The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is an association governed by Swiss law founded in 1904 and based in Zurich. It has 208 member associations and its goal, enshrined in its Statutes, is the constant improvement of football.
Apart the core values which are the main goal of FIFA and what they strongly support and defend (authenticity, unity, performance and integrity), the association promotes different programs worldwide such as:
Since 1999, FIFA's Goal Programme has been providing member associations with projects designed to meet their specific needs. Around 200 have been approved so far and Mondo together with FIFA realized some of them in different areas of the world.
Improving the quality of football is the ultimate objective of the Technical Department. To this end, football experts observe and analyse games and training sessions.
In addition to this, FIFA also endeavours to improve the quality of the game with technical improvements to the playing surface and material, through a licensing system started in 1999 and constantly upgraded. Mondo is one of the FIFA Licensees since 2001 with several FIFA 1 STAR and FIFA 2 STAR Certified football pitches worldwide.
Between those, the Tolou Finnair Stadium in Helsinki, Finland and the Behrn Arena in Örebro, Sweden have been certified FIFA 2 STAR up to 2010, overcoming all technical tests.
This is the fourth time in a row that those pitches receive this Certification. Both of them have been realized with Mondoturf FTS3 System.
The Financial Assistance Program has served member associations in a variety of ways according their needs, including help with infrastructure, the organization of youth tournaments and technical development.
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is an association governed by Swiss law founded in 1904 and based in Zurich. It has 208 member associations and its goal, enshrined in its Statutes, is the constant improvement of football. FIFA employs some 310 people from over 35 nations and is composed of a Congress (legislative body), Executive Committee (executive body), General Secretariat (administrative body) and committees (assisting the Executive Committee).
With 208 associations affiliated to FIFA today, world football's governing body has rightly been dubbed the "United Nations of Football ". Between 1975 and 2002 alone, more than 60 associations were accepted as members.
Together, the association members make up the Congress, FIFA's supreme and legislative body. FIFA supports the associations financially and logistically through various programs and grants them a number of attractive rights and privileges. But they also have obligations. As representatives of FIFA in their countries, they must respect the statutes, aims and ideals of football's governing body and promote and manage our sport accordingly.
The Statutes and the accompanying regulations governing their implementation form the Constitution of FIFA.