IAKS – International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities

The International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) was founded in Cologne in 1965. It is the only non-profit organization concerned globally with the subject of sports and leisure facility development and has therefore been awarded the status of a Recognized Organization by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The IAKS has about 1,000 members in 110 countries worldwide, which spread across all five continents. Starting with virtually all European countries, our network extends to Australia, New Zealand, Japan and China as well as to Russia, Namibia, Chile and the whole of North America.