“Health4EUkids” 2nd General Assembly in Lisbon (Portugal)
[Lisbon, Portugal], [11th and 13th November 2024]
The “Health4EUkids” joint action of the EU4Health European project co-funded by European Union and HaDEA is included in the field of health promotion and prevention of non-communicable diseases, indicating best practices and specific risk factors from research results on childhood obesity that have already been developed from previous research actions, namely Grünau Moves (Germany) and Smart Family (Finland).
At the 2nd General Assembly of the European project “Health4EUkids” that took place on 11th and 13th November 2024 in Lisbon (Portugal), the Scientific responsible of the project Dr. Apostolos Vantarakis and the Director of the Directorate of Information and Analysis at the Directorate-General of Health Director Mr. Pedro Pinto Leite welcomed the collaborated partners (Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain).
On the first day of the meeting Session 1: WP1 Project overview chaired by Apostolos Vantarakis (UPAT, Greece) and George Karydas (6th Health ADM, Greece) were presented WP1 (Coordination – Amendment) by Vasiliki Iliopoulou (6th Health ADM, Greece), WP2 (Dissemination) by George Karydas (6th Health ADM, Greece) where each partner presented their dissemination activities, WP3 (Evaluation): Monitoring and Evaluation framework (overview) by Péter Csizmadia (NNGYK, Hungary) and the Health4EUKids KPIs by Apostolos Vantarakis (UPAT, Greece).
The second day of the meeting continued with the Steering Committee where decisions about important issues regarding the project were discussed. Afterwards, took place Session 3: Starting to be operative (Part II) chaired by Rosana Peiro Pérez (Fisabio, Spain) and Heli Kuusipalo (THL, Finland) were WP5 Grunau Moves – Evaluation plan: world café and All partners working on Grunau moves – Final evaluation plan presented by Rosana Peiro Pérez and Mar Caturla (DGSP- FISABIO, Spain). Additionally, took place WP6: Overview of the Smart Family implementation, schedule and obligations for spring 2025 presented by Heli Kuusipalo (THL, Finland), and Introduction to the draft article presented by Päivi Mäki, Nella Savolainen (THL, Finland). Furthermore, the WP6 Workshop on successes and challenges in implementation, the 2nd round of SWOT analysis stakeholder interviews etc. presented by Taina Sainio, Kati Kuisma (FHA, Finland) and Working in 4 groups on Smart Family leaded by Taina Sainio, Kati Kuisma (FHA, Finland), and assisted by Heli Kuusipalo, Päivi Mäki, Nella Savolainen, Emma Koivurinta (THL, Finland).
Finally, the Final remarks-Next steps presented by Apostolos Vantarakis (UPAT, Greece).
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The “HEALTH4EUkids” Joint Action aims to implement health promotion and prevention strategies for child obesity across European countries. It seeks to share best practices and research findings, particularly focusing on the initiatives Grunau Moves from Germany and Smart Family from Finland. The project involves knowledge transfer, cooperation between member states, policy development, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles in families and communities. Its goal is to prevent childhood obesity, increase physical activity and healthy diet, and ensure the sustainability and transferability of successful practices to other member states.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s EU4HEALTH Programme under the Grant Agreement no 101082462
