Presentation by Rose-Marie Repond from European Physical Education Association Moving Europe - Moving People conference in Ljubljana, 15.11.2016 More info: http://bit.ly/2gngYt0

1. HEPA recommendations :
implementation and transfer to national
level
Rose-Marie Repond
European Physical Education Association
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2. Background of the recommendations (Health-
enhancing PA xp group)
• White Paper on Sport (2007) EU Commission : time spent in PE and extracurricular
sport activities are vital to children’s education and health
• EU Guidelines on PA (2008) : decline in PA, increase of time spent on sedentary behaviours :
enormous threat , responsible for several physical, metabolic and mental comorbidities during youth ad later life
(Martinez-Gomez,D. et al, 2009; 163:714-730)
• EU Work Plan for Sport (2011-2014): need for further action to promote HEPA.
Council recommendation : promoting HEPA across sectors to develop cross-
sectoral policies and integrated strategies involving sport, education, health,
transport, environment, urban planning , society sectors.
• EU Work Plan for Sport (2014-2017)
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3. Work-plan in sport 2014-2017
Yves Le Lostecque, EU Sport Forum, Head of the
Sport policy and programme Unit, 10 March 2016 European Commission –
DG EAC The Hague
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4. Priorities
1. Integrity of sport,
2. The economic dimension of sport,
3. Sport and society, in particular HEPA, volunteering,
employment in sport as well as education and training in
sport.
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5. HEPA Focal point - WHO
• The national HEPA focal points will, in particular, be tasked to
coordinate the process of making data on physical activity available
for the monitoring framework; those data should feed into the
existing WHO European database on nutrition, obesity and physical
activity (NOPA); they should also facilitate interdepartmental
cooperation on HEPA policies;
• part of the questionnaire to be addressed to the focal points by the WHO.. . Still challenges to develop and
improve DESIGN and IMPLEMENTATION of PA POLICIES across
SECTORS
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6. Domains and setting for physical activities
• PA can take place
• At school
• At workplace
• During transport
• At home
• In open space …
Collaborative project to develop and expand monitoring and
surveillance of HEPA (Council of the EU, WHO, EU commission - DG-
EAC)
• WHO recommendations : children and young people : 60 minutes of moderate – to vigorous –
intensity physical activity (MVPA) every day.
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7. The smart health governance Fig. 11. Governance for health in the 21st century ,
Kickbush (2011)
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8. Policy response (indicators - questionnaire)Factsheets on health-enhancing pa in the 28 EU MS of the who European Region, 2015, p.8
• National policy
• Sport for All,
• National or subnational approaches to promote sports clubs for health
• Expanding access to sports and /or opportunities for person with special
needs in specific sectors and settings (education, health, environment and
planning sectors
• to encourage counselling by health pro on PA in health care setting
• Training on HEPA in curricula
• Standards in the provision of PE
• Schemes to promote active travels to school, workplace
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9. Recommendations 2 – early childhood
• All those in charge of children from birth and through early childhood
should be aware of the important role they have in starting an
educational process for motor development and physical activity.
Parents, educators in day-care settings, and teachers in pre-schools
should be assisted to develop their knowledge and knowhow for this
topic, especially for sensorimotor learning and active play.
Community-based programmes should be developed and offered to
parents, educators and teachers.
• in some MS mandatory activities , or autonomy to choose major PE
curriculum activities (also local community realities)
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10. Recommendation 5 – outdoor activities
• Outdoor physical activities and sports should be promoted at all
education levels. Along with extra-curricular activities, the physical
education curriculum should instill lasting habits of moving regularly
in outdoor settings.
• Children need to spend around three hours per day under natural light
• PE and PA can contribute to instill habits in outdoor settings and natural parks
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11. Recommendation 7 – health education
• The physical education curriculum should include health education
concepts like personal and social well-being, health promotion, and
healthy lifestyles from a broader perspective beyond the practice of
physical activity and sport. Physical education teachers should also
cooperate closely with other disciplines in school to fully develop
these concepts among the education community.
• Broad perspective of healthy lifestyle
• Practice of PA
• Promote healthy habits and behaviors
• Using stairs, walking and cycling to school, active games (not only computer games)
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12. Recommendation 8 – inclusive approach
• Everyone should be able to participate in physical education and
