The Statute is the highest act of the Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation of Kosovo (FBBFK). It sets out the Federation’s name, seat and aims, who may become a member, how the governing bodies are elected and how they work, and which regulations the Federation must have. The current Statute was adopted by the Assembly of Members on 14 March 2025, on the basis of Kosovo’s laws on sport and on freedom of association.
Under the Statute, FBBFK is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious organisation based in Prishtina. It is a full member of the world federation (IFBB) and of the European bodybuilding and fitness federation, as well as of the Olympic Committee of Kosovo, and it accepts their rules.
The Statute applies to all member clubs and to everyone who acts within the Federation: athletes, coaches, judges and officials. The Federation’s other regulations must be consistent with it.
What it contains
- Basic provisions: the name and the abbreviation FBBFK, the seat, the logo and flag, and the principles of the Olympic Charter.
- The Federation’s aims: developing bodybuilding and fitness at all levels, especially among young people, and protecting athletes’ health.
- Membership: the admission of clubs, annual membership, suspension and expulsion, which requires two-thirds of the votes in the Assembly.
- The rights and obligations of clubs, including the loss of the right to vote for a club that does not take part in at least three official competitions within the year.
- The Assembly: the highest body, made up of representatives of the member clubs; the annual meeting, extraordinary meetings and the quorum.
- The Board, the President, the Vice-Presidents and the Secretary General: their duties and four-year term of office.
- The Supervisory Council, elected by the Assembly, whose members may not hold executive positions in the Federation.
- The standing commissions (disciplinary, competitions, judges, complaints, athletes of the year, coaches) and the list of the Federation’s regulations.
- The national team, transfers of competitors, public information, awards, and the honorary president and honorary members.
- The Federation’s property, annual reports, amendment of the Statute (by two-thirds of the members present) and dissolution.
For clubs and athletes
- A new club is admitted provisionally by the Board and finally by the Assembly, in accordance with the Registration Regulations.
- Once the options for appeal within the Federation have been exhausted, clubs and members may turn to the Sports Arbitration body at the Olympic Committee of Kosovo.
- The Federation’s activities are public.