Urs Kluser

General Secretary for the UEFA Foundation for Children

Urs Kluser is a lawyer by profession, admitted to the bar in Zurich and holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.
Following his law career in Zurich, he worked for five years for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), conducting long term missions in several war zones as a delegate and head of regional office. During this time he was based in Bosnia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo, Rwanda and Afghanistan. His activities included visiting prisoners of war, setting up emergency relief operations and coordinating Red Cross activities.
After completion of his MBA degree in the USA, he was based from 2002 to 2005 in Ukraine for the Swiss development agency (SDC). The projects he managed included a development investment fund, support to the justice reform and prison reform in Ukraine.
Coming back to Switzerland in 2005 Mr. Kluser became involved in association football in several positions within FIFA and UEFA. First at FIFA he was responsible for the administration of the FIFA Member Associations, and headed then the main FIFA development programs for its members (GOAL, FAP). At UEFA Mr. Kluser was based for two years based in Ukraine as part of the venue management team for the UEFA EURO 2012. He then became the UEFA integrity officer, mainly working in the field of combatting match fixing, operating in cooperation with the national associations of UEFA and the respective national and European police authorities.

Nkoue Carine

Project Manager for the UEFA Foundation for Children

As a former athlete (track and field – swiss national team) she has always seen the power of sport for good. Reasons why she oriented my career after her university courses (master in economics and postgrade in sport management AISTS) in the implementation of projects aiming at improving children’s lives. This took her to work in several contexts, in different countries (eg townships in SA, and refugee camps in Jordan). She is actually in charge of the projects at the UEFA Foundation for Children with a role more in the supervision, evaluation, and monitoring.

Wouter Cools

Prof. Dr. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Prof. dr. Wouter Cools is working as an assistant professor at the Multidisciplinary Institute for teacher training, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is also working as a lecturer at Artevelde University of applied sciences in Ghent. Recently he also started working for the University of Luxemburg as a consultant. Professor Cools’ research focuses on Physical Education, Sports and Movement Sciences. The main topics of his research involve Pre- and Primary, Secondary and Higher Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Sports pedagogy, PE Teacher Education, Physical Activity, Fundamental Movement/Motor Skill Development, Integration of PA to support and improve learning in general subjects, professional development of teacher(s) (educators) and the use of technology in Physical Education and Physical Activity.