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DFB invested two million in sustainability

DFB investiert zwei Millionen in NachhaltigkeitTheo Zwanziger is driving forward the project of the DFB-© SID-IMAGES/Getty Images /.

The DFB will invest two million euro in sustainable projects over the next two and a half years. This will decide the DFB Executive Committee at its meeting on Friday.


Frankfurt/Main (SID) - the German Football Association (DFB) will invest two million euro in sustainable projects over the next two and a half years. The DFB Bureau on a proposal from President Theo will take this decision twenties at its meeting next Friday. Thus the DFB wants to advance significantly the work of its sustainability Committee, which has held its second meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Association Headquarters in Frankfurt/Main, until the next Bundestag in October 2013 in Nuremberg.


The money will flow in various projects in the fields of environmental protection, integration, anti-corruption, education and Social Affairs. In all these areas, the DFB to each work in the coming years on three priorities.


The sustainability Commission among other things at combating corruption in the eye has taken concrete objectives. So, the DFB to fight betting manipulation is considering the establishment of an Ombudsman. In addition, the cooperation between the public prosecutor's offices and the Association is to be improved. Preventive measures against gambling addiction should start and eliminated the legal uncertainty in the context of hospitality (hospitality) and corruption.