GRENADA Football Association (GFA) has secured approval from football’s world governing body, FIFA, for its GOAL Programme.
In a letter to GFA’s President, Cheney Joseph, FIFA advised of the approval of the project which was taken at a FIFA GOAL Bureau Committee meeting last week.
Joseph said that on a visit to Poland earlier this year, he was able to lobby on behalf of the GFA.
He said that the GFA now awaits a decision of government to make good on promise to provide the titles to land to be used for the construction of the project.
Joseph said that over 40 people are expected to gain employment during the construction phase of the project.
As part of the GOAL Programme, the GFA will receive about US$500 000 for the construction of offices, a gym, and conference rooms.
The GOAL Programme allows each member association of FIFA to receive funding for football development projects that respond to the special needs of their national associations.
Launched in 1999 by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, the GOAL Programme has to date provided support for over 500 development projects across the world, with a total of USD 200 million having been invested in them.
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