19 CONCACAF member associations are benefitting from FIFA's management programme Performance

19 member associations of CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) are benefitting from FIFA's (International Federation of Association Football) management programme Performance, the football international governing body announced on the 08/08/2013.

The 19 associations are St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Suriname, St. Kitts, El Salvador, Grenada, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Bermuda, Curacao, Panama, Costa Rica, Aruba, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras and Barbados.

"While FIFA’s development investment in the CONCACAF region during the period between 1999-2012 reached $258.6 million (€194.5 million) - mainly through the Financial Assistance Programme ($186.7 million or €140.5 million) and Goal ($39.1 million, €29.4 million) - Performance is set to become a key platform aimed at supporting member associations reaching their full potential in all areas that are needed to perform at an optimum level in football management," said FIFA.

• Officially launched in 2010, Performance had been initiated in 127 member associations (out…