The FIFA Master is a unique 10-month sport (and not solely football...) Master programme, initiated by FIFA, coordinated by CIES, and taught by three prestigious European universities: De Montfort University (Leicester, UK), SDA Bocconi School of Management (Milan, IT) and Neuchatel University (Neuchatel, CH), in association with the Università della Svizzera italiana.
Margarita Echeverria, avocate spécialisée dans le droit du sport, coordinatrice CIES du programme FIFA/CIES au Costa Rica, et conférencière internationale du CIES, donnera une conférence sur le Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS). Elle est elle-même arbitre pour le TAS.
Margarita Echeverria, lawyer specialised in sports law, CIES coordinator for the FIFA/CIES programme in Costa Rica, and one of the international CIES guest speakers, will give a conference on the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). She is herself one of the CAS arbitrators.
Margarita Echeverria, abogada especializada en el derecho deportivo, coordinadora CIES del programa FIFA/CIES en Costa Rica, y una de los ponentes internacionales del CIES, dara una conferencia sobre el Tribunal de
Arbitraje Deportivo (TAD). Ella trabaja como arbitro para el TAD.
CIES (International Centre for Sports Studies), located in Neuchatel, is a private Swiss foundation, affiliated with the University of Neuchatel and created in 1995 by FIFA (under the impetus of its current president, Mr. Joseph S. Blatter), the University of Neuchatel, and the City and Canton of Neuchatel.
CIES specialises in three specific domains: law, sociology and economy of sport, with a view to bring together the sporting and the academic worlds. Privileging a pluri-disciplinary approach, CIES provides a wide range of research, education and consultancy services.