extra-curricular activities through inclusive, differentiated and
adapted methodologies and activities, including less active and less
skilled children. Children with a disability or special educational needs
should be offered adapted activities and not be excluded.
• PA for all regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, social background
• Adequate practice environments and approaches (prevent negative
experiences)
• Include children and youth with special needs
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13. Recommendation 10 – 15 (PE)
• Quality physical education
• Qualification of the PE teachers
• Support for School teachers teaching PE
• One hour per day (WHO recommendation)
• Assessment (benchmark)
• Development and implementation of methods to ensure the high quality of
PE curriculum
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14. Recommendation 16 – cross sectors activities
• Schools, alone or accompanied by other relevant organizations should
promote and increase the availability of physical activities outside
physical education curriculum (e.g. physical activity and sport, active
breaks) including the implementation of the active school concept.
• Extra curricular activities
• Sport competitions
• Physical activities
• Games ..
Daily school routine : active breaks, active afternoon, camp, activities
on the way to school (active transport), afterschool activities
Schools , other relevant organizations
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15. Recommendation 17 – cooperation
• Schools should seek to establish a cooperative framework with sport
organisations and other local sport offers in order to promote both
curricular and extra-curricular activities.
• Valuable interaction – promotion of healthy lifestyles
• Broadening and complementing opportunities for more physical activities
• Taking in consideration individual needs, interests, reflecting cultural,
geographical, financial and other conditions
• Sport organisation - relevance of cooperation, complementarity as strategic
values
• Relationship between these partners : promote and highlight to strengthen
valuable interaction
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16. Recommendation 19
• School administration should be encouraged to open their sport
facilities after schools hours to make them more accessible to local
communities and sport organisations.
• After school activity : make sport facilities of schools available after school
hours
• Engage in partnerships with groups from local community and sport
movement
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17. Recommendation 23 – local policies, strategies
• Local authorities should promote the necessary conditions to develop
active transport to and from school, especially reducing car traffic and
speed near schools, developing safe routes for cycling or walking groups
(“pedibus”) or active skating, providing bicycle racks and promoting active
transport among all members of school communities.
• Institutions responsible for young people’s physical, mental, social and cultural
development : other stakeholders then school: parents, educational community ,
sport sectors, social organisations, local authorities,
• Local authorities, in partnership with schools: active lifestyles may be enhanced by
creating supporting and enabling environments
• Local authorities: implementation and coordination of cross-sectoral programmes ,
promoting active transport, quality information to adjust local policies and strategies
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18. Monitoring (rec 27,28)
• Effort should be encouraged to improve data collection on HEPA with
objective measurements at the school level
• The European Commission should report on the progress regarding
the implementation of these recommendations.
• Methodological approach: literature review (2000-2015) , EU-28, USA,
other countries if relevant
• Population groups: school aged children, university students, Physical
education teachers
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19. Literature – demand of EU Commission (annex to deliverable
1)
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20. Good practices – implementation : Germany
• National initiative to promote healthy diets and physical activity
(2008-2020)
• Different tasks and goals: IN FORM will sustainably improve dietary
habits and patterns of physical activity in Germany:
1. Healthier lifestyle through health promotion and prevention
2. Reduction on diseases which are related with insufficient exercise
and unhealthy eating
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21. Hungary : Physical education strategy
• The development of the T.E.S.I. 2020 Strategy in Hungary started in
2013 with the ultimate goal to establish and successfully implement
the Hungarian Framework of Quality Physical Education
• Establishing the pedagogical principals and developmental areas of Quality
Physical Education (QPE) and developing and supporting the implementation
of QPE in Hungary and in the EU
• Framing the elements of QPE within the structure of national public
education
• Framing the elements of QPE within the structure of teacher’s in-service
trainings, suppliers.
• Framing the elements of QPE within the structure of teacher training
programmes on national level.
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Sectors
involved
Sport, Health, Education, Transport, Environment, urban
planning, public safety

