Football Federation of Ukraine signed an agreement with Cross Cultures Project Association (CCPA), public humanitarian organization, in the House of Football on Friday, March 12. The founder members of CCPA are Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and UEFA.

Cooperation under UEFA
The deal was penned by FFU vice-president Anatolii Bidenko, CCPA Managing Director Anders Levinsen (Denmark) and project manager in CIS Valeriy Cholariya (Georgia). According to the agreement Ukraine joined the international Open Fun Football Schools programme guided by UEFA.

Equipment for kids
From now on about 18-20 football camps will be annually unveiled throughout Ukraine involving boys and girls willing to practice amateur football. The programme aims to provide schools with sports facilities, while children will also get necessary equipment. The coaches, teachers and tutors will be receiving a special qualification.

Football camps
FFU have started selection of regional federations and city councils able to provide places for holding the events and people involved in preparation of it. This year 10 or 12 camps are decided to be set up in Crimea and Sevastopol, two camps in each Vinnytsa region and Chernivtsi region, while Kyiv, Odesa, Lugansk and Volyn regions will enjoy one camp per each.

Wide network

Since 1998, more than 1,000 Open Fun Football Schools have been completed for a sheer number of 200,000 boys and girls in 14 countries  in the regions of Balkans, Trans Caucasus and Moldova and the Middle East.