9th meeting of the European Union Physical Activity Focal Points Network. Meeting report (2018)

In the context of the European Union Council Recommendation on Promoting Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA) Across Sectors adopted in 2013 (hereafter referred to as ‘the Council Recommendation’), EU Member States were requested to appoint national physical activity focal points, notably to support the monitoring framework for HEPA policies and physical activity.

As part of the collaboration to implement the above-mentioned Recommendation in the EU and to promote physical activity across Europe, the European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC), Sport Unit, and the WHO Regional Office for Europe, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course, held the ninth meeting of this Focal Points Network on 25-26 October 2018 in Luxembourg.