As usual over the last UEFA and FIFA Cups, national police delegations of the participating countries are invited to take part as a relevant stakeholder in the security arrangements of those competitions.
In the case of FIFA Russia 2018, police delegations from all the 32 participating countries are fully engaged in assisting the Russian police and law enforcement authorities in dealing with groups of supporters coming from all over the world.
Based on the provisions of the Council of Europe Recommendation Rec (2015)1 of the Standing Committee of the 1985 Convention on Spectator Violence, which incorporated the “EU Football Handbook”, the national police delegations carry out two main missions during these events: information exchange on the groups of national supporters, via two liaison officers per country, deployed in the International Police Cooperation Centre (IPCC); and a team of three mobile spotters deployed in the host cities, who interact and facilitate the dialogue with their fans for the benefit of the hosting police forces (see Annex B, Appendix 2, of the Recommendation).
In 2015, in the run-up for the FIFA World Cup 2018, the Russian Federation hosted a monitoring visit of the Standing Committee.
Final report of the visit
