Clubs and Supporters for Better Governance in Football project

Posted By on February 11, 2017

The Irish Supporters Network were a contributing organisation of the Clubs and Supporters for Better Governance in Football project.

It 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 sought 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 seven EU states, over a two-year period (2016-17)

The final report of the project is available to download here.

The programme addressed three core topics:

  • Good governance
  • Financial sustainability
  • Member/volunteer engagement and democratic participation

Partners and contributing organisations attended a total of three workshops, with Cork City FC involved in an additional series of one-to-one exchange visits. The project included a research and evaluation element as well as the development of an online training resource.

The partners and contributing organisations were as follows:

The project was supported by an advisory board, made up of: