icss embarks on africa with first match-fixing prevention workshops in tanzania

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Dar es Salaam/Mwanza, 15th July 2014: The International Centre for Sport Security

(ICSS) this week delivered the first in a series of match-fixing education and prevention

workshops to young players in Africa.

As part of the ICSSs commitment to educate young players about the dangers of match-

fixing, Stuart Page, ICSS Director, Strategy and Policy Development (Anti-

Corruption/Transparency) and Jake Marsh, Investigator at the ICSS, led a three-day

programme that included delivering match-fixing and integrity workshops to young players

and officials at leading Tanzanian organisations, including the Tanzanian Football

Federation (TFF), Symbion /Sunderland AFC Project Africas first privately-ownedfootball academy - and theTanzania Street Childrens Sports Academy.

Aimed at educating 12-18 year old players playing at an academy level as well as children in

more vulnerable areas in Tanzania, the programme kicked-off with a presentation to theTanzania Under-17 Squadat the Karume National Stadium. Rising football stars from the

Symbion Football Academy a joint academy and football development project between

Symbion Power, Sunderland AFC and the Tanzanian Government attended the seminars

alongside leading officials and coaches from the TFF including Salam Madadi, Technical

Director, TFF, and Stewart Hall, Technical Director, Symbion / Sunderland AFC

Project and Technical Advisor to the TFF.

Players attending the seminars learnt about a range of topics, including how match-fixers

approach and groom young players, methods to help recognise, resist and report an approach,

as well as being warned about the very serious and real consequences of match-fixing.

Stuart Page of the ICSS said:Education and prevention is central to the ICSSs work to

eradicate match-fixing and the athlete is at the very heart of this strategy. As the ICSS deliver

the first in a series of match-fixing workshops in Africa, over the last three days we have

visited several organisations that are central to shaping the lives of young people in Tanzania.

Targeting young players, especially those in Africa which has had many match-fixing cases

emerge over the last few years, will help more players in the future recognise, resist and

report approaches by match-fixers.

During our visit, we have been overwhelmed by the response of the players and coaches that

have been part of this programme to warn young people about match-fixing. Theirenthusiasm and understanding about the importance of their role in tackling this issue will

hopefully encourage more clubs, federations and associations to deliver programmes like the

one seen in Tanzania this week.

Speaking to players at the seminar, Salam Madadi said: Match-fixing is one of the most

serious issues now facing African football and I am delighted to welcome the ICSS here for

the first time. The TFF is serious about addressing match-fixing and educating our young

academy players is central to our approach to tackling this problem. Todays workshop with


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the ICSS provided some of Tanzanias rising football stars with many important lessons and Ilook forward to welcoming back the ICSS Sport Integrity team in the future.

Stewart Hall, Technical Director, Symbion / Sunderland AFC Project and TechnicalAdvisor to the TFFsaid: Developing and educating young players isabsolutely crucial to

the future of any sport, not just football. For far too long, match-fixing has been under the

radar and I hope that through workshops like this, young players around Africa will be able to

learn about how to respond to an approach by a suspected match-fixer. Through this

programme, developed between the ICSS and the Symbion / Sunderland AFC Project, I hope

that Tanzania will be able to produce young players and coaches that believe in maintaining

the highest possible standards and integrityboth on and off the pitch.

Alongside the programmes objective to reach out to more vulnerable players as well as

future professionals, the ICSS team also presented to the Tanzania Street Childrens (TSC)

Sports Academy. Recently crowned the 2014 Street Child World Champions, the TSCSports Academy invited the ICSS to deliver a match-fixing prevention seminar to street

children and vulnerable young people from around the Mwanza region to educate and warn

about how match-fixers approach and groom young players.

Altaf Hirani, President of the Tanzanian Street Childrens Sports Academy, said: As

part of the TSC Academys role in developing street kids around Tanzania, the ICSS Sport

Integrity team has delivered an important lesson to many of our children about the dangers of

match-fixing. By working with recognised experts like the ICSS, the TSC Academy will be

able to provide children across Tanzania with an important opportunity to learn about how

criminals target young people and the communities they live in, as well as what to do when

put in that situation.

About the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS)

The ICSS is an international, independent and not-for-profit organisation. With an aim to

improve security, safety and integrity throughout the world of sport; the ICSS works with

governments, federations, clubs, leagues and event organisers. The ICSS provides expertise,

services and global knowledge - advising on event and venue safety, strategic security and

investigations into corruption in sport.

For more details please visitwww.theicss.org or follow us on twitter at@The_ICSS

About the Tanzanian Football Federation

Founded in 1930 and affiliated with FIFAsince 1964, theTanzania Football

Federation(TFF) is the governing body of football inTanzania.

About Symbion Power

Symbion Power is an American company in the electricity generation, transmission and

distribution industry with operations throughout Africa. Symbion builds, owns and operates

electrical power infrastructure. Our power plants supply electricity to some of the worlds
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most critically underserved regions. Symbion also undertakes Engineering, Procurement, andConstruction (EPC) work in the electricity supply sector and has worked on large-scale

generation, transmission, and distribution projects in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. With

a deep commitment to empowering local communities Symbion brings together theknowledge and operational know-how to succeed in the worlds most challenging

environments. Symbion Power is based in Washington DC, USA.

For more information, please visitwww.symbion-power.com

About the Tanzanian Street Childrens Sports Academy

The Tanzania Street Children's (TSC) Sports Academy Mwanza is a community focused

programme that supports local players and football development, and aims to give players the

skills and training through football to stay off the street.

The TSC Sports Academy aims to give the opportunity to street, vulnerable and other local

players to play in the same team and be recognised as football players, also giving players the

opportunity to support each other as part of their team.

TSC currently trains around 1 25 children with teams for boys and girls ranging from Under

12s up to Under 20s.

TSC also support and campaign for street childrens rights and a change in perception for

street children through messages on shirts, awareness raising events and through high profile

campaigns (such as the Street Child World Cup) and longer term projects (Street Skillz).

For further information and if you are interested in a media briefing, please contact:

Will Shand

ICSS

[email protected]

+974 333 416 55 / +44 77 52 73 1548
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icss embarks on africa with first match-fixing prevention workshops in tanzania

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