New Delhi: All India Football Federation\u2019s Strategic Plan was officially launched by Jerome Valcke, Secretary General, FIFA and Praful Patel, President, All India Football Federation in the Capital on Wednesday (October 15).<\/p>\n
The Plan which was presented to Clubs besides Executive Committee Members and partners, has laid down the road map for AIFF to work towards the development of the \u2018Beautiful Game\u2019 in the Country.<\/p>\n
Valcke also mentioned that India stays the \u201cpriority country\u201d for FIFA.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia is a priority country for FIFA in Asia in terms of football development. We are investing a lot in this country because we believe in its huge potential. It\u2019s a fast growing economy with over1.2 billion people. There\u2019s definitely space for other sports than cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patel referred to the Strategic Plan as the \u201cprocess which would define AIFF\u2019s philosophy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are one of the most structured Sports Federation in the Country. In such a situation, the need of the hour was to document a work plan for AIFF to make optimal utilization of resources and achieve AIFF’s vision and mission,\u201d Patel told www.the-aiff.com.<\/p>\n
AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das reiterated AIFF\u2019s seriousness and commitment to develop the sport in India.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always need to have a rudder guiding us. After the \u2018Lakshya\u2019 was put in place our next priority was to prepare the overall Strategic Plan which will guide and help us achieve our goals in the next 4 years. We have identified 13 clearly defined and time bound goals and objectives which we need to target till 2017,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have set up detailed operational plans and budgets to ensure we have a sustainable and implementable plan. Key performance indicators along with responsibilities have been set up and we will evaluate and monitor our performance regularly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Strategic Plan lays huge emphasis on Grassroots, Youth Development and Coach Education and has been created after detailed consultation with various stake holders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: All India Football Federation\u2019s Strategic Plan was officially launched by Jerome Valcke, Secretary General, FIFA and Praful Patel, President, All India Football Federation in the Capital on Wednesday (October 15).<\/p>\n
The Plan which was presented to Clubs besides Executive Committee Members and partners, has laid down the road map for AIFF to work towards the development of the \u2018Beautiful Game\u2019 in the Country.<\/p>\n
Valcke also mentioned that India stays the \u201cpriority country\u201d for FIFA.<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia is a priority country for FIFA in Asia in terms of football development. We are investing a lot in this country because we believe in its huge potential. It\u2019s a fast growing economy with over1.2 billion people. There\u2019s definitely space for other sports than cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patel referred to the Strategic Plan as the \u201cprocess which would define AIFF\u2019s philosophy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are one of the most structured Sports Federation in the Country. In such a situation, the need of the hour was to document a work plan for AIFF to make optimal utilization of resources and achieve AIFF’s vision and mission,\u201d Patel told www.the-aiff.com.<\/p>\n
AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das reiterated AIFF\u2019s seriousness and commitment to develop the sport in India.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always need to have a rudder guiding us. After the \u2018Lakshya\u2019 was put in place our next priority was to prepare the overall Strategic Plan which will guide and help us achieve our goals in the next 4 years. We have identified 13 clearly defined and time bound goals and objectives which we need to target till 2017,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have set up detailed operational plans and budgets to ensure we have a sustainable and implementable plan. Key performance indicators along with responsibilities have been set up and we will evaluate and monitor our performance regularly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n