The Congress will be held tomorrow, with the meeting having been postponed twice already.

The 91st Congress had been scheduled to take place in Shanghai on June 30, but it was moved to Antwerp and then delayed until September.

The agenda includes reports by IBSF President Ivo Ferriani and secretary general Heike Groesswang, as well as presentation of accounts and the budget.

The financial impact of coronavirus be assessed, with the IBSF planning to earmark nearly 20 per cent of projected receipts during its 2020-2021 financial year for coronavirus-related expenses.

The governing body's budget plan for the current financial year includes a sum of €650,000 (£585,000/$740,000) labelled "COVID-19".

This is out of total expenses of €7.89 million (£7.1 million/$9 million).

Budgeted IBSF receipts for 2020-2021 amount to only €3.48 million (£3.1 million/$4 million), leaving a projected deficit of some €4.4 million (£4 million/$5 million).

Proposals have also been put forward by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) and the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA).

BCS has called for the discussion around the “IBSF’s failure to implement… the establishment of the special advisory Calendar Committee”.

The BCS said its proposal to re-establish the Calendar Committee was approved last year, with a view to ensuring IBSF members had an opportunity to “meaningfully contribute to the development of such international calendars”.

The BCS has said the IBSF Executive Committee “failed to implement that directive of the Congress and continues to do so”, instead calling for nominations of two calendar committee members at the Congress.

“Failure to implement the approved proposal is a breach of the IBSF Statutes, specially a frustration of the rights of members to make proposals and the Congress to vote on such matters as the highest authority of the IBSF,” BCS President Sarah Storey wrote.

“The result of this is that membership’s right to be heard and to have meaningful input through a democratically established committee as been obstructed and delayed.

“BCS’s proposal to the 2020 IBSF Congress is that this matter be added to the agenda and this letter be included in the Congress materials in order that the membership can have a fulsome and transparent discussion in order to ensure that rights and democratic will of the Congress are duly respected and implemented by the IBSF and its Executive Committee.”

The BBSA has requested a working group be established to make recommendations for governance structures and rules.

The organisation said it believes there is significant experience that could be called upon to assist who are outside elected committees.

“The IBSF is committed to the on-going review of the governance of the Federation and that a working group be set up under the supervision of the vice-president of governance, to make recommendations to the Executive Committee on the optimal structures, rules and processes of the Federation to ensure alignment with best practice in governance as supported by the IOC,” the BBSA proposal reads.

The Congress will take place ahead of the new 2020-2021 World Cup season.

The IBSF has planned for double World Cup events to minimise travel during the first part of the season.

The Latvian town of Sigulda and the Austrian city of Innsbruck are set to share the opening four World Cup events, hosting in November and December respectively.

The German towns of Winterberg and Königssee, St. Moritz in Switzerland and 2022 Winter Olympic host Beijing are set to host one event each at the start of 2021.

The IBSF last month published 26-page COVID-19 Prevention Guidelines for all athletes and staff ahead of the return to competitive action.

The document includes general hygiene and distance guidelines, rules for training, races and award ceremonies as well as COVID-19 testing before and during an event.