Tuesday , March 19 2024

German FA (DFB) & Football Federation Australia (FFA) agree cooperation!

Before the first group game of the 2017 FIFA Confederation Cup between Germany and Australia, the two associations signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday, June 19 in Sochi, Russia. For the German Football Association (DFB) the paper was signed by president Reinhard Grindel and secretary general Dr. Friedrich Curtius, while Football Federation Australia (FFA) was represented by president Steven Lowy and secretary general David Gallop.

The Memorandum of Understanding is set up for the first two years until 2019. The FFA will be the twelfth international partner organization of the DFB, with co-operations with China, England, Kosovo, India, Israel, Japan, Namibia, Poland, Rwanda, Russia as well as with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

“Sport for development”

A novelty of the cooperation between the DFB and the FFA is the joint commitment to “Sport for Development” in Asia, especially in Southeast Asia. In this area, the DFB has already cooperated with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and its main implementation body, the Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). Currently, DFB, BMZ and GIZ are active in seven partner countries: Afghanistan, Brazil, Jordan, Colombia, Mozambique, Namibia (in cooperation with FIFA) and the Palestinian Territories.

For the first time, the DFB has agreed with another football association to get involved in “Sport for Development”. Through the cooperation with the Football Federation Australia, this commitment is to be extended to the Southeast Asian region.

Further core elements of the cooperation concern technical topics such as coaching, training and grassroots football, marketing and media activities, event management and many other areas in which the associations will increasingly exchange themselves at the administrative level. Also friendly games between the ‘A’ and junior national teams are intended.

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