Africa: FIFA Kick-Starts Overhauled Development Programme

The FIFA Development Committee, chaired by FIFA vice-president and AFC President Shaikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, met in Zurich today and started putting in motionForward, FIFA's overhauled development programme approved by the FIFA Congress in May 2016. Today's meeting took place in the presence of the chairman of FIFA's Audit and Compliance Committee, Tomaž Vesel.

Member associations and confederations can now apply for development funds under the Forward programme, which aims to provide 360-degree, tailor-made support for developing football, based on the following pillars:

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