10 years of HEPA Europe: what made it possible and what is the way into the future?

In summer 2004, the launch of a European physical activity promotion network was decided during an expert meeting in Magglingen, Switzerland, with participants from European countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Agita Mundo, the global physical activity promotion network. After a one year preparation period, HEPA Europe, the European network for health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA) was officially founded at its first meeting on 26–27 May 2005 in Gerlev, Denmark.