2017

EuropeActive attended on December 12, 2017 the event “Team Up for NEETs – Youth, Sport and Employability in the 2020 strategy”. The event was organised by the international association streetfootballworld and was attended by project partners of the team up project, representatives from sport and physical activity organisations and the European Commission.

The International Standards Meeting (ISM), one of the most important events for the fitness sector, was held during 23-24 November in Rome. One of the biggest challenges of the fitness industry is properly educating and training skilled professionals. For this reason the main theme of the ISM was ‘Uniting the Fitness Industry through Education’.

Christmas lunches, party buffets with tons of sweets and many drinks is part and parcel of the holiday experience. However, there are still some ways to keep fit during this season.

The European Commission (DG EAC & EACEA) organised the first Cluster meeting on Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) on 4^th & 5^th December 2017 in Brussels.

In the last three days, EuropeActive participated to three conferences in Brussels.

The South-eastern Europe Health Network (SEEHN) 39^th plenary meeting took place in in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 23–24 November 2017 and marked the end of Bulgaria’s SEEHN Pre

It is a matter of fact that walking has a number of benefits including extending your life and improving your heart health.

EuropeActive is actively contributing to the EU Platform for action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health since 2015.

According to a Europe-wide survey of PT skills, revealed at EuropeActive's 2017 International Standards Meeting (ISM), around 35% of European fitness operators are not satisfied with skills PTs possess.

The EUs most famous programme, the E+ programme is turning 30 years this year! The European Commission dedicated a year full campaign with events triggering plenty of emotions, memories and developments for the future of the programme. EuropeActive has been running successfully Erasmus+ funded actions, taking advantage of synergies that exist in our work in making more people, more active, more often and the European Commission.