| World Draughts Federation | |
| Sport: | Draughts |
| Jurisdiction: | International |
| Founded: | 1947 |
| Headquarters: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| President: |  Jacek Pawlicki |
| Vicepresident: |  Richard Przewozniak |
| Director: | Clifton Agata, Alexei Domchev |
| Secretary: | Roberts Misans |
| Url: | https://www.fmjd.org/ |
The World Draughts Federation (Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames) FMJD, is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.[1]
Currently, the FMJD has more than 70 national federation members in 2021. Recently the FMJD has become a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations and strives for Olympic recognition. The FMJD memberships is part of a more general movement toward integration of Mind Sports in the regular sports arena, a development that, in the vision of the FMJD, is to be lauded.
The FMJD is member of the:
International draughts at 100 squares, Russian and Brazilian 64 and checkers:[2]
In June 2021 have 77 members:[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Africa (17) / Americas (14) / Asia (12) / Oceania (2) / Europe (32)
Members in 2014:
– Fédération Béninoise de Jeu de Dames (FEBEJED)
– Federation Burkinabe du Jeu de Dames
– Federation Camerounaise de Jeu de Dames
– Federation Congolaise du Jeu de Dames FNDA
– Federation Ivoirienne du Jeu de Dames
– Gambian National Draughts Federation
– Federation Guinéenne du Jeu de Dames et des Echecs
– Federation Malienne du Jeu de Dames
– Federation Mauritanienne du Jeu de Dames
– Association Nigérienne du jeu de Dames
– Federation Senegalaise du Jeu de Dames
– Somali Draughts Sport Association 
– Mind Sports South Africa 
– Association du jeu de Dames Togo
– Uganda Draughts Federation
– Barbados Draughts Association
– Confederacao Brasileira de Jogo de Damas
– Federation Canadienne du jeu de Dames
– Asociacion Costarricense del Juego de Damas
– Federacion Dominicana de Juego de Damas
– Grenada Draughts Association
– Federation Haitienne du Jeu de Dames
– Jamaica Board Games Foundation
– Asociacion Panamena de Juego de Damas
– Surinaamse Dambond
– Trinidad and Tobago Draughts Association
– International Checkers Association of North America / The American Checker Federation / American Pool Checker Association
– Chinese Draughts Association
– Draughts Federation of India
– Japanese draughts association
– Draughts Federation of Kazachstan
– Mongolian Federation of Draughts
– Pak Draughts Federation
– Draughts Federation of Turkmenistan
– Uzbekistan Draughts Federation
– Australian Draughts Federation
– New Zealand Draughts Association
– Armenian Draughts Federation
– Azerbaijan Draughts Federation
– Belarus Draughts Federation
– Koninklijke Belgische Dambond
– Bulgarian Draughts Federation
– Croatian Draughts Federation
– Ceska Federace Damy
– Estonian Draughts Federation – Federation francaise du jeu de dames
– Georgian Draughts Federation
– Interessengemeinschaft Damespiel in Deutschland
– Hungary Draughts Federation
– Israeli Draughts Federation
– Federazione Italiana Dama
– Latvian Draughts Union
– Lithuanian Draughts Federation
– Koninklijke Nederlandse Dambond – Polish Draughts Federation
– Federação Portuguesa de Damas
– Slovene Draughts Federation
– Federation Suisse du Jeu de Dames
– Türkiye Dama Federation
– Ukrainian Draughts Federation