The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) will host three top UEFA officials from 8th to 13th May 2019.
The visiting officials are UEFA Head of International Relations football operations specialist Eva Pasquier and two Consultants Stewart Reagan-former CEO of the Scottish Football Association and Ken MacLeod.
The football officials are coming under an international programme called UEFA ASSIST that addresses the needs of national associations and confederations outside Europe with the aim of increasing solidarity and enhance football development and knowledge sharing.
With FUFA keeping track on its 5 year strategic plan based on the 8 key focus areas, the visit comes at an opportune moment when football knowledge, ideas and guidance will be shared about Ugandan football learning on best practices how the beautiful game is administered in Europe.
It will be the first time for any African country to host the UEFA ASSIST official and also benefit from the programme.
During their visit, the football oficials will hold meetings with the FUFA President, Government, Executive Committee Members, FUFA CEO, Secretariat staff, Clubs, Uganda Cranes coach, fans, sponsors and media.
“We hope to benefit a lot from the visit of UEFA officials as we expect to learn more on modern governance principles especially when they meet the various key stakeholders in the game. The same knowledge will be shared by the people who are the nucleus of the game in the 8 football regions” said FUFA CEO Edgar Watson.
FUFA’s focus areas are; Governance, Development, Infrastructure, National teams, Competitions, Marketing and Communications, Finance and Administration, Membership.
About UEFA ASSIST:
UEFA ASSIST, is an international programme that addresses the needs of national associations and confederations outside Europe with the aim of increasing solidarity and enhance football development and knowledge sharing.
The main scope of UEFA ASSIST is essentially to share knowledge and best practices to help UEFA’s sister confederations to develop and strengthen football within their respective territories. UEFA ASSIST is designed to provide practical rather than financial assistance and to offer support through development activities. – Story and information provided by the Fufa website (fufa.co.ug)
UEFA ASSIST is composed of four pillars, each providing specific support to member associations and confederations worldwide:
Education and knowledge sharing
Development of youth football
Support of infrastructure projects
UEFA national association support programmes
