The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] will make public reports of its youth tournaments in an effort to satisfy transparency and accountability a release from the federation says.
“The key tournaments, National U15, 17 and 20, which serve to inform the GFF’s Youth Development Strategy, have been executed with support from long-standing partners Pele Alumni, National Milling Company (NAMILCO) and new partner Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).
“The reports, among others, capture the tournaments executed – participating Regional Member Associations, teams, match fixtures and results, goal scorers, highlights as well as challenges,” the release stated.
According to the document, financial information, will not be disclosed due to the respective partner confidentiality agreements.
President Wayne Forde stated that the release of reports will now form part of the entity’s Standing Operating Procedures [SoP].
“The Executive Committee has always emphasized transparency and accountability as part of its key values and this extends to the operations of the Secretariat,” said Forde.
“The release of the reports of some of our most critical tournaments is now part of our SoP as we recognize that football, as much as it is ours, is also part of the public good. It will afford, among others, the nation to understand the achievements and challenges of football administration, the opportunities which await their engagement and track the development of our most important resources and talent from as early as possible so we can have maximum involvement for the good of the game,” he added.
According to Forde, reports of national and international tournaments will also be part of the GFF’s SoP and will be made public. The reports will be available on the GFF’s website via the following link: https://www.guyanafootball.org/youth-tournaments/.
