New Delhi [India] The Indian Football Federation will hold a workshop on women's football strategy tomorrow in the capital.
This event, which will be led by FIFA expert Simon Toselli, is part of the FIFA Women's Development Programme.
The AIFF has also invited candidates from selected state associations, IWL clubs and guests from Sports Authority of India (SAI), United Nations and UNICEF to discuss various strategies and planning for the development of women's football in India and formulate Women's Soccer. Strategy for the next five or six years.
Toselli is a FIFA women's football technical expert based in Indonesia. He is here in India to support AIFF in development programme. He has collaborated with 25 countries in different projects and implementation of strategies (AFC, OFC, CAF and UEFA).
AIFF acting general secretary M Satyanarayan said: "I think this is a great opportunity for us to take advantage of the recent increase in the number of women participating in our competitions. We have representatives from all IWL clubs and among 15 and 18 states associations here, so it will be a good opportunity for us to try to strategize in the presence of the FIFA expert. I am sure that the event will produce results that will help us take Indian women's football forward." .
Simon said: "I am very happy to be in India. We have been collaborating with the AIFF in establishing their strategy to develop women's football. We have already defined a key objective, I think, very ambitious, which is to potentially qualify for a World Cup of FIFA by 2031.
"Tomorrow we will have an important workshop, which will bring together all the key players of women's football to discuss the key strategies and directions, and collect their contributions and comments, so that we can summarize them, integrate them and, later, finish a good project. Comprehensive strategy to develop women's football in India Tomorrow we will guide the stakeholders and participants of each pillar, so that they can discuss and give us suggestions on what could be challenging but achievable goals for each category.
"The workshop is extremely important, and that's what we've been talking about for a long time with AIFF, to give direction to the game, to provide a pathway for players that will provide opportunities to play from all ages, from grassroots to elite." "I think the key challenge will be to structure the pillars well and improve an already efficient competition path to have opportunities to play for the key age group that will be important in the coming years," he told www.the-.aiff.com .
"I think it is a brilliant initiative by the Federation to define the key strategic direction and objectives it would like to achieve, and then also listen to key stakeholders to understand the reality. Listen to them too and see what kind of objectives they think can be ambitious but also realistic. We can progress together, slowly but surely, being ambitious but not dreaming either, to truly structure Indian women's football," Simon concluded.
This event, which will be led by FIFA expert Simon Toselli, is part of the FIFA Women's Development Programme.
The AIFF has also invited candidates from selected state associations, IWL clubs and guests from Sports Authority of India (SAI), United Nations and UNICEF to discuss various strategies and planning for the development of women's football in India and formulate Women's Soccer. Strategy for the next five or six years.
Toselli is a FIFA women's football technical expert based in Indonesia. He is here in India to support AIFF in development programme. He has collaborated with 25 countries in different projects and implementation of strategies (AFC, OFC, CAF and UEFA).
AIFF acting general secretary M Satyanarayan said: "I think this is a great opportunity for us to take advantage of the recent increase in the number of women participating in our competitions. We have representatives from all IWL clubs and among 15 and 18 states associations here, so it will be a good opportunity for us to try to strategize in the presence of the FIFA expert. I am sure that the event will produce results that will help us take Indian women's football forward." .
Simon said: "I am very happy to be in India. We have been collaborating with the AIFF in establishing their strategy to develop women's football. We have already defined a key objective, I think, very ambitious, which is to potentially qualify for a World Cup of FIFA by 2031.
"Tomorrow we will have an important workshop, which will bring together all the key players of women's football to discuss the key strategies and directions, and collect their contributions and comments, so that we can summarize them, integrate them and, later, finish a good project. Comprehensive strategy to develop women's football in India Tomorrow we will guide the stakeholders and participants of each pillar, so that they can discuss and give us suggestions on what could be challenging but achievable goals for each category.
"The workshop is extremely important, and that's what we've been talking about for a long time with AIFF, to give direction to the game, to provide a pathway for players that will provide opportunities to play from all ages, from grassroots to elite." "I think the key challenge will be to structure the pillars well and improve an already efficient competition path to have opportunities to play for the key age group that will be important in the coming years," he told www.the-.aiff.com .
"I think it is a brilliant initiative by the Federation to define the key strategic direction and objectives it would like to achieve, and then also listen to key stakeholders to understand the reality. Listen to them too and see what kind of objectives they think can be ambitious but also realistic. We can progress together, slowly but surely, being ambitious but not dreaming either, to truly structure Indian women's football," Simon concluded.
