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On World Children's Day 2023, UEFA launches its Competition-specific Child and Youth Protection Guidelines
Children football
On World Children’s Day, 20 November 2023, UEFA published its Competition-specific Child and Youth Protection Guidelines. Football competitions include larger number of children and young people at different levels. Adults may need to take children…
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The UEFA Child safeguarding online courses have been launched in Lithuanian language
On the occasion of International Children’s Day, marked on 1 June, the Lithuanian version of UEFA’s child safeguarding courses, prepared by the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), have been launched. UEFA, in collaboration with Terre des hommes,…
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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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UEFA Competition-specific Child and Youth Protection Guidelines: How to ensure a safe environment
UEFA CYP event guidelines
These UEFA guidelines set out competition-specific child and youth protection guidance for event organisers, event child safeguarding leads and/or child and youth protection officers when staging competitions and/or events with the participation of…
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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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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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