The Government creates the working groups that will coordinate public action in relation to the 2030 Football World Cup
News - 2026.3.5
The Minister for Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Milagros Tolón, during the meeting of the Interministerial Commission for the preparation and organization of the 2030 World Cup
During the meeting, approval was given to set up working groups specialising in legal matters; security; venues, stadiums and infrastructures; accommodation and services for the teams; transport and mobility; technology; communication; and coordination, with which the Government of Spain will respond to the challenges posed by the preparations for this World Cup event.
Not surprisingly, the organisation of the 2030 World Cup will require a significant deployment of public, technical and human resources, as minister Milagros Tolón, who holds the presidency of the Interministerial Committee, underlined during her speech.
The vice-president is the Secretary of State for Sport and president of the Higher Council for Sports (CSD), José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes. The Ministries of Education, Vocational Training and Sport; Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation; the Presidency, Justice and Parliamentary Relations; Finance; Home Affairs; Transport and Sustainable Mobility; Labour and Social Economy; Industry and Tourism; Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory; Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge; Culture; Economy, Trade and Enterprise; Health; Inclusion, Social Security and Migration; and Digital Transformation and the Civil Service are also represented in this body.
At the meeting, the Interministerial Committee agreed to structure its activity in different specialised working groups, which will guarantee not only the efficient management of resources but also effective coordination with FIFA and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), as well as with the governments of Portugal and Morocco and the different public administrations, in what will be the first intercontinental World Cup in history.
These working groups will involve the participation of different ministerial departments, reflecting the cross-cutting nature of the event, as well as the collaboration of entities from the Spanish sports ecosystem such as the Spanish Olympic Committee - whose president, Alejandro Blanco, will chair the coordination working group - the Spanish Paralympic Committee, and the Royal Spanish Football Federation itself.
The president of the federation, Rafael Louzán, is also a member of this interministerial committee, which will also include a representative of FIFA and other prestigious personalities. The meeting on Thursday was attended by former national team coach and 2010 World Cup winner Vicente del Bosque, former footballer and coach, Luis Milla, and the president of Leyendas de España, Salva Ballesta.
The president of the Spanish Footballers' Association (AFE), David Aganzo, and the president of Real Club Celta de Vigo, Marián Mouriño, have also been invited.
Representing the autonomous communities, the advisor on Sport and Physical Activity of the Generalitat de Catalunya, María Teresa Fuster, attended the event. Also present were the secretary general of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), Luis Martínez-Sicluna Sepúlveda, and representatives of the UGT trade union and of CCOO, Juana Gregori Martínez and Armando Recio, respectively.
Other personalities such as the president of the Spanish Sports Press Association, Jesús Álvarez, the director of Sports at TVE, Rosana Romero, the deputy director of Sports at RNE, Silvia Barba, and the director of the Department of Economics at the University of Alcalá, Elena Martínez, also took part in this meeting.
Work schedule and coordination with FIFA
The timetable established during the meeting foresees that all the working groups will hold at least a first meeting before the end of May, with the aim of presenting an initial progress report at the next meeting of the interministerial committees, scheduled for June.
Furthermore, minister Milagros Tolón announced that in the coming days, new coordination meetings will be held between the Government of Spain and FIFA, coinciding with technical visits by representatives of world football's governing body to various Spanish stadiums and cities.
In this regard, the Minister for Sport called for institutional collaboration to make this event "the best World Cup in history and a message of unity between cultures, peoples and continents", stressing that the Government of Spain's objective is for the 2030 World Cup to leave "a lasting legacy for the country", from the sporting, social and economic points of view.
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