Prevention
Victim or witness of violence? Who to contact
- The FFPLUM contact personIf you are a victim or witness of an act of violence connected with microlight flying, fill in the federation’s confidential report form.Make a report
- The sports ministry's unitAn internal unit for handling reports, which people in sport are invited to contact.signal-sports@sports.gouv.fr
- Arrêtons les violencesThe government website, one of the contacts you can turn to.arretonslesviolences.gouv.fr
- The reporting portalFree, anonymous and available 24 hours a day, run by the Ministry of the Interior.service-public.fr/cmi
Like the whole of the French sporting movement, the FFPLUM wants to ensure the well-being of everyone in sporting and recreational microlight flying, protect its members in their activities and develop an ethical culture across its affiliated microlight clubs and schools.
Who is it for?
We are all concerned. The FFPLUM is pursuing several measures, built into its reference materials, to run awareness-raising among its members, aimed specifically at:
- Managers of microlight clubs and schools
- Microlight instructors and coaches
- Microlight pilots and those around them
- Elite microlight athletes
What are we fighting?
Violence can take many forms and all of them must be fought. Violence can involve force and threats, but it can also result from, or take, other forms such as:
- Psychological harassment
- Sexual violence
- Hazing
- Discrimination
- Online violence
How?
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Raising awareness among everyone involved, with targeted information using federal tools and materials.
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Building prevention measures into the training pathway for pilots and instructors, with a presentation of the available tools and how to use them.
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Supporting and helping victims through the different steps and pathways.
THE CHARTER OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
By choosing to be a player in the microlight movement, the pilot, beginner or experienced, the France Team member, the instructor, the flight director, the manager, the parent and the partner are all custodians of the values this sport stands for, and are responsible, individually and collectively, for defending and promoting them. As a result, everyone will be asked to adhere to the charter below and to promote it in all circumstances.
Inspired by the recommendations of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee but faithful to the identity of our federation, this charter aims, without pretension but with conviction, to give examples of good practice that will allow microlighting to continue to develop and to face tomorrow's great challenges with confidence.
Ethics and professional conduct charter
INTEGRITY CHECKS FOR OFFICERS AND INSTRUCTORS
The FFPLUM regularly carries out integrity checks on its officers and instructors, raising awareness among its members throughout the year.
What are we talking about?
The integrity check system is part of the members' digital area (Exalto). In practice, the integrity check consists of consulting the national automated judicial register of perpetrators of sexual and violent offences (FIJAISV) for all instructors and certain officers who are FFPLUM members.
What is it for?
The purpose of this check is to identify, among the members, those who are not allowed to act as instructors or officers and to make sure they are removed from those roles. A guide for club officers is available.
PREVENTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SPORT
Abuse and sexual harassment occur in every sporting and recreational discipline and at every level of practice. Minors or adults, members or casual participants, recreational or experienced competitors: the French Microlight Federation is committed to fighting this sexual violence and to better protecting those who take part.
What are we talking about?
Violence can result from, or take the form of, manipulation, seduction, control or abuse of authority. The use of force and threats alone does not explain what makes an act sexual violence.
People in sport: the tools provided by the Ministry responsible for sport
Victims of sexual violence, hazing and harassment in sport: the contacts you can turn to.
Who to contact?
If you are a victim or witness of an act of violence connected with microlighting:
- Contact the FFPLUM contact person using the report form
- Government website - Arrêtons les violences: https://arretonslesviolences.gouv.fr/
- The Ministry has also set up, internally, a unit for handling reports that people in sport are invited to contact: signal-sports@sports.gouv.fr
- The free, anonymous reporting portal, available 24 hours a day, run by the Ministry of the Interior: https://www.service-public.fr/cmi
