5TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION How it started for Ali and Jamal at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan – 2015 camp in Jordan it started refugee at the Zaatari How for Ali and Jamal AC T I V I T Y R E P O RT 2019/20 3 Editorial IMPRESSUM EDITORIAL EDITORIAL 4 Administrative update Tania Baima, Sally Freedman, Laure N’Singui, Cyril Pellevat, Pascal Torres PHOTOS 6 Tackling youth unemployment through football Action for Development, ActionAid Hellas, AFRANE, Agnès Montanari, AMANDLA, Amp Futbol Poland, Applied Disability Research (FIRAH), Armenian Fund for Sustainability Development, Asociación Civil Andar, Asociaţia Luncşoara Bihorului, Associação de Futebol de Bragança, Association Football Development Programme, Association Football Development Programme (AFDP Global), Autism Genève, Baan Dek Foundation, Barça Conflict resolution through football The 2019/20 season was unusual, to say the economic and social impact, reduce inequali- 7 Foundation, Bel endroit pour une rencontre, Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation, Busajo Onlus, C.I.E.LO – Coopération Internationale pour les Équilibres Locaux, Catherine Cabrol, Coaches Across Continents Ltd, Cosmos FC, Cross least. Not only did it mark the foundation’s ties and prevent an increase in hardship. Cultures Project Association (CCPA), Dana Roesiger, Education for the Children, Edwin van der Sar Foundation, fifth anniversary, it was also a year of many New projects in Europe 9 Éric Abidal Foundation, European Football for Development Network, Fabretto Children’s Foundation, FedEx, challenges. With its players, competitions and shared emo- Football Development in Ukraine, Football for All in Vietnam, Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense A.C. (FECHAC), Fundación Real Madrid, Fundación Tiempo de Juego, FundLife Interantional, Futebol dá força, Gazprom, tions, football helps us all to dream. In addition 17 New projects in Africa Genesis Project, Georges Malaika Foundation, Handicap International, HAWAR.help e.V., Hope for Mundial During this year, the foundation’s parent or- to its ability to entertain, football is, above all, Association, IMBEWU, Indochina Starfish Foundation, INEX – Association for voluntary activities, Inter Futura S.r.l., International Organization for Migration, International Trade Centre, Jesuit Refugee Service Iraq, Johan Cruyff ganisation, UEFA, expressed a clear desire to a powerful tool for mobilising positive energy Foundation, Julemærkefonden, Just Play, Katamon Moadon Ohadim, Kia, Kick For Trade, Kick4Life, Kicken ohne New projects in Asia consolidate its support for the protection of and fighting inequality in all its guises. 24 Grenzen, Klitschko Foundation, Koninklijke Sporting Club City Pirates, Libraries Without Borders, Libraries Without Borders United States, Libre Vue, Light for the World, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Ludotempo – Associação children and the promotion of equal oppor- de Promoção do Brincar, Mentor Management Entwicklung-Organisation, National Paralympic Committee of tunities for all. Thanks to the foundation’s projects, football is New projects in the Americas 28 Kazakhstan, Newcastle United Foundation, Oscar Foundation, Plan International Belgium, Plan Nederlands, now an everyday reality in communities across Planète Enfants et Développement, Play for Change, Power for the people, Rawan, Red Deporte, Right To Play, Sacred Sports Foundation Inc., Samusocial International, Save the Children, Shakhtar Social, Spirit of Soccer, UEFA developed a child safeguarding policy to all five continents. It brings together millions of 32 Project in Oceania Sport Against Racism Ireland (SARI), Starfinder Foundation, Street Child, Street League, streetfootballworld, help all European football associations better children all over the world, giving them the Swiss Academy for Development, Terre des Hommes, Terre des Hommes Italy, The Arsenal Foundation, The Scottish Football Partnership Trust, UEFA, UEFA Foundation, UNHCR, UNIS VERS le SPORT (UVS), Women Win, defend and protect children while they play chance to share experiences and flourish, regard- World At Play, Youth Health and Summer Resort Debeli Rtič, Youthorama football, a principle that underpins all the foun- less of their background, gender and culture. 33 2020 UEFA Foundation for Children Awards PRINTING dation’s activities. An increase in the foundation’s OUR RECORD SINCE 2015 operational budget also boosted our ability to act. This quote from Pythagoras, which was adopt- Sponsors Gremper AG 34 ed as a motto when the foundation was set up, GRAPHICS AND LAYOUT 275 projects funded All these factors enabled us to play an important therefore seems even more relevant: “A man is CO Créations sàrl 36 With UEFA 88 awards presented role during the health crisis that shook the world never as big as when he is on his knees to help 109 foundation project countries in the first half of 2020. a child.” 