4. Organisation Flashcards
- ORGANISATION:
The body of FIFA as an organization:
1) The Congress is the supreme and legislative body.
2) The Council is the strategic and oversight body.
3) The general secretariat is the executive, operational and administrative body.
4) Standing and ad hoc committees shall advise and assist the Council and the general secretariat in fulfilling their duties.
Their primary duties are defined in these Statues and their composition, function and additional duties are defined in the FIFA Governance Regulations.
5) The independent committees fulfill their functions in accordance with these Statues and the applicable FIFA regulations.
6) The Football Tribunal fulfills its function in accordance with these Statues and the applicable FIFA regulations.
7) The independent auditors perform all audits of FIFA´s accounts and financial statements as required by Swiss law.
- ORGANISATION:
The Congress as the supreme and legislative body:
a) A Congress may be an Ordinary or an Extraordinary Congress. A Congress can be held in persona, by teleconference, by videoconference or by another means of communication.
b) The Ordinary Congress shall be held every year. The Council shall fix the place and date. The member associations shall be notified in writing at least four months in advance of the place and date of such Ordinary Congress.
The formal convocation shall be made in writing at least one month before the date of the Congress. The convocation shall contain the agenda, the Presidents report, the financial statements, including the consolidated financial statements, and the auditors report.
c) The Council may convene an Extraordinary Congress at any time.
d) The Council shall convene an Extraordinary Congress if one-fifth of the member associations make such request in writing. The request shall specify the items for the agenda. An Extraordinary Congress shall be held within three months of receipt of the request.
e) The member associations shall be notified of the place, date and agenda at least two months before the date of an Extraordinary Congress. The agenda of an Extraordinary Congress may not be altered.
- ORGANISATION:
What does the Council do and what powers do it have?
The Council defines FIFA´s mission, strategic direction, policies and values, in particular with regard to the organisation and development of football at worldwide level and all related matters.
As regards business-or finance-related matters, the Council shall:
- Define the standards, policies and procedures applicable to the awarding of commercial contracts by FIFA,
- Define the standards, policies and procedures applicable to football development grants,
- Define the standards, policies and procedures regarding the operational costs of FIFA and
- Define the standards, policies and procedures regarding all other business- or finance-related matters of FIFA.
The Council delegates the execution and management of business- or finance-related matters to the general secretariat, which operated under the authority and supervision of the Council and is accountable to it.
- ORGANISATION:
The following are more of the Councils powers:
- The Council oversees the overall management of FIFA by the general secretariat.
- The Council approves the budget and the annual audited financial statements, including the consolidated financial statements, prepared by the Finance Committee and the annual report to be submitted to the Congress for approval.
- The Council shall propose to the Congress for election the chairpersons, deputy chairpersons and members of the standing committees and of the chambers of the Football Tribunal.
- The Council shall propose to the Congress for election of the chairpersons, deputy chairpersons and members of the Disciplinary Committee, the Ethics Committee, the Appeal Committee and the Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee.
- The Council shall appoint the three representatives of FIFA who shall attend the general assembly of the IFAB in addition to the FIFA President. Furthermore, the Council is entitled to decide on how the representatives of FIFA shall vote in The IFAB.
- The Council shall appoint the Secretary General on the proposal of the President. The Secretary General my be dismissed by the Council acting alone.
- The Council shall decide the place and dates of the final competitions of FIFA tournaments and the number of teams taking part from each confederation. This shall not apply to decisions on the host country/countries of the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women´s World Cup final competitions, which shall be voted on by the Congress.
- The Council shall issue regulations generally and, in particular, the FIFA Governance Regulations.
- The Council shall deal with all matters relating to FIFA that do not fall within the sphere of the responsibility of another body, in accordance with these Statutes.
- The powers and responsibilities of the Council may be specified in greater detail in the FIFA Governance Regulations.
- PRESIDENT:
What does the President of FIFA?
The President represents FIFA and shall aim to foster a positive image of FIFA and to ensure that FIFA´s mission, strategic direction, policies and valued, as defined by the Council, are protected and advanced.
- THE STANDING COMMITTEES:
What are the standing committees?
They are the following:
a) Finance Committee,
b) Development Committee,
c) Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions,
d) Football Stakeholders Committee,
e) Member Associations Committee,
f) Referees Committee and
g) Medical Committee.
All of the above Committees shall report to the Council. They shall advise and assist the Council in their respective fields of functions.
- COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS):
What mission do CAS have?
FIFA recognises the independent Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) with HQ in Lausanne (Switzerland) to resolve disputes between FIFA, member associations, confederations, leagues, clubs, players, officials, football agents and match agents.
