ABSTRACT

This chapter examines how bilateral collaboration may further institutionalize anti-doping activity. It explores the bilateral agreement between Norway and China with some considerations about the strengths and weaknesses of bilateral collaboration. Doping as a health issue was raised internationally when the Director General of the Health Directorate said at an international conference on health and sports during the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, that strong and united counteraction to the use of doping was necessary. According to World Anti-Doping Agency, in order to be compliant, anti-doping organizations must enforce its amended rules and policies in accordance with the Code. The fact that almost all national anti-doping organizations and international federations are described as compliant with the Code is largely a reflection of the lack of effective procedures for measuring compliance. The introduction of better procedures for measuring compliance and the establishment of real sanctions for non-compliance will mean a step forward for the anti-doping work.