Current work
Current work (as of 2023)
- Assist WHO to support and collaborate with countries in the area of physical activity policy development and implementation.
- Support the tracking of progress in developing and implementing policies for physical activity promotion (physical activity policy monitoring)
- Supporting the collection and analysis of European and global physical activity surveillance data
- Support to align physical activity promotion to global challenges (climate change, planetary health)
- Support specific physical activity promotion measures for people with non-communicable diseases
Past activities
• 2022
- Grant from the German Federal Ministry of Health to support the activities of the WHO CC in 2022
- Support in conducting the 17th Meeting of the EU Physical Activity Focal Points Network
- Publication on formation, development, and evaluation of the EU Physical Activity Focal Points Network
- Creation of a proposed checklist for climate-friendly sport and exercise programmes
- Conducting lecture for the WHO/Europe training course on noncommunicable diseases 2022: surveillance, implementation and evaluation
- Participation in Expert meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases and Climate Change (Bonn, Germany, 1-2 December 2022)
• 2021
- Grant from the German Federal Ministry of Health to support the activities of the WHO CC in 2021
- Support for the comparative analysis of data collected for the EU/WHO Country factsheets in 2015 and 2018
- Participation as expert group in the online WHO Workshop to support country capacity for physical activity promotion
- Support for the analysis of representative country data collected by WHO through its STEPS surveys
- Funding from the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) to conduct a review on community-based interventions simultaneously promoting social participation and physical activity in older adults
- Work on theoretical and empirical papers on NCD and physical activity policy research.
• 2020
- Grant from the German Federal Ministry of Health to support the activities of the WHO CC in 2020
- Support for the in-depth analysis of data collected for the 2018 EU/WHO Country factsheets, with a focus on national physical activity guidelines and their development processes
- Support for the meetings of EU/WHO PA Focal Point Network (conducted on-line) and feedback survey on Focal Points’ satisfaction with the network
- Survey among the EU Physical Activity Focal Points on the effects of COVID-19 on physical activity opportunities and on the national policy response
- Publications based on the analysis of representative country data collected by WHO through its STEPS and COSI surveys
• 2019
- Support to WHO Headquarters during the preparation of the updated WHO global guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior
- Country mission to North Macedonia to support the development of a national physical activity policy
- Exchange visit by Prof. Dr. Adrian Bauman (WHO CC Sydney) at the WHO CC to work on joint projects
- Presentation of the WHO CC to the expert workgroup “PA in everyday life” of the German Ministry of Health in Berlin, Germany
• 2018
- Participation in the network meeting of European WHO Collaborating Centres in the field of physical activity and nutrition, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Participation in the first meeting of the WHO Collaborating Center Plus Network for Healthy Ageing (WHO CC+), Berne, Switzerland
- Support for collecting and evaluating data for update of the EU/WHO Physical Activity Country Factsheets
• 2017
- Participation in first meeting of the Strategic Advisory Network for the Development of the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity (GAPPA), Geneva, Switzerland
• 2016
- Participation in the consultation on the development of the European Action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2016-2025, Geneva, Switzerland
- Overall coordination of the German National Recommendations for Physical Activity and Physical Activity Promotion
• 2015
- Country mission to Malta to support the development of a national physical activity policy
- Support for collecting, evaluating and summarizing the data for the EU/WHO Physical Activity Country Factsheets
- Study on the implementation of the EU physical activity guidelines (Tender awarded by the European Commission)
• 2014
- Support for the development of the WHO Physical Activity Strategy for the European Region 2016–2025.
- Support for the semi-annual meetings and other activities of the EU Physical Activity Focal Point Network (ongoing).
- Official designation of the DSS (then ISS) as a WHO Collaborating Centre.