Clubs & Supporters For Better Governance In Football
The Clubs and Supporters for Better Governance in Football (CSBGiF) project was a two-year collaborative partnership, coordinated by SD Europe and co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and UEFA.
The Clubs and Supporters for Better Governance in Football (CSBGiF) project was a two-year collaborative partnership, coordinated by SD Europe and co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union and UEFA.
The project aimed to help promote EU principles on good governance in sport through a training, education and exchange programme involving member-run football clubs and national supporters’ organisations from six EU states. The programme addressed three core topics:
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Good governance
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Financial sustainability
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Member/volunteer engagement and democratic participation
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ONLINE TRAINING TOOL
The project saw the development of an online training tool based on the materials shared at the three workshops and the exchange visits.
PROJECT OUTPUTS & OUTCOMES
The project had a number of significant outputs and outcomes throughout its lifetime.
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A summary of the three training events and additional meetings
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Read about the 17 transnational exchange visits
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Read the Interim evaluation report
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Read the Final evaluation report
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Further outputs & outcomes from the project are available from our Resources section.
PARTNERS
Partners and contributing organisations attended a total of three training events, which were supplemented by a series of one-to-one exchange visits. The project also included a research and evaluation element and the development of an online training resource.
The partners and contributing organisations were as follows:
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Cava United Football Club (Italy)
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Club de Accionariado Popular Ciudad de Murcia (Spain)
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Cork City Football Club (Republic of Ireland)
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FASFE (Spain)
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Football Club United of Manchester (United Kingdom)
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Irish Supporters’ Network (Republic of Ireland)
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Malmö F.F. (Sweden)
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Schalke 04 (Germany)
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Svenska Fotbollssupporterunionen (Sweden)
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Supporters in Campo (Italy)
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Unsere Kurve (Germany)
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ADVISORY BOARD
The project will be supported by an advisory board, made up of:
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Jonas Baer-Hoffmann (Head of Public Affairs, FIFPro Division Europe)
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Ivo Belet MEP (Member of the European Parliament)
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Sean Hamil (Director, Birkbeck Sport Business Centre, Department of Management, Birkbeck College, University of London)
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Dr Joachim Lammert (Universität Leipzig, Sportwissenschaftliche Fakultät, FG Sportmanagement)
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Pedro Velázquez (EU Sports Governance expert)
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For more information about SD Europe’s other EU-funded projects, see our projects. Resources, findings and summaries of the outcomes of the project are available from our Resources section or by getting in touch with the team here.
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