The support, expertise and services offered by FIFA to member associations taking part in the programme can be divided into, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Strategic areas

• Organisational review
  Conducting an analysis of every aspect of how associations function. Helping associations to prepare for the implementation of the Performance programme.

• Leadership seminar
  Bringing together the heads of member associations over a period of several days in order to clarify the roles, priorities and methods found at the upper echelons of a national football association.

• Mentorship for secretary generals
  Helping associations’ secretary generals – especially those just taking up the position – to understand the responsibilities and issues involved in this role.

• Mentorship for national technical directors
  Helping associations’ national technical directors – especially those just taking up the position – to understand the responsibilities and issues involved in this role.

• Strategic planning
  Supporting associations in the establishment of a long-term management and business plan, so that strategic objectives can be met.

• Governance
  Helping member associations to implement or improve internal decision-making mechanisms.

Specific areas

• League and club development
  Helping to define the different roles and responsibilities of national associations, leagues and clubs, as well as the technical and administrative set-up of competitions and clubs.

• Management
  Providing member associations with a basic management tool for administering all of their operations.

• Finance
  Helping member associations and their respective heads of finance to optimise the management of existing resources and to plan for a diversification of income streams.

• Marketing and income generation
  Diversifying and maximising member associations’ income streams. Positioning associations and their products as market leaders.

• Information technology
  Modernising member associations’ IT structures and infrastructure, with the possibility of hardware and software support.

• Communication
  Assisting member associations in managing their image, the media and their public relations.

• Social responsibility
  Helping member associations to put together a social responsibility policy, to search for social partners and to create and implement social messages and initiatives.

• Event management
  Offering support to associations in terms of optimising the organisation of sporting events of varying size and importance, from the FIFA World Cup™ to a simple friendly match.

• Infrastructure development
  Supporting associations in their launching of development projects. Helping to extend or renovate sporting and administrative infrastructures.