In October 2011, FIFA had announced that it had commissioned four internal Task Forces to conduct a thorough reform process. Concurrently, it indicated that an external advisory board, the Independent Governance Committee (IGC) would oversee its governance reform and make final recommendations to FIFA`s Executive Committee (ExCo).

Based on the advice of a reputable worldwide active NGO, FIFA decided to ask a Multistakeholder Group, consisting of governance experts on the one hand and football insiders (including representatives of Players, Clubs, Leagues, Associations as well as Marketing Professionals) on the other hand to assume the task of the Independent Governance Committee.

The Committee will assume its work in January and - in a first phase - oversee the work of the four internal FIFA Task Forces (Football 2014, Ethics Committee, Transparency and Compliance, Revision of Statutes). The Task Forces have been working on recommendations for FIFA`s governance reform based on proposals by Transparency International, the Basel Institute on Governance, KPMG and internal sources. The IGC will give its advice to the Executive Committee in March 2012, expecting necessary recommendations for regulatory changes to be prepared for the FIFA Congress 2012. It will oversee stringent implementation of regulations and organisational structures up to the FIFA Congress 2013.