UEFA Directives governing the UEFA Coaching Convention and the UEFA Coach Education Programme
Preamble
Upon proposal of the UEFA Development and Technical Assistance Committee and based on Article 3 (2) in relation to Article 1 (4), Article 1 (5) as well as Article 9 (1b) of the UEFA Coaching Convention Contract (2009 edition), the UEFA General Secretary has adopted these Directives.
Article 1
Definition of terms and abbreviations
1 For the purpose of these Directives, the following definitions and abbreviations apply:
a) Applicant: a UEFA member association that wishes to sign the UEFA Coaching Convention or change its status under the convention.
b) Candidate: an individual who sends a request to a convention party to attend a coaching course within the framework of the UEFA Coach Education Programme and the UEFA Coaching Convention.
c) Convention contract: UEFA Coaching Convention Contract, 2009 edition.
d) Convention party: a UEFA member association that has signed the Convention Contract (2009 edition).
e) Diploma: award issued to an individual by a convention party confirming that the individual has successfully completed a UEFA coaching diploma course and passed all the required examinations.A different award is issued at each UEFA coaching level.
f) Directives: UEFA Directives governing the UEFA Coaching Convention and the UEFA Coach Education Programme, 2010 edition.
g) DTA Committee: UEFA Development and Technical Assistance Committee, responsible for the UEFA Coaching Convention.
h) Evaluator: a member of the UEFA Jira Panel appointed to evaluate a UEFA member association’s national coaching programme against UEFA’s minimum requirements and to provide support, experience and expertise.
i) UEFA director: appointed director from the UEFA administration responsible for education and technical football matters.
j) FES Unit: the UEFA administration’s Football Education Services Unit, responsible for ensuring the proper implementation and application of the UEFA Coaching Convention and these Directives.
k) Initial convention party: a UEFA member association that issues a coach his first UEFA coaching diploma (B diploma).
l) Jira Panel: UEFA expert panel dedicated to coach education.
m) Licence: permit to coach at a certain level for a limited period of time.
n) NCEP: a national coach education programme established and adopted by a UEFA member association.
o) Qualified coach educator: an experienced coach with the appropriate coach education/coaching licence to educate UEFA coaching diploma and further education course participants as monitored by the Jira Panel.
p) UEFA CEP: UEFA Coach Education Programme. q) Recognised football organisation: any legal entity which is duly recognised by UEFA and/or a convention party and which deals with the organisation of football matches or competitions.
2 In these Directives, the use of the masculine form refers equally to the feminine.
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