The FPFA participated in its second FIFPro Asia/Oceania Congress on March 27 and 28 in Bali, Indonesia. APPI (Asosiasi Pemain Sepakbola Profesional Indonesia) hosted and organized the congress and warmly welcomed everyone. It was a fantastic congress and a truly memorable experience.
On the first day, there were different speakers, and we learned about FIFPro Africa and CAF's cooperation agreement and FIFPro's competitions project report.
In addition, Takuya Yamazaki discussed professional player contracts and club licensing, which was followed by Mahajan Vasudevan Nair's detailed explanation on club licensing. Mahajan is the head of Club Licensing AFC, and he was FIFPro's special guest.
From Mr. Nair, we learned that club licensing's objectives are the following:
To further promote and continuously improve the standard of all aspects of football in Asia, including the training and care of young players in each club
To ensure that a club has an adequate level of management and organization
To develop clubs’ sporting infrastructure to provide spectators and media with well-appointed, well-equipped, and safe stadiums
To improve the economic and financial capability of the clubs, increase their transparency and credibility, and place the necessary importance on the protection of creditors
To safeguard the continuity of international competitions for one season
To monitor financial fair play in competitions
To allow the development of benchmarking for clubs
Club licensing is a very relevant and important topic as we professionalize football in the Philippines. On the second day, like the other players' associations, the FPFA got the opportunity to report last year’s achievements and its objectives for this year. The association has a long way to go, and the learnings and insights from everyone will help the FPFA as it progresses.
The congress also provided the opportunity to get feedback and suggestions from attendees regarding the MDAS (Member Development and Accountability System).
The MDAS is a powerful platform that can educate and inform, and removing redundancies and having a better user experience (UX)—alongside its subsets, user interface, and usability—will eventually make the MDAS experience better for everyone.
The next congress will be held in Malaysia in late September 2019.
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