The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee signed a memorandum of understanding in July 2021 with the International Center for Sport Security (ICSS) to collaborate on security, safety planning and capacity building for 2022 FIFA World Cup.
According to the memorandum, the ICSS will support the Supreme Committee in several key areas, including the creation of an overall master security concept for training and capacity building.
The ICSS will ensure effective coordination and interoperability across various Qatari committees tasked with safety and security preparations and accommodations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
“The ICSS’s goal is to help event organizers stage safer major sporting events, and we are delighted to have signed this important agreement with the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee,” said Mohammed Hanzab, president of the ICSS. “The need to develop international standards for security procedures is more critical than ever, and we look forward to sharing knowledge, expertise and best practice from around the globe with the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee.”
Qatar, whose greatest achievement in soccer was winning the 2019 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup held in the United Arab Emirates, successfully hosted the 17th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in February 2021 to test its preparedness for the November 2022 World Cup.
ICSS is an international nonprofit organization based in Doha, Qatar, established in 2010 with the aim of promoting and protecting the integrity and security of sporting events. It provides consultation, training and research services to sporting events organizing committees, associations and governments.
FIFA awarded Qatar the right to host the soccer tournament in December 2010. It was the first country in the Middle East and North Africa so honored.
Sources: alkhaleejonline.net, the Independent, The Guardian