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FIFA-AFC meeting shows the way for increased funding for Member Associations!

fifaFIFA’s Senior Development Manager Mike Pfister led a delegation to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) headquarters in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, August 18 to present details of the new FIFA Forward development programme.

He was joined by FIFA Development Manager Alexander Gros and the Kuala Lumpur-based FIFA Development Officer Domeka Garamendi in explaining the new programme which was confirmed by the FIFA Congress at their meeting in Mexico City in May 2016.

Under the new FIFA Forward programme all Member Associations are eligible to increased funding through an implementation process which was outlined by the FIFA officials.

The AFC is committed, with FIFA’s assistance, to support its Member Associations in developing their strategic planning which will enable them to complete their contract of objectives with FIFA.

The AFC and FIFA will present further details to the Member Associations in the next few months.

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