The 2013/14 edition of UEFAs Football and Social Responsibility Report is now available in 
English, French and German. This freshly-released UEFA report looks at how football can contribute to sustainable development in society as a whole. The report also confirms UEFA’s commitment to further develop a reporting framework to measure the progress made by its social responsibility activities on an annual basis.
UEFA invested some €5m – all financed by fines imposed at UEFA competition matches – through partner organisations such as the FARE network of FairPlay-VIDC during the 2013/14 season, with those organisations benefiting from financial, material and media support, as well as the transfer of knowledge. This edition of the report has been extended to include social responsibility-related key performance indicators (KPI), both for partner organisations and for UEFA, which will serve as benchmarks by which to measure performance against objectives year on year.
Peter Gilliéron, chairman of the UEFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee, said: “Football has the power to overcome what society at times cannot – from disabled fans cheering alongside their fellow supporters in the stadium, to children from communities divided by war and conflict playing together. We will continue to encourage and support our member associations, helping them to develop their own programmes and share our commitment to practising and promoting football in a socially-responsible way.”
The next edition (2014/15) of the UEFA Football and Social Responsibility Report will include joint efforts to counter all forms of discrimination, support for the magnificent Homeless World Cup held in Chile in October 2014, the growth in grassroots participation figures across our Football for All Abilities portfolio, and much more besides.