Our support
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We support national associations, clubs, leagues and other football stakeholders in advancing sustainability.
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UEFA works across the football ecosystem to advance sustainability, enabling stakeholders at all levels of the game to learn, collaborate and drive positive impact. Our work includes providing extensive support to our 55 member associations, establishing cooperation plans with European Football Clubs (EFC) and European Leagues, and offering football sustainability courses through the UEFA Academy.
Our support to the football ecosystem
Dedicated support to national associations
We support our member associations both in developing their own goals and strengthening their role as leaders across the national game.
Our direct and in-kind support has helped build a strong foundation for sustainability leadership across European football. Today, all 55 of our member associations have strategies and dedicated staff in place.
Through the HatTrick programme, which reinvests men's EURO revenues into football development projects across Europe, we help member associations develop and implement robust strategies and action plans.
Our financial support helps associations:
- strengthen engagement with stakeholders and partners across the football ecosystem;
- position sustainability as a driver of long-term value;
- measure and improve their social and environmental impact.
Capacity-building support
In addition to direct funding, we facilitate engagement through networks of social and environmental sustainability managers, child and youth protection officers, and disability access officers.
These networks create opportunities for collaboration, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building across European football while helping associations manage social and environmental risks more effectively.