Department updates in Main Vaulting

We are pleased to inform you that the FEI Secretary General has approved the FEI Calendar for 2025 for all disciplines. It can be consulted online in the FEI Database.  

Should you have any questions related to the FEI Calendar, please do not hesitate to contact calendar@fei.org.

As part of our new strategic development for Vaulting, we would like to assess how the discipline is recognised within National Federations. Therefore, we kindly ask you to please forward this short survey to the person responsible for the discipline of Vaulting within your Federation, for them to complete and submit by 8 November 2024 at the latest.

Please click here to access the survey. We thank you in advance for contributing to the ongoing progress of our sport.

In addition, we are pleased to inform you that the next FEI Vaulting Forum will be held online on 7 February 2025 (15:00 – 18:00 CET). The Forum is open to the entire Vaulting Community (Officials, Athletes, Trainers, NF Representatives, parents, etc) and registrations should be made directly in the FEI Course Calendar. Please note that the application deadline is on 24 January 2025.

The Forum will focus on the FEI Vaulting Rules and Guidelines changes for 2025, the CoH (Consideration of the Horse) score as well as the future of the discipline.

We invite you to share this information with the Vaulting Community in your country and thank you for your support. 

We would like to inform you that the mark-up version of the FEI Vaulting Guidelines 2025 has been published on the FEI Vaulting Rules page.

Please share this information with the Vaulting Community in your country. 

We kindly also ask you to please share any comments you may have with the FEI Vaulting Department at the latest by Wednesday 9 October 2024.

We wish to remind you that in accordance with Art. 112 of the FEI General Regulations, the dates for all 2025 International Events must be entered into the FEI online Calendar through FEI Database before Tuesday 01 October 2024 midnight CEST, with the exception of CSI5* and CSIO5* Events for 2025 which had to be entered before 1 May 2024 and have already been approved as previously indicated in our newsletter dated 22 August 2024.

At 23:59 CEST on 01 October 2024, the 2025 online Calendar will be blocked. Any modification requested after the deadline will need to be addressed to the FEI by email (calendar@fei.org) using the Calendar Form available on FEI Documents.

The full Memo can be accessed via the FEI Calendar page (click here).

We would like to inform you that the detailed agenda of the FEI Vaulting Seminar, taking place in Saumur on 18-20 October 2024, is now available on the Vaulting Seminar Hub. Please note that the deadline to register has been extended to 16 September 2024. As a reminder, the Seminar is open to all FEI Vaulting Judges, Stewards and NF Representatives (ideally max. 2 per nation).
 

To register, participants have to be enrolled by their NF directly in the FEI Course Calendar.
 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the FEI Vaulting Department.
 

We invite you to share this information with the Vaulting Community in your country. 

We would like to remind you that the next FEI Vaulting Seminar will be organised in Saumur (FRA) from 18-20 October 2024. The Seminar is open to all FEI Vaulting Judges, Stewards and NF Representatives (max. 2 per nation). The agenda will be available shortly on the Vaulting Forums/Seminars hub.

For registration, participants have to be enrolled by their NF directly in the FEI Course Calendar. Please note that the application deadline is 31 August 2024.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the FEI Vaulting Department.

We invite you to share this information with the Vaulting Community in your country.

The FEI will launch the "Be a Guardian" initiative today, calling on community members to embrace their roles as guardians of FEI horses. A full press release will be issued shortly and can be found here.

The ‘Be a Guardian’ initiative represents a significant shift in the FEI's approach to equine care, emphasising the importance of horse welfare.

Based on the concept of guardianship, the Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission created a comprehensive document highlighting six priority areas and 30 recommendations to improve the welfare of sport horses.

The FEI has since developed an Equine Welfare Strategy Action Plan to address the priorities identified by the Commission.

Supported by a CHF 1 million allocation approved by the FEI Board in June 2024, this plan aims to enhance the wellbeing of FEI horses through robust rules, guidelines, educational programmes, and various initiatives.

The goal is to respect the natural needs of horses in international equestrian sports, fostering a global commitment to equine welfare and ensuring that horses receive the care and respect they deserve.

