AFTER the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) launched what has been described as a groundbreaking strategic plan for women’s football, chairperson of the Projects Committee for Women’s Programmes Carlene Edwards says it can significantly improve the sport’s ecosystem over the next five years.

The strategy, which was unveiled on Monday in Kingston, was done in collaboration with the executives of the JFF, FIFA and Professional Women’s Football Jamaica Limited and outlines several key objectives to be achieved by 2031, the same year Jamaica is set to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup. It has also unlocked access to programmes offered by world governing body FIFA to help initiate and execute.

The strategic plan focuses on seven major pillars — governance and leadership, grassroots development, competitions and pathways, technical development, national teams, commercial sustainability, and capacity building and welfare.