ABOUT SIRVS
SIRVS — the SIGA Independent Rating & Verification System — is SIGA’s independent system for assessing sports organisations against the SIGA Universal Standards on Sport Integrity.
It provides a clear, objective and globally scalable pathway for sports organisations to strengthen governance, transparency, accountability and trust.
SIRVS is built on the SIGA Universal Standards, covering:
- Good Governance in Sport
- Financial Integrity and Transparency in Sport
- Sports Betting Integrity
- Youth Development and ProtectionNew standards are also under development on Sustainability & Social Impact and Artificial Intelligence & Sport Integrity.
Every Sport in Every Country SIGA Certified
Apply to become a SIRVS Accredited Certification Body
SIGA is inviting qualified organisations to apply for accreditation as SIRVS Accredited Certification Bodies.
Accredited Certification Bodies will be accredited by SIGA to deliver SIRVS assessments within defined scopes, helping scale independent Sport Integrity certification worldwide while preserving consistency, independence and credibility.
To schedule a meeting with the SIRVS team, please contact sirvs@siga-sport.com.
SIRVS insights!
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Interview with Katie Simmonds, Chief Commercial Officer, SIGA; and Frank Lee, SIRVS Technical Lead
SIRVS CERTIFICATIONS
What the Sponsors Say
“We’re living in a time where brand trust is so critical so, to me, SIRVS can really help drive that not only from a brand perspective but for the properties. What SIGA has done here has really created a standard, and it’s a standard that properties can strive towards, it allows them to look inside, identify areas that they can improve, and keep that improvement ongoing just like everyone needs to. On the brand side, it’s important because it becomes a reference point, it’s another criteria point that brands can lean on and look to when they’re making investment decisions.”
We want to work with companies, with brands who operate with the same level of transparency, that operate with integrity, have decency at their core, that have those similar values.
From my perspective, SIRVS is a great tool that can help you identify areas of improvement and it’s also a great way to show the good governance you’re already operating under. It’s a way to help those who are already operating appropriately to shine, so why not do it? It seems like a no-brainer!.
“The SIRVS is important to the sports industry because it gives customers, members, investors, and sponsors confidence in the organization that they’re investing or wanting to be a part of. To achieve SIRVS we undertook two and a half full days of auditing. The first day involved a deep look into the organization, spending time with the auditor, showing them our policies, showing how these are enacted, and discussing areas on the framework. The second day involved a wider group of stakeholders including our members, members of our board and staff, who helped to reinforce the fact that these policies and our procedures are in place. There was also a half-day focused purely on equality, diversity, and inclusion to ensure that the European Rugby League meets SIRVS robust standards for that area of framework.
SIRVS has been really valuable for the European Rugby League. It allowed us to understand what excellence looks like and given us the tools to spot gaps and to fill those gaps and to give our members confidence that the organization demonstrates the high standards of governance that SIGA through the SIRVS framework expects.
In terms of why we wanted an independent audit, I think that independence brings two major things to the table: firstly, it gives you reassurance as to what you’re doing well and obviously helps you to recognize that and keep progressing, but I think the most important point is that it helps you to spot gaps and identify improvements. Sometimes you recognize those gaps themselves but you need somebody else to set a standard for you and give you a bar to aim for, and sometimes either they’re in a blind spot or you don’t recognize that there are issues there so that’s the real benefit of having an independent organization having a look at things.”
“In 2023 we decided to join SIGA, we became a member of the organisation and we are working together on several projects.
Our main mission is to promote the sport of chess by organizing events for professionals, children, amateurs and seniors. We also promote chess as a tool for education and organize various social projects being active around the world.
The reason we joined SIGA is that with all the activities that we have we decided that is important to make a significant step to assess our activities and our policies, and to look for ways that we should improve. We want to make sure our chess projects and other projects with partners and our sponsors would be more effective and will be organized in the best possible way.
What is our plan with a cooperation with SIGA? We are currently completing the gap analysis for the good governance practices and are collecting all the documents; we hope to finish this process by the end of the year.
So far, the cooperation is running very well and very smoothly. For us to collect all the documents and all the policies and to assess our activities with the external auditors has been a challenge but we are very happy to proceed with it and to have some results and to be able to improve our activities. If you’re thinking whether to join this process I can, for sure, suggest this as a good solution for your organization.”