The ISU Council met on June 9-11, 2023 (read decisions here) in Budapest (HUN) and unanimously approved the “ISU Vision 2030”, a strategic roadmap presented to ISU Members during an online update session, the first of its kind to take place during a non-Congress year.

One year after the Congress 2022 elections, the ISU Council agreed on its new high-level strategic framework, that presents a five pillars approach with clear objectives, timelines and required resources to be planned and implemented as from now up to 2030.

This new vision builds on the achievements of the International Skating Union (ISU) set out in the “Priorities of the Council 2018-2022” and the fast-changing sports environment to reframe and guide the work of the Union and its Members for the next seven years. The “ISU Vision 2030” program was shaped following the outcome of more than 100 interviews with internal and external stakeholders (including athletes), an ISU Member Survey which was issued in 2022 (with a response rate of 84%) as well as the inputs gathered from the 2023 ISU Member Conferences.

“To be competitive in today’s world and remain relevant for current audiences and appeal to young generations of skaters and fans, our focus is to evolve our product and fan engagement system” commented ISU President Jae Youl Kim.

The foundation of the ISU Vision 2030 is to embrace a culture of openness and willingness to change, acquire new capabilities to be competitive in a quickly evolving sports world and invest to fuel the progress and change we desire. The framework consists of five interrelated pillars; Growth, Opportunity, Innovation, Safeguarding and Unity (GOISU):

Growth: Excite and attract global fans through better fan engagement, reach and engage more fans through clearer rules and decisions, and maximize revenues to fuel sustainable growth.

Opportunity: expand global skating population and provide guidance and resources to have skaters from more countries on the podium.

Innovation: evolve skating product to be relevant to the next generation and innovate our way of working.

Safeguarding: promote athletes’ physical and mental wellbeing, enforce zero tolerance for doping and competition manipulation for clean competition and do our part in environmental sustainability.

Unity: enhance collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and strengthen the ISU’s governance.