Practice
Empiria works with sports organisations, public bodies and event organisers. Every engagement starts with a written brief and ends with a deliverable the client keeps.
Governance and integrity
- For
- Federations, clubs, event organisers and public bodies.
- Delivers
- Review of statutes and regulations, codes of conduct, conflict-of-interest frameworks and declarations, and decision records that can be audited.
- How
- Analysis of primary sources, identification of gaps and contradictions, drafting, and verification of every fact with its source and date.
Safeguarding and athlete welfare
- For
- Organisations outside the bodies in which Natalia holds a role. See Integrity.
- Delivers
- Safeguarding policies, reporting routes, designation and training plans for Focal Points, and athlete-centred welfare protocols for competitions.
Training delivered under the IOC Train the Trainers programme is free of charge, as its non-commercial terms require.
Equality and capacity building
- For
- Federations, governing bodies and development programmes.
- Delivers
- Gender equality programmes, technical courses for coaches, judges and leaders, and pathways for women into decision-making roles.
Evaluation and research
- For
- Organisations that need to know what their work changed.
- Delivers
- Baseline and follow-up evaluations, indicators, impact studies and independent reviews.
- How
- The four-level Kirkpatrick model for training, and results-based management for projects.
How engagements work
- A written brief, a fixed scope and a named deliverable.
- A limited number of engagements each year, so that each one receives full attention.
- Working languages: see Profile.
- Based in Copenhagen. Work delivered in Europe, Latin America and Africa.