The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has revealed that its Executive Council has agreed to spend US$7,000 on a capacity-building workshop for the media.
“The Ghana Football Association (GFA) and the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) have set dates for the first ever capacity building on GFA activities and programmes for the media.
“This follows the decision of the Executive Council to set aside Seven Thousand dollars (US$7,000) from the FIFA COVID-19 Relief Fund for a capacity-building programme for the sports media, as a key stakeholder in developing the game”, the GFA announced on Monday in a post on its website.
Two cities have been selected to host both the Southern and Northern sector events.
The first event is scheduled to take place in Accra on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, while the second event takes place in Kumasi on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.
The two sessions are expected to be more practical and interactive on the Association’s way of work.
According to the GFA, there will be a keynote address from Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association, and SWAG President Kwabena Yeboah with various topics being discussed by various resource persons.
Under Governance at the GFA, the GFA new Structure, Vision, Mission, Statutes, relationship with FIFA, CAF etc, Compliance and Integrity and governance principles, audits etc will be addressed by the General Secretary of the GFA Prosper Harrison Addo, Esq.
Meanwhile, the head of the national teams department, Mr. Alex Asante will also take participants through activities of the various National Teams, camping, organizing International friendly matches, competitive matches.