The Goal Programme, a brainchild of FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, was launched for the 1999-2002 period with funds of CHF 100 million. The programme then graduated to the Goal II stage, again with funds of CHF 100 million available for the 2003-2006 period, and it is now in the Goal III stage with funds of USD 120 million for the 2007-2010 period.

The aim of the programme is to help promote projects in financially underprivileged associations, providing headquarters, natural and artificial turf pitches, training and education centres and other facilities that are essential to a basic infrastructure. The programme's first aim was reached at the end of 2006 when each member association had its own "House of Football".

So far, 158 of the 366 projects in the pipeline have been officially inaugurated, with a further 17 currently in the planning stage. Such is the success of the programme that 173 member associations are working on or have already completed a second and/or third, even a fourth project.

Click on the links for an overview of the current status in each region.