Final Workshop
"Physical Activity Promotion for Older People"
in Brussels, Belgium, on 23 May 2011
Physical activity promotion for older people is an issue of growing relevance. According to estimates, the share of persons over 65 in the European Union will rise by 40% until 2030. At the same time, research evidence suggests that even starting to become physically active at a high age can have considerable health effects.
The European Commission recently reacted to this trend by conducting a public consultation on a "European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing".
For the past two years, the EAHC-funded PASEO project has tried to foster the exchange between national policy-makers, experts and researchers to optimize physical activity promotion among older people in Europe, thus improving their health, independence, and quality of life.
The European PASEO-project group arranged
a European policy-maker workshop in Brussels
on the 23rd of May 2011.
The objective of the workshop was to discuss,
at a European level, strategies to optimize
promotion of physical activity among older people.
More than 80 policy makers, representing both European and national levels, participated at the workshop.
Presentations made by some of the speakers can be accessed below:
| European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Marianne van den Berg |
| Physical Activity Promotion for Older People Barbro Westerholm |
| The Role of Sport for All Organizations for Physical Activity Promotion for Older People Jacob Schouenborg |
| The Experience of the PASEO Project Alfred Rütten |
| The implementation of HEPA policy in Lithuania Juozas Pundzius |
