The Federation of Rwanda Football Associations in collaboration with CAF and UEFA Assist, held a virtual meeting in a bid to do an introspection on the FERWAFA League Development program and update the new FERWAFA Executive Committee on the objectives of the project.
The meeting attracted the attention of FERWAFA President Mr MUGABO N. Olivier, NKUSI Marie Edmond the FERWAFA Football Development Commissioner, Me UWANYILIGIRA Delphine the FERWAFA Legal Commissioner, UWAYEZU F. Régis the FERWAFA Secretary General, KARANGWA Jules the FERWAFA Legal Advisor and League Development Manager and various FERWAFA staff in the Marketing and Communications area as well as Competitions and Football Development departments.
It also attracted the presence of Mrs Eva Pasquier in charge of International Relations at UEFA, Joost de Wit the UEFA Assist Expert, Muhammad Feizal Sidat the CAF Club Licensing Manager as well as Omar Amr the CAF Club Licensing Officer.
In his opening remarks, Mr Muhammad Sidat reiterated the importance of the project and the need to take up the implementation of the project: “This project should not be about well written presentations nor well written objectives. It is high time for African football to move from theoretical approaches and embark on the implementation approach. I commend the Federation of Rwanda Football Associations for walking the walk with us and for dedicating yourselves to the project.”
FERWAFA President Mr MUGABO N. Olivier vowed to dedicate himself and the team to the project. He said: ‘’The league development program is a very good project if you look at it in the Rwandan perspective. I pledge my support in order to speed up the process. We understand Covid-19 has slowed down most of the activities but we can overcome the challenges together and make this project a success.’’
With the support of the UEFA Assist Program, CAF has embarked on a project to develop the leagues across Africa in the quest to enhance the organizational structure and economic sustainability of the domestic competitions. It is dubbed ‘’CAF & UEFA Assist League Development Program’’ and aims to support Member Associations to professionalize their leagues and club development by providing long term development of football. (End)