Barcelona 23-25 October 2008

"Sport and Health: From Theory to Practice"

ISCA and CESS are pleased to announce that registration for the second European Sport for All Congress is now open.  Registration, hotel booking and programme information can be found by clicking here.  

This Congress is relevant for:

• Sport leaders and managers.

• Decision makers and policy designers in sport and health policy.

• Experts in planning, managing and running sport facilities.

• Health professionals who deal with sport as a means to strengthen and maintain health.

• Diet and Nutrition specialists.

• Scientists.

• Sport science and Sport management students.

New Fitness and other physical activities aimed specifically at children are being developed at great speed. Fitness equipment producers have spotted a potentially enormous market and are reacting to it. Both commercial fitness studios and non-profit sport associations are positioning themselves in the field. Where do you want to be?

The target group of the seminar is decision makers, project managers and other actors working with or with an interest in fitness and physical activities for children. Read more here.

The Platform Operating Team, based at the Swiss Academy for Development recently announced the launch of the new International Platform on Sport & Development.  Over the last few years, sport has increasingly gained recognition as an effective means of achieving development goals. The International Platform on Sport & Development (the ‘Platform’) is a website entirely dedicated to the thematic field of Sport & Development. It was initiated after the first International Conference on Sport and Development was held in Magglingen, Switzerland in 2003. The Platform has two main parts:

1) a space for information and guidance on Sport & Development and

2) a space for Sport & Development community members to present themselves, share information with each other and to comment on each other’s ideas and work.

You are welcome to visit the Platform here.

Barcelona is the host city for the ISCA General Assembly 2008.  The General Assembly  will take place on Thursday, 23 October 2008 at at the Museum and Centre for Sport Studies:

Museu i Centre d'Estudis de l'Esport Melcior Colet

Carrer Buenos Aires, 56-58, (torre)

08036 Barcelona

Delegates to the General Assembly may register by using the 2nd European Sport for All Congress registration form found here.