Zimbabwe Football Association is set to host a workshop for football intermediaries from the 30th of November to the 1st of December 2015 at Cresta Oasis Hotel in Harare.
ZIFA Communications manager Xolisani Gwesela revealed the objectives of the workshop in an interview with the Association’s official website www.zifa.org.zw .
“The workshop aims at seeing a good adaptation from player agents to intermediaries in tandem with FIFA regulations,” Gwesela said.
“The workshop will ensure that intermediaries understand the new regulations and ensure compliance.
The workshop will prepare prospective Intermediaries for the new dispensation and improve their management style.
“FIFA Regulations on Working with Intermediaries supersede the old FIFA Players’ Agents regulations.
“The introduction of FIFA Regulations on Working with the Intermediaries means that the previous Player Agent licensing system shall be abandoned and all existing licences issued by ZIFA in the past will lose their validity with immediate effect.
“We encourage prospective intermediaries and those that have not regularised their intermediary status to apply as soon as possible so that we will be able to accommodate them during the workshop,” Gwesela said.
The new FIFA Regulations on working with Intermediaries were approved by the FIFA Executive Committee on 21st March, 2014 at its meeting in Zurich, Switzerland.
The workshop will be facilitated by international experts Michael Alan Christopher Murphy and Farai Razano, Castle lager Premier Soccer League Chief Executive Officer Kennedy Ndebele, ZIFA General secretary Jonathan Mashingaidze and ZIFA lawyer Ralph Maganga .
Main targeted groups include Prospective Intermediaries, Footballers Union of Zimbabwe, Clubs and ZIFA Technical Directorate.