EUSA Year Magazine 2020-21

INNOVATING FOOTBALL

LEADERSHIP THROUGH

PRACTICE AND POLICY

The Innovating Football Leadership through Practice and

Policy (iFlipp) project 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.

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.

The project started in 2020 with

an established duration of three

years, but due to the effects of

the COVID-19 pandemic, it has

received a six-month extension.

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.

The project is co-ordinated

the Fare Network (NED), with

six partner organisations

including DiscoverFootball

(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 as well.

iFlipp is a collaborative

partnership project funded by

the Erasmus+ Programme of

the European Union.

PLEASE SEE

http://www.eusa.eu/projects/iflipp

for more information

Co-funded by the
Erasmus+ Programme
of the European Union

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