The Jamaica Football Federation is in line to benefit from the addition of six new programs being offered by world governing body FIFA.

The new offerings, which are in line with FIFA’s Women’s Football Strategy 2024-27, aim to develop women’s football at a national level and are part of FIFA’s Women’s Development Programme which has been expanded and renewed for another 3 years.

The FIFA Women’s Development Programme is open to all 211 member associations, including Jamaica, and will provide funding and programmes as well as access to women’s football experts, additional equipment and technical support.

To increase the level of support, FIFA has refreshed and renewed its selection of development programs, focusing on key areas of football and structural development, tailored to the needs of each member association.

The new programmes are:

• Global Benchmarking of Women’s Leagues
• Elite Performance: Coach Mentorship
• Elite Performance: Women’s National Team Preparation
• Coach Education Scholarships (individuals)
• Coach Education Scholarships (groups)
• Commercial Strategy

These will be added to the existing suite of Women’s Football Strategy which includes Women’s Football Campaign, League Development, Club Licensing, Capacity-Building for Administrators, Women in Football Leadership and Coach Mentorship.

Since the initial launch in September 2021, some 147 member associations have implemented a total of 1,067 programmes, 702 female coaches have been supported financially to complete coaching qualifications, and 120 female executives have completed the FIFA Women in Football Leadership programme.

Additionally, the number of FIFA ranked women’s national teams has increased by 64% over the past six years, while in the same period the number of national federations with a Women’s Football Strategy has risen to 187.

The new programme’s timeline will culminate in 2027 – the year of the tenth FIFA Women’s World Cup which will be hosted in Brazil for the first time.