4th annual meeting of HEPA Europe
European network for the promotion of healthenhancing physical activity, report of a WHO meeting 10 September 2008 Glasgow, United Kingdom
Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) took place on 10 September 2008. It was hosted by the Scottish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (SPARColl) with the Strathclyde University in Glasgow, United Kingdom and supported by the Scottish Government.
The meeting was attended by 89 participants from the following 19 countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
In addition, a representative from the European Commission (EC) (Directorate for General Education and Culture) participated (see Annex 7 for list of participants).
The main aims of the meeting were to:
- review progress made in HEPA Europe’s third year of existence, in particular in implementing the work programme as well as with regard to contributions and funding;
- discuss and adopt key documents for next year’s work.
In this regard, the following documents were discussed and adopted:
- Activity report 2007/2008
- Work programme 2008/2009
- Objectives of HEPA Europe (proposed changes).