22. IRELAND: national physical activity plan
• The National Physical Activity Plan of Ireland (NPAP) has been
published by end 2015. It is the first cross-sectoral evidence-based
plan to increase physical activity levels across the Irish population
• The NPAP focuses on different types of actions, which recognise that
behaviour change is complex and challenging and that it takes time.
The plan seeks to ensure that The plan includes time bound actions
across a number of sectors including children, education, health,
transport, sport and communications.
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Sectors involved Sport, Health, Education, Transport, Environment, urban planning, public safety, Working environment, Children
and young people
Organisation or ministry
leading the initiative
Jointly led by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Department of Health.

23. UK: Moving More, Living More - the Physical Activity Olympic
and Paralympic Legacy for the Nation
• issued in 2014 by the UK Government, aims to contribute to meeting
Government’s ambition to increase the proportion of adults meeting
physical activity recommendations.
• One key action in this strategy is having strong leadership at the national,
local and community level; giving people the motivation and enthusiasm to
make changes.
• Active society - creating a social movement;
• Moving professionals - activating networks of expertise to promote physical
activity;
• Active environments - creating the right spaces
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Sectors
involved
Sport, Health, Education, Transport, Environment, urban
planning, public safety

24. Slovenia: Counselling for physical and motor
development
• To reduce the risk of chronic diseases in the population, it is equally
important as dietary treatment, to implement properly a variety of
regular, high-quality structured, professionally managed and
appropriately intense physical exercises for individuals. Physical
activity contributes, in particular, to maintaining health, well-being
and vitality, to developing socialising skills and creative expression
and to facilitate social inclusion of individuals
• is led by selected physicians and strongly supported by kinesiologist
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Sectors
involved
Sport, Health, Education, Working environment, Services for
senior citizens; Business, Social sector

25. Estonia: is Moving programme – nationwide
campaign – 3 goals
• The first of these is to increase the number of Estonians who are
physically active.
• The second is to inform the population of the options open to them in
terms of participating in sport and physical activity.
• The third is to raise awareness within the population about the
benefits of a physically active lifestyle.
• spreads the message that becoming physically active is easy and fun.
It ensures that the Estonian population has the ability to participate in
physical movement anywhere in the country at any time they like.
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Sectors
involved
Sport, Education, Environment, urban planning, public safety,
Services for senior citizens

26. The EU Physical Activity Guidelines identified success factors, i.e.
conditions that increase the success rate of a HEPA strategy.
• Developing and communicating concrete goals, objectives and target
groups; identifying timeframe
• Allocating sufficient financial and human resources at all relevant levels
• Creating a policy environment with support from key actors across all
relevant sectors and at all levels
• Increase the support and interest of the population or specific target
groups through effective communication campaigns
• Monitoring and evaluating the implementation and outcomes of the policy
in a robust and systematic way
• Any other
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27. The EU Physical Activity Guidelines identified success factors, i.e.
conditions that increase the success rate of a HEPA action plan.
• Planning concrete steps, timeframes and milestones for implementation [
• Defining clear responsibilities for implementation
• Allocating sufficient financial and human resources at all relevant levels
• Creating a policy environment with support from key actors across all
relevant sectors and at all levels]
• Increase the support and interest of the population or specific target
groups through effective communication campaigns
• Monitoring and evaluating the implementation and outcomes of the policy
in a robust and systematic way
• Any other
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28. Reflection - Expert group
• EU Commission recall to adopt by November 2016 and on the basis of
voluntary contributions from MS , a report on the implementation
and relevance of the Work Plan (2014-2017) – preparation of a
possible EU Work Plan during the first half of 2017
• Cooperation with health, education and sport systems : important
dimension to be further strengthened.
• Suggestion to rename EU Work Plan for Sport in Work Plan for Sport
and Physical activity
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29. Council conclusions invited the EU
commission
• to develop physical activity guidelines in ECEC (early childhood
education center) setting, schools and sport clubs, in collaboration
with scientific experts including the WHO, targeting in particular
policy makers, local authorities, parents, family and wider community.
• MS and sport organisations – detailed questionnaire to collect views
in a structured way on different aspects of the EU Work Plan 2014-
2017 and suggestions for the future.
• Voice for HEPA : in future priorities
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30. Active voice and PASS (Call of the Council of the EU)
• Active – cross sector advocacy
• Transnational Study (demand of the EU Commission – Narrative as a very
complete complement)
• Implementation of the EU Physical activities guidelines
• The education environment – parents, family , wider community
• Developing national strategy, cooperation with the sport sector , sport
clubs or federation
• Initiatives to encourage local authorities to create the conditions for
developing active transport to and from school
• Intensify cooperation between the policy areas responsible
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31. Invitation to the sport movement
Contribution of Active Voice and PASS
• Contributing to the development of
• close partnerships,
• joint objectives and communication campaigns with the
municipalities, communities
• education, youth, health sectors among others,
on combating sedentary lifestyles
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32. Thank you