Select your Membership
Active Members
Active members are individuals that take part more directly in the activities, development or programmes of the Association.
Benefits: Active members will receive information and invitations, access to selected education materials on sport diplomacy-related topics for one user per organisation, invitations to working breakfasts, aperitifs and member gatherings, and access to selected member-only activities. They will also be invited to the annual gala dinner and Sport Diplomacy Awards.
Fee: 250 CHF/year
Supporting Members
Supporting members are individuals that support the Association financially, institutionally or through their network, without taking part in its regular operational activities.
Benefits: Supporting members may receive recognition as supporters of the Association, invitations to selected events, access to selected briefings and opportunities to meet other members and partners of the Association.
Fee: 75 CHF/year
Instutitional Members
Institutional Members are legal entities, public bodies, sport organisations, academic institutions, foundations, companies or other organisations admitted by the Association.
Benefits: Institutional members receive the highest level of involvement in the Association.
- Bi-Monthly networking breakfasts for institutional members
- Annual themed executive retreat
- Free participation in SwissDO events for one participant per organisation
- Free access to our special education materials on sport diplomacy-related topics for one user per organisation
- Invitations to take part in SwissDO international fact finding, learning and other missions
Additionally Institutional Members may provide input on the Association’s annual themes, event locations and programme priorities for the following operational year. They may also be listed in a directory of Swiss companies and organisations providing goods or services to the sport ecosystem. Institutional members may receive a special institutional gift, such as a historically inspired Swiss sport shirt selected by the Association.
Partnerships
The institute works with public and private partners who want to support projects, programmes and activities in sports diplomacy, executive education, dialogue and institutional exchange. These partnerships help us develop targeted initiatives, expand access to our work and build formats that serve diplomats, public bodies, sports institutions and business partners. Some partnerships are built around a specific programme, event or fellowship. Others provide broader support for the institute’s activities and allow resources to be directed where they are most needed. We work with each partner to define the scope of cooperation clearly, the intended use of funds and the form of visibility or engagement attached to the partnership. For donors, foundations and institutional supporters, this offers a route to back practical work in sport and international affairs through an institute based in Geneva and connected to the Swiss and international sports environment. For business partners, partnerships may also create access to networks, thematic platforms and carefully structured engagement with sport as an institutional field.
Fellowship
A structured programme for current and future diplomats, sports professionals and practitioners developing projects in sport and international affairs through access to guidance, networks and institutional exchange.
Organise an event
We design and deliver roundtables, briefings, panels and strategic dialogues for ministries, public authorities, federations, companies and international partners.
Support or co-organise an event
We work with partners who already have an event in preparation and need support with content, outreach, speakers, moderation or institutional access.
1. High-level access
Meet senior voices from sport, diplomacy, football governance and public institutions in a closed executive setting.
2. Inside the Swiss sport ecosystem
Discover how Geneva, Vaud connect diplomacy, federations, Olympic institutions and football governance.
3. Diplomatic protocol in practice
Learn how official delegations are welcomed, seated, managed and guided around an international football fixture.
4. Diplomatic and institutional networking
Build relationships with participants and speakers from Geneva, Lausanne, sport organisations, business and public affairs.
5. Match-day diplomacy in practice
Observe live football operations, from VIP and diplomatic delegation flows and hospitality to accreditation, protocol, media and security coordination, subject to final access approval.
6. Sport diplomacy and public policy insight
Leave with frameworks to understand influence, manage sensitive dossiers, read institutional dynamics and position yourself in global sport.