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FIFA happy to have discussions with Africa

12 years ago
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Thierry Regenass, FIFA Director of National Associations and Development says it is important for the soccer governing body to interact with various FAs to aid in the reform agenda of the game.

Ghana is hosting a four-day regional seminar for General Secretaries and Technical Directors from the continent committed to sharing ideas geared at improving the administrative and technical structure of the sport in Africa.

Regenass explained that in the wake of challenges, FIFA's Executive Committee has set up four Task Forces to implement the necessary reforms dealing with corruption, transparency and other governance problems in the organisation.

According to the FIFA Director of National Associations and Development, the Task Force groups will work closely on the following:

- Reforming Statutes

- Reforming Ethics

- Good Governance and Accountability/Solutions

- Task Force Football 2014

17-member Associations on Monday commenced the seminar with Regenass explaining that such meetings benefit the game as it helps plan towards the development of football on the continent while keeping the continent abreast with changes in the game.

The course, a joint partnership between FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is aimed at discussing modern managerial skills of the General Secretaries as well as refresh the technical abilities of the Technical Directors.

Ghana is represented at the seminar by Emmanuel Gyimah and Francis Oti-Akenteng while other participants from the continent coming from Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D'Voire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.