International Council for Coaching Excellence

The International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) is a not-for-profit, international organization with the mission of promoting coaching as an internationally accepted profession. ICCE members seek to enhance the quality of coaching at every level of sport.

Every day around the world, tens of millions of athletes run, jump, throw, catch, swim and participate in other sport activities. And every day around the world, millions of coaches help those athletes chase their dreams. The ICCE believes that international collaboration and exchange can accelerate positive change in the realm of coaching development and help these coaches give athletes around the world a chance to pursue excellence.

By joining together in the ICCE, members seek to develop an international framework to share this vision with every nation in the world’s sporting community.

The target audiences for the ICCE are National Representative Bodies responsible for coach development; International Federations; institutions that deliver coach education or represent coaches; individuals who design and deliver coach education; coaches; and the international sport community at large.

The ICCE Objectives

The ICCE shall act as a not-for-profit international organization to facilitate the following objectives:

To promote sport coaching as a profession.
To promote international relationships, social and cultural, with those who are engaged in coaching education.
To promote sport and sport-values.
To promote and utilize research in the field of training and competition.
To exchange knowledge in the field of coaching.
To disseminate information about curricula, qualifying standards etc. amongst members.
To co-ordinate coach education courses and resources across member countries.
To promote a moral code in coaching.
To improve relationships among Coach – Management – Athlete.
To publish a professional publication in the field of coaching education.
To encourage and to assist countries, in the field of coach education

The expected outcomes of the ICCE initiative are:

A network of national and international organizations responsible for the development of coaches in their respective nations and/or sport.
International accords on coaching issues such as ethics, safety, and knowledge/competency.
An international coaching culture that supports the values of Olympism: integrity, honesty, fairness, inclusion, tolerance, and committment to excellence.

The ICCE is uniquely qualified to address its mission because its members comprise the world’s leaders in coaching development. There exists no other international sports body that focuses on programs for the individuals who introduce, teach, and deliver sport daily-coaches.

Organizational Structure

The ICCE organizational structure includes a General Assembly, Board of Directors and Inspection Committee.

The General Assembly

The General Assembly brings together all ICCE members every second year. The membership structure includes four categories of members:

Category A – National Representative Bodies
Category B – Organizations
Category C – Individuals
Category D – Honorary members

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of thirteen members, elected by the General Assembly to a four year term of office, to include:

President;
Past President;
General Secretary;
Treasurer;
Five members representing the five continents: Vice President for Africa, Vice President for the Americas, Vice President for Asia, Vice President for Oceania and Vice President for Europe.
Four additional members

The Board is responsible for establishing the programs, policies, and procedures of the ICCE.

ICCE Board of Directors (2013-2017)

Inspection Committee

The Inspection Committee consists of two members, elected by the General Assembly to a four year term in office. The Inspection Committee shall review the ICCE’s monetary affairs and other actions, and report any errors or omissions to the General Assembly.

Regulations and Strategy

ICCE Articles of Association (pdf)

ICCE strategy (pdf)

History

On the 24th of September 1997, during the second International Coach Education Summit at the Wingate Institute in Israel, the International Council for Coaching Excellence was established by delegates representing 15 countries.

The guidelines and aims for this new organisation had been first established at the inaugural summit in Leeds, organised by The National Coaching Foundation of Great Britain, in July 1995 and at the 1994 meeting to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Trainerakademie in Cologne, Germany.

The ICCE has since grown to represent over 30 countries.