Belarus Orienteering Federation is the National organisation responsible for the governing, organisation and promotion of orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

 in Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. It is a Full Member of the International Orienteering Federation

International Orienteering Federation

The International Orienteering Federation is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Helsinki, Finland....

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Governance

The Congress is the highest body of the Belarus Orienteering Federation. It gathers once in four years, and elects the Presidium of the Belarus Orienteering Federation for a four year term. The Presidium consists of: Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Executive Secretary, Chief Coach of National Teams, and Executive Director.

In the period between Congresses the Council governs the Belarus Orienteering Federation. The Council is made up of representatives from each orienteering club, and gathers at least once a year. Daily business is handled by the Executive Secretary and the Chairman.

Organization structure

• Chairman
• Vice-Chairman
• Executive Secretary
• Chief Coach of National Teams
• Executive Director
• Sport Technical Commission
• Map Commission
• Children and Youth Commission
• Student Sport Commission
• Audit Commission
• National Controller
• National Inspector
• Press Secretary

External links

• Official website of the Belarus Orienteering Federation