Association Belarus Football Federation

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Association Belarus Football Federation

• Club licensing system within the ABFF structure

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ABFF Administration

• ABFF Conference
• ABFF Executive Committee
• ABFF President
• Deputy ABFF Presidents
• ABFF General Director.

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Structure of the ABFF administration

• General Director
• Deputy General Director
• Heads of departments and units
• Head specialists
• Specialists
• Technical staff .

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Departments and units of ABFF

• Competitions department
• Youth football department
• Financial department
• Licensing department
• International department
• Press service
• Department of material and technical supply.

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Implementation of club licensing system

• UEFA decision
• Discussions with football clubs
• Decision of the ABFF Executive Committee
• Creation of working group
• Development of club licensing Manual
• Discussion of document in football clubs
• Approval of Manual by Executive Committee
• Accreditation of Manual in UEFA.

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ABFF Club Licensing bodies

• Licensing Committee (First instance body)
• Football Arbitration (Appeal body)
• Club licensing department
• Special working groups (experts).

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Core process (page 1)

• Forwarding documents to clubs
• Receiving applications from clubs
• Preliminary assessment in club licensing
  department
• Discussion of problems with club representatives
• Forwarding document to experts for review
• Analysis of expert reports by licensing manager.

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Core Process (page 2)

• Discussion of issues with club representatives
• Acquiring additional documents
• Forwarding report developed by licensing manager
  to Licensing Committee
• Assessment of club application by Licensing
  Committee
• Decision
• Notification of licensing decision to club

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Core process (page 3)

• Acquiring the additional documents if needed
• Discussion of issues between club and licensing
  manager
• Forwarding the additional information from club
  to experts for review
• Receiving the expert reports
• Forwarding to Licensing Committee the additional
  report with regard to club
• Licensing Committee decision
• Notification of licensing decision to club

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Core process (page 4)

• If license is refused club - license applicant
  is entitled to appeal decision in due course in
  Appeal Body Football Arbitration
• Preparation of additional materials
• Appeal review by Football Arbitration
• Final decision
• Notification of report to UEFA
• Current control over club compliance with
  requirements of club licensing system.

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Improvement of Club Licensing System in 2008
-2010 ( page 2)

• Improve legal status of club licensing system
• Improve structure and staff of football clubs
• Improve youth sector within football clubs
• Improve procedure of approval of stadiums for
  UEFA and national competitions
• Provide stability of club licensing system

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Improvement of Club Licensing System ( page 2)

• Improvement of system of the independent
  assessment of financial information
• Improvement of report forms notified to clubs and
  correction deadlines for its submission
• Discussion the problems in club licensing system
  with club representatives
• Organization of seminars with participants of
  club licensing process.

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SGS Certificate

• In 2007 ABFF received the SGS certificate ??
  07/0936 proving the compliance with the UEFA Club
  Licensing Quality Standard (Version 2.0)
• Annually within the set deadline the independent
  certification body holds the audits
• Contacts of Certification body SGS-ICS full
  address (191, Avenue Aristide Briand, 94237
  Cachan cedex France), short address (F-94237
  Cachan cdx), phone [phone]).
• Precise name of the Quality Standard UEFA Club
  Licensing Quality Standard (Version 2.0).

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SGS Certificate

• Requirements of Club Licensing Quality Standard
  (Version 2.0)
• 5 categories
• ?? Manual
• RE resources
• DO documents
• IR review and development
• CP core process.
• 2 levels
• Level 1 mandatory requirements to meet with
  the attestation by the independent certification
  body (34 requirements).
• Level 2 meeting with the additional
  requirements to get the certificate ISO
  90012000 (6 requirements).

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SGS Certificate

• According to audit held by the independent
  certification body the following rules shall be
  applied
• If the licensor up to the day of audit
• - fully meets the requirements of level 1,
  certificate is issued or its validity is
  prolonged
• - does not comply with any requirements of level
  1, deadline for corrective measures is set and
  decision to issue certificate or to prolong its
  validity is postponed to apply corrective
  measures and to hold assessment by auditor

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SGS Certificate

• - No compliance with one of the following
  requirement of level 1, certificate is
  automatically refused or its validity is
  canceled. Corrective measures concerning these
  requirements can only be done until the following
  club licensing process
• ??.02 developed and approved rules of the
  national club licensing system
• ??.06 structure, independence and qualification
  of decision making bodies
• ??.07 decision-making procedure
• RE.01 confidentiality
• RE.02 independence
• ??.03 Notification of licensing decision to
  UEFA.

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SGS Certificat
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