Sep Blatter and FIFA have laid out a series of planned reforms, including confirmation of changes to the World Cup bidding process.

World football’s governing body has been hit by scandal in recent years, with a major source of controversy being the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

It would appear the organisation has taken heed of the complaints, with a series of reforms being put forward by Blatter ahead of an election in February.

Sep Blatter and FIFA have laid out a series of planned reforms, including confirmation of changes to the World Cup bidding process.

World football’s governing body has been hit by scandal in recent years, with a major source of controversy being the decision to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.

It would appear the organisation has taken heed of the complaints, with a series of reforms being put forward by Blatter ahead of an election in February.

“One major change had already been agreed by the Executive Committee at the last ordinary meeting on 26 May 2015, with the revised bidding regulations for future FIFA World Cups,” a Press release announced.

“As a result, future bids will have to meet a number of important additional criteria. In particular, FIFA will recognise the provisions of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and will make it compulsory for both contractual partners and those within the supply chain to comply with these provisions.

“Furthermore, the bidding documents were also elaborated using guidance of the United Nations’ strategy for “Safeguarding against Corruption in Major Public Events”.

In addition to the already-approved World Cup plans, a number of other anti-corruption measures were presented.

“The reform topics proposed include enhanced centralized integrity checks for Executive Committee members, the introduction of term limits, higher standards of governance at all levels of football structures including confederations and member associations, as well as individual disclosure of compensation.

“The executive also stressed its full cooperation with the on-going US and Swiss investigations.

“To further strengthen this reform process, it was decided to set up a specific FIFA Task Force 'Reforms' to be chaired by a neutral chairman who should be appointed in consultation with the confederations’ presidents.

“This Task Force will be composed of two representatives of each of the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and UEFA, as well as of one representative from each of CONMEBOL and the OFC. Concrete and comprehensive reform proposals should be elaborated for presentation at the next ordinary FIFA Executive Committee meeting, scheduled to be held in Zurich on 24 and 25 September 2015, and thereafter submitted for approval at the extraordinary Congress.”

Candidates who wish to challenge Blatter for the Presidency of FIFA – likely to include UEFA President Michel Platini – must submit their candidacy in writing by October 26, along with declarations of support of at least five members.

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