Leadership Diversity Code is chosen as one of UEFA's education courses

The FA’s historic Leadership Diversity Code receives a major boost after UEFA include it as one of their leading education courses… after all 20 Premier League clubs signed up to the code two years ago

  • The Football Association’s Leadership Diversity Code has received a boost 
  • The code was incorporated as one of UEFA’s leading educational courses 
  • It was introduced to encourage clubs to make diverse appointments 
  • All 20 Premier League clubs signed up to the code when implemented  

The Football Association’s historic Leadership Diversity Code has received a major boost after it was incorporated in one UEFA’s leading education courses.

The code, which was launched almost two years ago, was introduced to encourage clubs to make diverse appointments within English football’s top roles by setting hiring targets, rather than quotas.

All 20 Premier League clubs are signed up to the code with the governing body now preparing the second year’s results.

The document has been heralded a success within the English game, and European football’s governing body has now taken steps to introduce key principles of the code within their key teaching programmes aimed at moulding the next generation of senior football executives.

Last week Paul Elliott, chair of the FA’s inclusion advisory board, travelled to Geneva to address the students on UEFA’s executive master in global sports governance (MESGO) course about how the code has been implemented and enforced within English football.

And it is understood UEFA will look to incorporate the code in more of their educational programmes moving forward.

The Football Association’s historic Leadership Diversity Code has received a major boost

The code has now been incorporated in one UEFA’s leading education courses 

But while there is an acknowledgement at the FA that they still have plenty to achieve in the spectre of equality, diversity and inclusion, the fact the pioneering code is being applied by UEFA is viewed as a significant boost.

As part of it’s one-year report, Premier League Chief Executive Richard Masters welcomed the progress being made, while acknowledging more work needs to be done to improve representation and create a workforce that fully reflects the diversity of our industry and communities.

‘The Premier League is proud to support the Football Leadership Diversity Code, which is now embedded within the existing work being undertaken by all our clubs to improve representation and tackle inequality,’ he said.

‘There should be no barrier to opportunities, and we are pleased to be making progress and achieving our targets.’

All 20 Premier League clubs signed up to the code when implemented two years ago




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