Key Documents

Equine Ethics and
Wellbeing Commission

Key Documents

Here you will find the Key Documents of the Commission

EEWBC Final Report - November 2023

A GOOD LIFE FOR HORSES

A vision for the future involvement of horses in sport - FINAL REPORT download

Webinars June 2023

The EEWB Commission Recording Sessions

Recordings, presentations and questions - Webinar discussion with FEI stakeholders. download

Pulse Survey 2023

Pulse Survey Report September 2023

Equestrian Attitudes regarding the Involvement of Horses in Sport. download

FEI Sports Forum 2023

Interim Report to the FEI Sports Forum: April 2023

This interim report and presentation was prepared for delivery at the FEI Sports Forum 2023, marking the end of Phase 2 of the EEWB Commission’s work.  download

Sports Forum 2023 - Wheel of Change - Monitoring Progress using the Six Enablers

Example of use of the 6 Enablers (6Es) to inform and monitor changes required to address equine welfare priority areas for use by different equestrian stakeholder groups. download

Sports Forum 2023 - EEWB Priority Areas of Focus

The six priority areas of focus resulting from survey results. download

Sports Forum 2023 - EEWB Strategic Approach

The ‘Good Life’ Strategic Approach to maintain and strengthen Social Licence to Operate (including Objectives, Underpinning Enablers and suggested Core Actions). download

Sports Forum 2023 - FEI Equestrian Charter

Equine welfare involves the physical, psychological, social and environmental wellbeing of the horse, and all horses involved in sport and leisure activities should be able to live a good life. download

Sports Forum 2023 - Six Enablers

The Six Strategic Enablers to be used for addressing the core objectives of the equine welfare strategy. download

Sports Forum 2023 - 24 Draft Recommendations

The following 24 draft Recommendations will be discussed in more detail at the 2023 Sports Forum. These recommendations are in addition to those previously shared with the FEI Board, and are intended for submission for consideration by the FEI Board at a later stage download

Other Key Documents

EQUINE ETHICS AND WELLBEING INTERIM REPORT

Report to the FEI General Assembly South Africa November 2022 by Professors Nat Waran and Kathalijne Visser. download

RESULTS OF EQUESTRIAN SURVEY – EQUINE ETHICS AND WELLBEING COMMISSION REPORT 2022

The information contained in this report is intended to assist the work of the Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission (...)  download

RESULTS OF GENERAL PUBLIC SURVEY - EQUINE ETHICS AND WELLBEING COMMISSION REPORT 2022

The information contained in this report is intended to assist the work of the Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission. (...)  download

SUPPORTING INFORMATION RELATED TO TACK AND EQUIPMENT EARLY RECOMMENDATIONS TO FEI OCTOBER 2022

Double Bridles should not be mandatory and should be made optional in FEI Grand Prix Dressage Currently the use of double bridles is mandated by FEI regulations (...)  download

SOCIAL LICENSE TO OPERATE FEI COMMISSION TERMS OF REFERENCE

Social License to Operate (hereinafter “SLO”) generally refers to the ongoing acceptance and approval of an organisation's practices (...)  download