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The third edition of the AFC Member Associations Refereeing Administration Project continues its journey, and saw the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) complete its three visits on Monday, June 25.
The third edition of the project, which aims to enhance and sustain Member Associations’ refereeing administration development, will build on the success of the recently concluded second edition, a two-year programme which benefitted Hong Kong, Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.
Among the achievements realised by BFF were The Referees Committee which has been restructured and its members were assigned clearly-defined roles and responsibilities; The concept of having a subcommittee system has been introduced; A specific Refereeing development plan has been designed; and a solid channel for communication with the local football associations has been established through assigned refereeing development officers.
Various aspects for BFF’s future development of referees were further discussed including the reinforcement of the Referees Department by the recruitment of necessary specialists, the development of technical instructors in order to increase the number of refereeing courses as well as the participation of BFF match officials in the AFC elite panel recruitment and AFC Referee Academy programme.
The other nations who participate alongside BFF in the project’s third batch were China, Laos, Palestine and Singapore which fall under AFC Referees Department while Indonesia, Maldives, Tajikistan and Thailand are part of the AFC President’s Initiatives.
