA World Cup™ Russian Federation); Mr. Andrey Reis (FIFA™); Sir Mark Rowley (Former Senior Police and Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations of the Metropolitan Police); Mr. Peter Ryan; Mr. Andreas Schaer and Mr. Kenny Scott (UEFA); Ms. Katharina Steinberg (FIFA™); and Mr. Marc Timmer (UEFA).

A word of appreciation goes to those who participated as panellists in the Expert Group Meeting in New York on 3 and 4 February 2020, and to all providing valuable information and insight on the planning and implementation of an MSE: Mr. Ebrahem Abdulaziz Ali Al Mohannadi, (Ministry of Interior, State of Qatar); Mr. Fares M. Almalik (Brigadier, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia); Ms. Tonya Ayow (CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security); Ms. Eva-Maria Engdahl (European Commission Directorate-General, Migration and Home Affairs, Unit D2 – Counter-Terrorism); Mr. Carlos Fernandez (Central American and Caribbean Association Football); Ms. Paola Fernandez (Organization of American States); Ms. Sandy Harvey (Federal Policing National Security of Canada); Mr. Eric Heip (Ministry of Interior of France); Mr. Jay Jadeya (Football for Peace); Mr. Changmin Kim (Ministry of Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea); Mr. Hyun-tae Kim, (National Counter-Terrorism Center, Republic of Korea); Mr. Kevin LeClair (VISA); Mr Aldric Ludescher (International Olympic Committee, IOC); Mr. Jorge Gonçalves Mauricio (INTERPOL); Mr. Donal McCarthy (Uber); Mr. William G. Raisch (International Center for Enterprise Preparedness, New York University); Mr. Tofig Seyfullayev (Deputy, INTERPOL Division, National Central Bureau, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Azerbaijan); Mr. Helmut Spahn (FIFA™); Lord John Stevens (ICSS Board Member); Ms. Hilde Vandevoorde (Eurojust); and Mr. Philip Walker (OSAC, U.S. Department of State).

The Global Programme would like to acknowledge the assistance of all governmental authorities, business sector, academic and international experts who participated in the Task Groups. These Task Groups contributed to gathering critical and relevant information through different consultation documents: Mr. Hans Das (European Union); Ms. Daniela Giuffre (Provincial Street Police, Pistoia, Italy);

Mr. Jesus Gomes Hernandez (National Police of Spain); Mr. Arturo Gonzalez (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC); Mr. Brian Johnson (Asian Football Confederation); Mr. Edgar Moreno (Vice President Global Security, Telemundo Enterprises & Latin America); Mr. Denys Movchan (Ministry of Internal Affairs in Ukraine); Mr. Guenther Sablattnig (European Union); and Ms. Andrea Volkmer (European Commission).

We also acknowledge the support provided by Mr. Keitaro Aoki (Asian Football Confederation); Mr. Rod Buckingham (Canadian Football League); Mr. Ronnie Francis M. Cariaga (Philippine National Police); Mr. Miguel Angel Diaz Monzon (Spanish Guardia Civil Police Force); Mr. Denis Movchan; and Ms. Kamilla Swart-Arries (Hamad Bin Khalifa University).

In addition, the Global Programme would like to thankfully acknowledge the contribution of the panellists who contributed exclusively during the virtual meeting on “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Security of Major Sporting Events”; your contribution helped to identify good practices and to foster a global conversation on the impact of health regulations on Major Sporting Events: Mr. Falah Al-Dosari (INTERPOL); Mr. Erik Bekaert (Ministry of Interior, France); Mr. Maxime Bornon (Ministry of Interior, France); and Mr. Mike Hopmeier (Unconventional Concepts, Inc).

Finally, the Global Programme thanks Mr. David Winch for having edited this Guide in a manner that enhances its accessibility for readers from different sectors and backgrounds.