Innovating Football Leadership through Practice and Policy team meeting around a U shaped meeting table

Innovating Football Leadership

through Practice & Policy.

The iFlipp project is a three-year project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and it seeks to assess recent research in the representation of women and ethnic minorities (WEM) in leadership positions in football in order to develop responsive inclusive leadership governance action plans at National and European levels.

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The aim of the project

The aim of the project is to increase and enhance leadership skills of women and ethnic minorities in football by creating and piloting a set of inclusive professional development training materials, transferable and adaptable for sport organisations.

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Project goals

The project will look to achieve its goals of supporting inclusive leadership practices and promoting equal opportunities and good governance in football by creating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) and producing European policy and action recommendations based on a co-created common position in a manifesto, endorsed by football stakeholders, to ultimately build capacity among and promote peer learning by/for emerging WEM leaders in football through the creation and nurturing of an enhanced network.

UN SDG number 10 Reduced Inequalities logo
UN SDG number 17 Partnerships for the goals logo
UN SDG number 10 Reduced Inequalities logo
UN SDG number 17 Partnerships for the goals logo

our partners.

The project is coordinated by FARE Network (NED), with six partner organisations including Hawar Help (GER), Integrated Dreams (POR), Erasmus University Rotterdam (NED), Portugal Football Association (POR), Malta Football Association (MAL) and the EUSA Institute (SLO), with the support of Europe’s football governing UEFA.

iFlipp partners logos: Erasmus+, Erasmus University of Roterdam, Portuguese FA, Hawar.Help, Malta Football Association, Fare Network (coordinator), UEFA (supporter)
iFlipp partners logos: Erasmus+, Erasmus University Rotterdam, European University Sports Association, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Hawar Help, Malta Football Association. Coordinator: Fare Network. Support: UEFA.