1) How is FITA organised?
FITA is the world body for archery recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). FITA sets Laws and Bylaws particularly for competitions for target archery, field archery, ski archery, run archery, flight archery and clout archery.
 
FITA currently consists of 140 Member Associations (national federations and associations), that are the governing bodies for archery in each country. Groups of Member Associations form Continental Associations (Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania). FITA is governed and managed by the FITA Congress, FITA Council and FITA Committees. The day to day operations of FITA are carried out by the FITA Office—currently 10 employees—located at the Maison du Sport International in Lausanne, Switzerland.
 2) What does FITA do?
FITA serves to promote and regulate archery world-wide through its Member Associations (national federations and associations) and in conformity with the Olympic principles. It aims at framing and interpreting the FITA Rules and arranging for the organisation of world championships and other international competitions. FITA promotes archery through the media and the sponsors.
 
Archery has been part of the Olympic movement since 1900 and has been permanently present in the Olympic Games since 1972. FITA has held world championships since 1931 and has progressively turned to eight disciplines since 1991. In 2006, FITA launched an Archery World Cup circuit.
3) How is archery introduced into a country?
The interested country must apply to the FITA Office for a start-up mission, which means an expert will come to the country for several days and start to coach archers, train people to coach beginners, set up an association, etc. This start-up mission will also bring a set of bows, arrows and other basic materials.