Tanya Gravina recently successfully concluded an 18-month course relating to European Sport Governance.

Ms Gravina is events co-ordinator and one of the Union of European Football Associations’ (Uefa) delegates/referees observers within the Malta Football Assocation (MFA).

She also carries out duties as secretary of projects to improve sports facilities of member clubs and associations.

She was one of 19 candidates from several countries to have received their Executive Master in European Sport Governance (MESGO) at a ceremony at the House of European Football, in Nyon, Switzerland.

This was an inaugural course in a programme which centres on sports governance in the modern sporting world and which has Uefa’s full backing.

It has been established by a number of academic bodies based at prestig-ious universities and institutions in different European countries.

As well as Uefa, other team sport partners – including the Handball and Basketball European Federations, the European Rugby Association and the European Volleyball Federation – are supporting this initiative and will be joined for the upcoming second edition of the scheme by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The MESGO is designed to assist decison-makers in adapting to modern day realities and demands.

It is open to experienced managers and executives working in European and national sports federations as well as clubs, leagues, trade unions, institutions, governments and partners of sporting organisations such as media or sponsors.