Referees, too, and especially their younger brigade, stand to benefit enormously from the experience gained at a World Cup for teenagers. This is another way in which FIFA can use its own tournaments to school and to monitor promising individuals for greater tasks ahead. In these ways and others, FIFA remains in touch with the realities of modern football and indeed modern society itself, helping younger players and smaller footballing countries to adapt to these new realities. Management services have now been introduced, headed by the Deputy General Secretary, Michel Zen- Ruffinen. Helen Leuthardt-Petermann is the Executive Assistant as before.
Special matches are due to be held in at least two countries in each of the twenty-four time zones.
Future editions of the FIFA News will report on developments. A denominations programme, involving quality control and a licensing system, has been devised by the football world governing body and its marketing partner, ISL, in consultation with the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry association of sports article manufacturers and other leading football manufacturers. The aim of the programme is improve the quality of footballs and, ultimately, to raise the level of football around the world. Revenue from the licensing programme will flow into a foundation set up by FIFA President Dr. Havelange to promote young footballers. Thirty other applications are pending.