GFF FIFA-Facilitated DTMS Training_Day 1 Participants
GUYANA ADOPTS FIFA’S DOMESTIC TRANSFER MATCHING SYSTEM TRAINING
– GFF FIFA-Facilitated Two-Day Training Concludes
20th July, Georgetown: The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has become the first Member Association of the Concacaf Region to adopt the Domestic Transfer Matching System (DTMS), according to FIFA’s DTMS Project Coordinator Semira Jawdat.
This announcement was made on Friday last at Olympic House during her opening remarks of a two-day training workshop, which sought to build capacity among GFF Secretariat staff, Member Associations and Clubs on the use of the DTMS.
FIFA’s DTMS Project Coordinator Semira Jawdat
Jawdat said it was a memorable day for the GFF: “Today is not only training in using the system, or on exercising it, or giving you compliance advice. Today is also a new chapter for the Guyana Football Federation, its affiliated clubs and Regional Associations. It is a great moment because it’s the first member of Concacaf to adopt DTMS.”
According to FIFA, the DTMS is “the national version of the International Transfer Matching System (ITMS). With DTMS, the federation and its clubs have the ability to manage and monitor their domestic transfer activity, generate statistics and reports, speed up the transfer process and store required documents online, safely. As an extension of the ITMS, the system allows the federation to access international and domestic transfers in one place.”
While encouraging maximum participation Jawdat, who works in FIFA’s Global Transfers and Compliance Department, said the DTMS is meant to be responsive to unique needs of Member Associations: “We’ll see how to improve the system according to your needs because the system is not static. It will and it tries to accommodate your needs.”
GFF FIFA-Facilitated DTMS Training_Day 1 Participants
Meanwhile GFF’s President Wayne Forde said part of his Council’s mandate is to professionalize the sport and expressed his satisfaction that capacity for player transfers is being done: “We know that movement of players has been a very contentious issue in Guyana’s football for many years. We now have an opportunity to have a platform where we can do this in a very structured and transparent manner that will certainly serve the interest of our efforts to professionalize football in Guyana.”
FIFA’s Training and Support Coordinator, Maria Stracke, while indicating her pleasure to share her knowledge about the DTMS, in her remarks, reiterated that the transfer process is about transparency and equity. “All transfers are being handled in the same way and it’s about fairness,” she said. Also included in the team is Hector Navarro, Legal Counsel, TMS Compliance.
The first day of the workshop catered for key GFF’s Secretariat staff and Regional Associations Representatives, who will interface with the system while the second day targeted representatives from Clubs.
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