FIFA Goal III project for F/town

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FRANCISTOWN: After missing out on the FIFA Goal II Project, Francistown is due to get the third phase of the grant expected to be released next year.

The FIFA Goal Project is a worldwide development programme to bring parity through the provision of specific needs of national associations in the area of tailor-made development and assistance programmes.FIFA's continuous assistance to associations is however dependent on certain conditions, including prudent management, good governance and commitment to the realisation of set targets. In a nutshell, the projects are aimed at bridging the gap between the Europeans and some underdeveloped teams in Africa, Asia and Latin America through modernising the management and administration of the world's most beautiful game.

With Francistown running short of internationally recognised facilities, the Botswana Football Association (BFA) wishes to take full advantage of the third phase FIFA Goal Project to erect a state of the art sports facility in the country's second city.BFA constructed the Lekidi village with the first phase of the grant. And the recently approved FIFA Goal II Project has been diverted to Gaborone again although it was initially touted for Francistown.

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