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The Royal Spanish Football Federation approves its first Protocol for the protection of children and adolescents
RFEF
On 31 March 2023, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) presented its first Protocol for the protection of children and adolescents. The board of directors chaired by Luis Rubiales has approved, in its last session, a text that aims to make…
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The Albanian Football Association and Terre des hommes Albania sign a cooperation agreement for the protection and safety of children in football
AFA and Tdh Albania
On 9 February 2023, the Albanian Football Association (AFA) and Terre des hommes Albania (Tdh) signed a cooperation agreement in the field of child protection in football, in line with UEFA's initiative to develop national child protection policies…
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Protecting children in football, the objective of a Royal Spanish Football Federation program in collaboration with UEFA
Royal Spanish Football Federation
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) is developing, together with UEFA, a program for the protection of children in football, to work towards the creation of safe spaces for underage athletes. As part of the development process of this…
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UEFA awareness raising materials on child and youth protection: leaflet, posters, and content for social media
UEFA awareness raising materials
Awareness-raising is the activity of informing and educating as many people as possible about a topic; in our case, about child and youth safeguarding in football. Through the dissemination of the awareness-raising materials, we wish to improve…
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Best Practices Guide on Keeping Children Safe in Sports
KCSS guide
The Guide was produced in the framework of the "Keeping Children Safe in Sports" project. Its aim is to document the process of how sports organisations and summer camps can introduce and successfully implement child safeguarding policies within…
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Ukrainian Association of Football approved its Child Safeguarding Policy
UAF Child Safeguarding Policy
In December 2021, the UAF Executive Committee approved the UAF Child Safeguarding Policy (under 18 years of age). This policy confirms the desire of the Ukrainian Association of Football to create conditions for safe football and children’s…
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UEFA webinar recording: Working with football clubs on child and youth protection
UEFA Festival Kyiv
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Supportive environments positively impact participation, performance, and personal development of young football players. Since 2020, the UEFA Social & Environmental Sustainability Division has taken significant strides in relation to good…
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Webinar summary: The profile of under-18s and how to communicate effectively with them in football settings
age particularities
Overview Adults working with children and young people in football are responsible for ensuring a safe, and empowering environment for all children and youth to play football. This includes planning developmentally appropriate and inclusive…
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UEFA online course: Involving children in child safeguarding in football
child participation safeguarding football
Children have the right to freely express their views and participate in decisions that affect their lives (Art. 12 and 13 of the Convention in the Rights of the Child). Adults working with children in football therefore have a responsibility to…
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UEFA webinar recording: Working with football clubs on child and youth protection

Supportive environments positively impact participation, performance, and personal development of young football players. Since 2020, the UEFA Social & Environmental Sustainability Division has taken significant strides in relation to good governance and human rights, including child rights. All UEFA member associations have a designated child and youth protection officer in place and whilst more than half of the associations have a policy, others are working towards this goal.

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