HL4EU Community Building Conference

POLIS invites you to the first public event of the project Healthy Lifestyle 4 Europe, including partners, supporters of the Call for Action, and potential future supporters.

This event is an opportunity to present the project’s vision, mission and objectives. It will also discuss the legacy of the European Commission’s “Healthy Lifestyle 4 All” campaign, the recent WHO report on physical inactivity in adults, the reality of using physical activity across different sectors, and what the project is striving to accomplish. Held in Brussels over half a day on November 5, this event will bring together stakeholders who are interested in collaborating to support Europeans in leading more active and healthier lives to improve individual and public health and reduce health inequalities. It will also include a panel discussion on cross-sectoral cooperation for healthy lifestyles.

The Healthy Lifestyles for Europe project (HL4EU) fosters a cross-sectoral approach to healthy lifestyles promotion among a variety of stakeholders, in line with the European Commission and WHO’s vision and existing policy initiatives, and in sight of tackling the increasing burden of NCDs and of reducing health inequalities across Europe. The consortium consists of leading national and European representative organisations from different sectors, including, fitness, physical activity, outdoors, health (doctors, patients, and carers) and mobility.

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Draft agenda

14.00 – Welcome and presentation of the project concept and Call for Action (EuropeActive)
14.20 – Methodology behind the good practice library, Luz Divina, European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine, EIEIM
14.30 – Recommendations from the WHO report on physical inactivity levels in adults, WHO HQ (Fionna Bull or Juana Willumsen)
14.40 – European Parliament’s role in supporting cross-sectoral policies for healthy lifestyles / NCD prevention
14.50 – Learnings from HL4A campaign and what’s next, Florencia Van Houdt, Head, Sport Unit, European Commission
15.00 – OECD’s work in the area of cross-sectoral collaboration for disease prevention and health promotion, Michele Cecchini, Head of Public Health, OECD
15.20 – Stakeholders’ presentations of good practice initiatives on cross-sectoral collaborations for healthy lifestyle promotion
15.30 – Panel discussion on cross-sectoral cooperation for healthy lifestyles - Moderator: Jérôme Pero, Secretary General, FESI. Speakers to be confirmed.
16.30 – Q&A
16.50 – Closing remarks, Kai Troll, CEO, EuropeActive
17.00 – Networking cocktail

The event will take place at L42 Business Center, Rue de la Loi 42, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.