Representatives from football supporters, FIFPro, the Council of Europe, EPFL (European Professional Football Leagues), UEFA and as an observer ECA (European Club Association) gave their input to the discussions. Their support will then hopefully ensure widest possible support for the concept and the document if fans groups should be seeking to develop supporters charters at local level at some stage in the near future.
A supporters charter is to be understood as a concept describing an official agreement between football supporters and their clubs, outlining each others rights and obligations towards each other with the entire document being elaborated in a longer-term negation process. It can take various forms depending on the respective local situation.
FSE Coordinator Daniela Wurbs: “We’re delighted by the lively discussions and the input received by so many different stakeholders. I’m now really confident that we’ll be able to put a really great tool together that can help fans and clubs to improve their relationship and dialogue with each other. And apart from that, it was great to see that we get along with each other and also beyond the ‘work’.”
The Pro Supporters project is supported and co-funded by the European Commission (DG Education and Culture) in the field of prevention of and fight against violence and intolerance in sport