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International Federation of Corporate Football

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Culture&Art
  • Region: North America
  • Location: Montréal, Canada
  • Internship Title: International Intern
  • Duration: 3-9 months
  • Number of Interns: 3-5
  • Special Requirement: have a keen interest in sports and sports diplomacy
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable

The International Federation of Corporate Football (FIFCO) was founded in 2008 and officially recognized as a Canadian national non-profit organization in 2011. FIFCO is the world governing body of corporate football and was founded on our four core guiding principles and values;

Promote a healthy lifestyle through regular exercise

Promote team building

Promote networking

Promote the amateur game

FIFCO Structure

As the world governing body FIFCO operates several important elements to help guide our members.  Our focus is on our ethics in the game, regional development, and tournament growth.  Our goals is to provide an added-value approach to all our members, by standardizing the game and creating synergies for our members clients.

FIFCO holds its annual meeting once a year, where members congregate to set policy, establish the operating budget, and decide on future locations of the World Corporate Champions Cup™.

Strategic development is headed by an executive member and reports to the President’s office on a periodic basis.

FIFCO’s Programmes

FIFCO has developed the “Always Play Fair™” programme to encourage and remind its participants the importance of fair play. It encourages corporate football teams and players to embrace the basis set forth by the International FAIR PLAY Committee, to show respect, friendship, team spirit, fair competition, equality, integrity, tolerance and above all joy in participation.

Internship Tasks：
Support with general activities, such as document sorting, data collection, translation, basic website maintenance, social media, project management, communication and event help, etc. The specific content of the internship depends on the needs at that time.
Students who have a keen interest in sports and sports diplomacy. We are also heavily engaged in public diplomacy via our approach to sports and building cultural bridges.

Requirements：
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing)
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point)
Members
Continental and Country. Continental federations (6): 
Member Organizations
Asian Federation of Corporate Football, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol Corporativo, Confederation of African Corporate Football, Confederation of North American Corporate Football, Oceanic Federation of Corporate Football, Union of European Federation of Corporate Football
Country members in 26 countries:
Member Countries & Regions
United Arab Emirates, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Cameroon, Egypt, Gambia, Ireland, India, Kenya, Kuwait, Morocco, Monaco, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, USA, South Africa