We urge our National Federations to embrace this call to action, actively promote this shift in perspective, and recognise the responsibility we all share in being the guardians of our beloved horses. 

As you are aware, the FEI is committed to raising awareness among NFs and Stakeholders on the importance of Safeguarding and to provide key tools to NFs that have yet to take action on this delicate but crucial topic.

Below, please find several useful tools and sources of information in relation to Safeguarding:

FEI Safeguarding webinar for NFs, 23 May 2024 – Recordings available
The recordings of the FEI Safeguarding webinar for NFs are now available and can be accessed in the Harassment and Abuse section on Inside.FEI.org.

The webinar provided practical guidance to NFs on the following topics: 

• Appointment of a Safeguarding Lead/Safeguarding Officer
• Policy development, including use of the FEI templates (please see attached the templates)
• Policy implementation

The webinar followed on from the FEI Sports Forum 2024 Safeguarding presentation, of which you can watch the replay here.

Please send any questions, feedback, and suggestions for future webinar topics you may have to safeguarding@fei.org. We welcome your input.

 

Safeguarding Policy and Report Form templates for NFs

The templates referred to in the FEI Safeguarding webinar are currently available in English and Spanish can be accessed in the Harassment and Abuse section on Inside.FEI.org.

 

FEI Safeguarding initiative at the FEI Vaulting Championships, Bern (SUI)

The FEI will be running a Safeguarding initiative on Tuesday 16 July 2024, at the FEI World Vaulting Championships in Bern to raise awareness among the equestrian community on the importance of Safeguarding.  The aim of this initiative is to raise awareness and provide guidance as to what each one of us can do to ensure a safe environment for everyone involved in equestrian sport.

 

The initiative will be comprised of two activities:

• An interactive presentation/workshop for Chefs d’Equipe, Coaches, Trainers, Lungers, Support Personnel and all FEI Officials from10h30-11h30 in the Media Room.
• A Safeguarding booth for athletes, grooms and support personnel from 12h – 15h by the canteen.

 

Please inform and encourage everyone attending the FEI World Vaulting Championships from your NF to participate in this important initiative.

If you have any questions, please contact safeguarding@fei.org.

We thank you in advance for your collaboration.

The Rules Revision Process 2024 is well underway with the first draft of the proposed changes now available to National Federations and Stakeholders for review and feedback by 21 August 2024 prior to being submitted to the FEI General Assembly for approval in November as per the timeline below: 
1 March 2024
National Federations and Stakeholders with whom the FEI has signed an MOU have the opportunity to propose Rules changes as per the FEI Periodical Rules Revision Policy.
26 June 2024
The FEI provides National Federations and Stakeholders with the first Draft of proposed Rules changes.

IMPORTANT
The 1st Draft of proposed Rules changes Memos as well as the Templates to provide feedback by 21 August 2024 can be found here. ONLY proposals submitted online on the Rules Revision Platform using the respective Templates will be accepted.
21 August 2024
National Federations and Stakeholders are given eight weeks to review the first Draft and the proposed amendments in this first Draft and make comments and/or propose any changes in relation to the first Draft.
16 October 2024
Final Draft of the proposed Rules changes is provided to National Federations and Stakeholders.                                                                                  
12 November 2024
Rules Session at FEI General Assembly.
13 November 2024
Voting of Rules at the FEI General Assembly.

For more information on the FEI Rules Revision processes and timelines, click here.

If you have any questions please contact the FEI Director Governance & Institutional Affairs at Francisco.lima@fei.org.

We are pleased to inform you that the FEI Vaulting Seminar 2024 will be organised in Saumur (FRA) from 18 - 20 October.

The Seminar is open to all FEI Vaulting Judges, Stewards and NF Representatives (max. 2 per NF). NFs should enrol their participants directly through the FEI Course Calendar. Please note that the application deadline is 30 August 2024 and registrations are limited to 50 participants.

The detailed programme of the Seminar will be communicated at a later stage.

If you have any questions, please contact the FEI Vaulting Department.

We look forward to seeing you on this occasion.