(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Qatar will benefit immensely from the FIFA technical experts' seminar which concluded in Doha yesterday, Qatar Football Association's director of development Fahad Thani has said.
Thani, who has also coached Qatar's junior and senior national teams in the past, said several important topics were discussed during the four-day gathering at Intercontinental Hotel.
'The technical experts seminar will contribute to the development of football in Qatar, especially with the FIFA World Cup due in less than five years, Thani told reporters at the conclusion.
'Several matters of importance, like the development of trainers and coaches, training programmes for young footballers etc were discussed at the workshop. 'Personally, as the head of the development programme with QFA, I too learnt a lot of things, added Thani. He said Qatar will look forward to further collaborate with world football gover ning body FIFA regularly so that Qatar football can continue to develop at a technical level.
'We have good infrastructure with several stadiums and other facilities. Plus we have the Aspire Academy. By collaborating with FIFA we need to develop a philosophy that would help Qatar in the coming years.
'We are also looking at our experts visiting foreign countries when such seminars are held abroad.
Jamal El-Deen, a Moroccan expert representing who attended the seminar, said it was a 100% success
'The seminar was important because it came up with several recommendations from experts to boost the development of football on the global stage, said Jamal el-Deen.
'It provided a direct connection between FIFA and the national federations and was a 100% success.
'The Qatar Football Association (QFA) was a key partner in this endeavor and we expect that all the recommendations made at the seminar will be implemented.
He also praised the QFA for organising the event. 'Qatar provided all facilities to ensure the event was a success. There was no shortcoming at any level.
The purpose of the four-day workshop was to inform the various FIFA experts taking part, of FIFA's new ‘FIFA 2.9' structure and philosophy, and tell them of the recently-introduced programme to improve technical excellence. The FIFA 2.0 strategy is designed to further develop the game to new heights and ensure that it spreads to all nations. The workshop also focused on education and further training for technical directors and for men's and women's coaches from member associations, as well as the development of women's football and promoting the game at youth and grassroots level.
Participants were divided into different groups who attended workshops that were specifically tailored to their area of expertise. Participants also had theoretical and practical sessions throughout the four days, and had the chance to visit Aspire and conduct some of the practical sessions at the world-class facility.
FIFA Technical Director Steve Martens said the seminar would help in unifying training plans and programmes across the world. 'In three years, starting now and until the end of 2020 we will try to implement uniform strategies and plans as far as training and development is concerned, he said.
He added FIFA would keep communicating with member federations to ensure that ensure that programmes are implemented and followed through.
He also thanked the QFA for organizing the event. 'From the Arrival of the guests to their departure, the QFA ensured that everything went smoothly, he added.
Qatar will host a few more FIFA seminars beginning next week, focused on referees with an eye on the 2018 men's World Cup and the Women's World Cup in France a year later.
The seminars and courses will be held under the supervision of FIFA's referees committee chairman Pierluigi Collina and FIFA's head of refereeing Massimo Busacca. QFA referees committee chief and FIFA's referees committee vice chairman Hani Balan will also take part in the seminar along with Naji Juwaini, QFA executive director of the referees committee. The two are licensed FIFA experts.
The second seminar will be for arena referees and video referees, who will take charge of World Cup 2018 matches, and will see the participation of 37 referees from February 5-9.
The third course will be for female referees, who are nominated to officiate the Women's World Cup 2019. It will run from February 12-16. The fourth course will be for referees' experts with the participation of 100 experts from February 19-22.
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