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.

Wouter Cools

Prof. Dr. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Prof. dr. Wouter Cools (°03/05/1976) obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education and recreational sports activities (Pedagogical Qualification included) in 1999 (Antwerp University College). In 2003 he graduated in Physical Education (Masters degree) and in 2010 in Physical Education and Movement Sciences (PhD) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels. His PhD was titled: “Flemish preschool children’s fundamental movement skill performance and their opportunities to be physically active at home”.He is currently employed half-time as a professor at the Multidisciplinary Teacher Training Institute (MILO) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and half-time as a lecturer at Artevelde University College Ghent, educational Bachelor of secondary education, physical education and recreational sports activity. In addition to a varied educational package, his research activities and international track record are situated within the domains of physical education and physical education, motor competence, physical activity, fitness and health, inclusion, physically active learning, activity based learning, teaching without stereotyping and the use of technology in educational settings.He is a member of the VUB Movement and Nutrition for Health Performance (MOVE) Research Group and the MILO research group and of the UGent-VUB Physical Activity and Nutrition Alliance Research Group (PANU). Since 2015 he is also Co-Chief Editor of the “Journal Teaching, Research, and Media in Kinesiology” (JTRM).