UEFA has signed a co-operation agreement with the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) to encourage dialogue aimed at safeguarding the long-term integrity of the game in Europe.
The agreement aims to use the organisations’ strengths to foster the development and implementation of the highest standards across sport in general and football in particular in the areas of good governance, integrity, ethics and the protection of vulnerable participants throughout Europe.
Speaking at the signing of the accord, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: “The challenges facing sport and society cannot be resolved by individual action.
“Knowledge-sharing and constructive dialogue are essential to make sure that organisations are in the best position to tackle those issues. This agreement with SIGA is therefore an important step in this direction”.
SIGA CEO Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros has been the driving force behind this accord and has a strong vision for what needs to change to ‘clean up’ football globally.
He wants other federations and leagues across Asia and the Middle East – like the AFC – to follow UEFA’s lead by accepting independent integrity oversight.
“This landmark Cooperation Agreement ushers in a new era for sport integrity,” said De Medeiros.
“Founded on a strong reformist spirit, this agreement will give rise to an integrity programme of global standing and embed the highest standards of ethics and governance in the game across the European continent.
“UEFA and its president Aleksander Ceferin continue to blaze a trail for integrity in football. This is a shared pledge and sends a powerful signal to all organisations who care about integrity in sport.
“Now is the time to join with SIGA and UEFA, and support our proposals to deliver ‘clean sport’ at all levels.”
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