Selected partners of the EU-funded project iFlipp, including the European University Sports Association Institute, gathered for an online meeting on Friday, October 16, with headway being made in the three-year project.

The iFlipp project, which stands for Innovating Football Leadership Through Practice and Policy, looks to address the misrepresentation of women and ethnic minorities (WEM) in leadership positions in football, and aims to develop a responsive and inclusive leadership governance action plan at National and European levels.

The aim of the project, which is funded by the Erasmus Plus programme of the European Union, 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.

Co-ordinated by the Fare Network (NED), six partner organisations, along with support from Europe's football governing UEFA, are involved in the project, including Erasmus University Rotterdam (NED), Portugal Football Association (POR), Malta Football Association (MAL), DiscoverFootball (GER), Integrated Dreams (POR), and the EUSA Institute (SLO), the latter three of which, together with FARE, were present for Friday’s meeting.

Discussions in the meeting revolved around local input needed from the partners, identification of best practices from organisations at a local level, the needs of Women and Ethnic Minorities working in football as well as planning for the implementation of local leadership workshops, set to take place in the first half of 2021.



Despite the current global pandemic, all partners are enthusiastic and committed to their tasks in carrying out the project, which has received a six-month extension.

For more information about the project, please visit https://www.eusa.eu/projects/iflipp.