38 Financial report To find out more about our projects, scan the QR code next to the titles. 23,900 children living in difficult situations who have attended a match through the Thanks to its legitimacy, the foundation was able We can be sure that the 2020/21 season will pro- The UEFA Foundation for Children’s activity report is accessible to the public. Downloading or copying content, foundation’s wish-makers programme to join forces with Common Goal, a movement vide even greater opportunities to celebrate the 40 Spreading the word images, photos or any other data does not constitute any transfer of rights regarding the downloaded material. Copyright and any other rights relating to content images, photos or any other data available in the UEFA 40 tonnes of material sent to children’s projects whose members include athletes and institu- development of individuals and communities, Foundation for Children’s activity report are the exclusive property of the UEFA Foundation for Children or of any 1,180,000 children aged 0-18 who have tions, and use football as a tool for social devel- all thanks to football 42 Thank you! explicitly mentioned rights owners. Any reproduction requires the prior written consent of the copyright holder. benefited from the foundation’s support opment. Listening, coordinating and adapting and its stakeholders. 32 newly built or refurbished pitches responses were the watchwords of the foun- dation’s work with its various partners. Aleksander Čeferin, Chairman of the By helping children and their families to over- UEFA Foundation come this crisis, we were able to minimise its for Children Read the story of the foundation throughout the magazine by following the bottom line Once upon a time... In 2012 The Jordan Football Association asks UEFA to organise football activities for Syrian children in the Zaatari refugee camp. ACTIVITY REPORT 2019/20 3 foundation’s aim is to help tackle the immediate 74 ✓ Right of the disabled child to special effects of the pandemic on children and young care and to enjoy a full and decent life: ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE people, ensuring that support continues beyond Art. 23 the initial emergency response, with a focus on ✓ Access to medical care: right to deprived communities and conflict settings. access facilities for the treatment of illness and rehabilitation of health: Since launching its COVID-19 Response Fund Art. 24 On Wednesday 20 November 2019, the UEFA to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the foun- COVID-19 RESPONSE on 8 April 2020, Common Goal has allocated Foundation for Children’s board of trustees, dation’s work has continued even during this the first round of funding to 27 community 19 PROTECTION FOR VICTIMS chaired by the UEFA president, Aleksander challenging period, and the board decided to Less than 24 hours after the creation of Com- organisations. OF CONFLICTS Čeferin, met at the House of European Foot- proceed with nominations for the 2020 UEFA mon Goal’s COVID-19 Response Fund, the UEFA ✓ Protection from all forms of discrimination: ball in Nyon. One of the top items on the Foundation for Children awards as planned. It Foundation for Children decided to support the Art. 2(1) agenda was the approval of new projects to also granted financial support to the Youth initiative, becoming the fund’s first institutional 15 1 ✓ Protection against violence: Art. 19 be supported by the foundation. Sports Games, the biggest amateur sports event backer. ✓ Right to protection and assistance for in Europe for children and young people. SAFEGUARDING POLICY 22 2019/20: refugee children: Art. 22 On the basis of the foundation’s mandate and The UEFA Foundation for Children provides 131 ONGOING ✓ Respect for minority cultures, languages overarching strategy, and also the current real- The Foundation launched a new call for projects, financial support and services to organisations UEFA’s vision is for football in Europe to be a PROJECTS and religions: Art. 30 ities of the world around us, the foundation re- from July 1 to August 15 2020. The selected worldwide that place children’s rights at the safe, positive and enjoyable experience for all WORLDWIDE ✓ Protection for children in detention: inforced its actions to promote employment. projects were announced after the board meet- heart of their projects. In supporting the children and young people, irrespective of abil- Art. 37 ing in November 2020. Common Goal COVID-19 Response Fund, the ity and level of involvement with the game. ✓ Protection in armed conflicts: Art. 38 This was done through sport, supporting victims of conflict and supporting general development After extensive and