Governance Tools

National Federations are key and fundamental actors of the FEI.

Together they form the General Assembly which is the supreme and sovereign authority of the FEI.

National Federations are responsible for deciding about the general management and future of the FEI equestrian sport and exercises a long list of functions and powers as defined in the Statutes.

National Federations are key for the delivery of equestrian sport in their countries; they are crucial for providing the competition framework, from the grassroots to the international level and for administering the sport.

Given the different dimensions of sports nowadays it is required to generally modernise National Federations structures. This can be achieved by professionalising their organisations so to provide a more efficient and effective operation. Also, by improving their structures and systems, National Federations could develop a winning culture that will enable them to grow equestrian sport in their country and worldwide.

The FEI acknowledges that there is no one-size-fits-all solution and that the FEI National Federations members vary considerably in terms of history, size, staff, material resources, number of competitions, riders, horses, etc. For this reason, this Governance Tools must be read keeping in mind the reality of each National Federation and are provided as instruments to scrutinise themselves to check if their structures and governance include minimum standards.