All you need to know ahead of 2024 FIFPRO General Assembly

• 2024 FIFPRO General Assembly will take place on 26-28 November in Indonesia
  
  
• Annual event enables FIFPRO and member unions to align on global strategy and reflect on work done to help players in previous 12 months
  
  
• New FIFPRO Association Board to be ratified, FIFPRO Merit Awards winners to be revealed

FIFPRO member unions from the global player association’s five regional divisions will gather in Indonesia for the 2024 FIFPRO General Assembly.

Taking place from 26-28 November, the event serves as an opportunity for over 70 FIFPRO full, candidate and observer unions to align on global strategy, share best practice, reflect on the work done to help footballers in the previous 12 months, and look ahead to the future.

This year’s General Assembly will see the ratification of a refreshed 12-person Association Board; member unions in June 2024 approved by an overwhelming majority governance recommendations to enhance the global representation of professional footballers following a review by management consultancy Oliver Wyman.

Packed three-day schedule on return to Asia

As well as seeing the ratification of a new 12-person global board, the General Assembly is an opportunity for member unions to align on policy, membership matters and global strategy. Plenary sessions and workshops will focus on legal, EDI, organising, workplace safety and health matters, while plans for FIFPRO’s 60^th anniversary will be revealed. Divisional meetings and break-out sessions will also enable members unions to engage closely at regional level.

The FIFPRO General Assembly this year returns to division Asia/Oceania for the first time since 2019 when the event was held in Sydney, Australia.

Andritany Ardhiyasa, the President of Indonesian player union APPI, said: “It will be a valuable experience for the players in our country that FIFPRO is coming to Indonesia. It will help them understand what FIFPRO is about.

"We have often talked about FIFPRO and its support for players in our country. The General Assembly is an opportunity to actually see what that means and what FIFPRO is: a federation of almost 70 player unions working closely together to improve the wellbeing of all players in the world, including all members in our country."

Celebrating players making a difference

The winners of the 2024 FIFPRO Merit Awards, celebrating the remarkable work of players off the pitch, will be announced on Tuesday 26 November. Since 2008 FIFPRO has through these awards honoured professional footballers who have made great contributions to charity and influenced positive change.

Eight players have been nominated by their unions for the award’s three different categories:

• Player Activism: awarded to a player campaigning to bring about political or social change through advocacy for a cause.
• Player Impact: awarded to a player seeking to create positive impact in the lives of others.
• Player Voice: awarded to a player using their platform to promote positive change in their working environment.

Take a look at the eight nominees and how their selfless off-the-pitch work has been making a real difference to the lives of others.

Union Impact Award

As well as applauding the work of players making a difference via the Merit Awards, the Union Impact Award will also be bestowed to the player association that has launched the most inspiring initiative to improve the wellbeing of professional footballers in their country.

The player unions of Cameroon, Greece and Portugal are the three finalists for the 2024 Union Impact Award. On Tuesday 26 November, member unions will vote to decide which of the three finalists will win the Union Impact Award.

Take a closer look at the three player unions nominated for the award.