Sixth annual meeting of HEPA Europe: European network for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity: report of a WHO meeting: 26 November 2010, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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The sixth annual meeting of HEPA Europe, the European network for the promotion of Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) was kindly hosted Palacký University, Faculty of Physical Culture, Olomouc, Czech Republic on 26 November 2010. It was attended by 99 participants from 24 Member States and from Australia, Canada and the United States of America as well as a representative of the European Commission. The event included parallel sessions of four HEPA Europe working groups. At the annual meeting, progress made in HEPA Europe’s work programme for the previous year was presented. Participants discussed and adopted the activity report 2009/2010, the work programme 2010/2011 and amendments to the Terms of Reference for HEPA Europe. In addition, 14 new membership applications were confirmed and the Steering Committee was elected. Finally, activities to be continued and future projects to be undertaken by HEPA Europe were discussed, including new activities on physical activity promotion and injury prevention and on workplace-related physical activity.The 2nd HEPA Europe conference took place back-to-back with the annual meeting on 24-25 November 2010. It was organized by Palacký University and focused on “Health-enhancing Physical Activity in the 21st century: Environmental and social influences and approaches”, featuring 8 key note lectures, 16 oral and 80 poster presentations.This meeting was supported by the European Union in the framework of the Health Programme 2008-2013 (Grant Agreement 2009 52 02).Citation
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. (2011). Sixth annual meeting of HEPA Europe: European network for the promotion of health-enhancing physical activity: report of a WHO meeting: 26 November 2010, Olomouc, Czech Republic. World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/108043