We are honored and thrilled to announce our Strategic Partnership with the European Football for Development Network (EFDN) (www.efdn.org) in relation to the 1st Athens Women’s Football Summit (AthensWFS) (www.athenswfs.com), being held on the 16th and 17th of October, 2019 in the historic capital of Greece – the birthplace of athletics, democracy, theater, and the cradle of Western Civilization.
The European Football for Development Network (EFDN) consists of professional football clubs who are committed to their communities and social responsibilities and have the passion to cooperate and engage on a European level.
EFDN has already more than 70 members across Europe (football clubs, football foundations and leagues.
The goals of the network is to encourage clubs and football foundations to share knowledge, best pactice and experiences on an international level in order to enhance quality and efficiency of national and local football for development initiatives.
Hubert Rovers, CEO European Football for Development Network (EFDN) states: “For all of us in EFDN, having worked for many years with football clubs, foundations and federations, in Europe and worldwide, it is our pleasure to become a Strategic Partner of this new, well promising effort of promoting women’s football by AthensWFS. We are encouraging our members and football foundations to participate in the AthensWFS in order to invest, empower and inspire to the Women’s Football which is the new era of football Industry.
“The groundbreaking Athens Women’s Football Summit will be an annual gathering of investors and international sports business and football leaders, as well as players, coaches, NGOs and other vital stakeholders, … and it will not only focus on global investment and business opportunities in women’s football, but it will celebrate the women’s Beautiful Game and further raise awareness of the unique challenges these amazing athletes and coaches have to overcome daily as they fight to achieve an equal footing…”, said Marios Christos Sfantos, Esq., IBF Partner, Football Executive Αdvisor and AthensWFS co-organizer.
“Women’s football is a rapidly growing market which provides both strong commercial potential and valuable corporate responsibility possibilities – and companies, federations and governments have finally begun to recognize and act upon this exciting new reality. It is honored to IBF and AthensWFS the Strategic Partnership with the EFDN. We thank and appreciate EFDN for its support.” said IBF Founder & CEO, Ex-GM at PANATHINAIKOS FC and AthensWFS co-organizer Agisilaos Toumazatos.
“What you leave behind in not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”- Pericles.
Invest. Empower. Inspire. #AthensWFS
Special ticket offer to EFDN Club members for attending the AthensWFS event:
• 20% discount on all ticket(s) purchased (no date limitation)
• 2 for 1 ticket special offer on all ticket(s) purchased by September 10th 2019
For attending AthensWFS with the special ticket offer please communicate with us at info@athenswfs.com, info@efdn.org, while for more information, visit (www.athenswfs.com).
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