Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest University in Greece and in Balkans. The main campus is located in the centre of the city of Thessaloniki, and covers an area of about 33.4 hectares. It comprises 7 faculties which consist of 33 schools, 5 faculties which consist of one school each, as well as 4 independent schools. Some educational and administrative facilities are located off campus for practical and operational reasons. A number of these facilities are located outside the city of Thessaloniki or even in other cities. About 81,500 students study at the Aristotle University (72,140 in undergraduate programmes and 8,360 in postgraduate programmes). There are 2,150 faculty members: 739 professors, 435 associate professors, 634 assistant professors, and 342 lecturers. There are also 11 teaching assistants, 58 research fellows, 248 members of the Special Laboratory Teaching Personnel (S.L.T.P.), 69 of whom belong to category Ι and 179 to category ΙΙ, as well as 15 foreign language teachers and 4 foreign instructors. Faculty members are also assisted by 213 members of the Special Technical Laboratory Personnel (S.T.L.P.). The administration office consists of 400 permanent employees and 528 employees under a private law contract of indefinite duration. Moreover, 596 people employed by third parties provide services at the university.
European University Cyprus (EUC) was founded in 2007 and today, it operates five Schools, namely, the School of Humanities, Social and Education Sciences, the School of Business Administration, the School of Sciences, the Medical School, and the School of Law. The University becomes part of Galileo Global Education, Europe’s largest higher education group with a network of 32 institutions present in over 80 campuses in 10 countries and over 85,000 enrolled students.
The main mission of EUC is to educate students for successful careers and life achievement, to understand and serve the needs of society, and to create knowledge through research and innovation.
The University hosts a diverse and dynamic research community with experienced researchers, including Nobel Laureates Professor Robert Huber (Chemistry, 1988) and Professor Ada Yonath (Chemistry, 2009), who collaborate with colleagues in some of the best universities in the world (Harvard, Cambridge, King’s College London, Imperial College London and many others). Research activity is primarily carried out by a number of research centers, laboratories, and other kinds of specialized settings such as clinics and innovation centers.
European University Cyprus has accumulated approximately 2.5M euros in research funding in the last 3 years, while it ranks third among the Cypriot universities in terms of total funding from Horizon2020 (first among private universities). The University has been awarded the “HR Excellence in Research” logo by the European Commission, which identifies institutions and organizations at the European level as providers and supporters of a stimulating and favourable working environment.
The European Physical Education Association (EUPEA) is the umbrella organisation of the national Physical Education Associations in Europe. The association thus represents approximately 250.000 individual members.
EUPEA’s vision is to promote Physical Education as an important educational area within the school system and the training of young people.
EUPEA is a non-profit and non-governmental professional organisation of national PE associations, which promotes Physical Education and school sport in Europe by working with appropriate governmental and non-governmental organisations and individual experts and professionals. More than 30 national Physical Education associations in Europe are member of EUPEA.
EUPEA believes that Education is concerned with the total development and well-being of every child and young person. Physical Education makes a unique contribution to the education of all learners and enhances physical, social, emotional and cognitive development. Quality Physical Education is a regular planned programme of teaching and learning activity throughout the entire school year.
EUPEA has been created in 1991 in Bruxelles. The Declaration of Madrid, 27th of October 1991 – amended in Amsterdam in 17 October 2009 in Amsterdam are the basis for advocating for physical education and supporting the need to promote and defend physical education as a core subject in the school curriculum. ‘No education without physical education’. www.apep.lu/old/eupea.htm
EUPEA organised every year a Forum about Physical education. Sometimes the annual forum is combined with a multiplier sport event of an Erasmus+ project. EUPEA has representatives in five different regions of Europe.
Lithuanian Sports University (LSU) starting its tradition from 1934 is known as a leading academic and research center in sports science in the Baltic Sea region. The LSU offers 19 degree study programmes at all three study cycles (8 undergraduate, 9 Master’s and 2 PhD), mainly in sport science, where studies, research and practice are closely interconnected. LSU is a unique institution providing huge amount of sports and wellness specialists who foster citizens to be responsible for their health and healthy life. Starting with the enrollment of 100 students, the LSU has developed and expanded over the years and decades into an institution with nearly 2000 students. Among the LSU graduates, there are many distinguished scientists, coaches, famous athletes, and prominent public figures. At present, the University comprises 4 departments (Department of Health Promotion and Rehabilitation, Department of Coaching Science, Department of Physical and Social Education, Department of Sport and Tourism Management), Institute of Sport Science and Innovations and National Wellness Institute, Centre of Basketball Studies and Research and a Knowledge and Innovation Relay Division. As a leading academic and research center in sports science in Baltic countries LSU has prepared more than 20.000 specialists: physical education teachers, highly qualified coaches, physical therapy professionals, tourism and sports managers, etc.
The University, an important centre for sports science, which nurtures the values and traditions of physical education and sports, has served the people of Lithuania for more than eight decades and has made a tremendous progress over the last decade. In 2014, the experts of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education accredited the University for a maximum period of six years based on institutional performance. After a comparative evaluation carried out in 2015, foreign experts assessed the research activities in the area of Biomedicine and recognized them to be of an international level, and the research activities in the area of Sports Education were admitted being of a strong national level and among the best in Lithuania. Lithuanian Sports University will carry out research and develop sports and health professionals of the new generation who are able to apply modern technology that enables evidence-based practice in the field of sport and health promotion.
The roots for Games for Health Europe (GFHEU) are in the USA, where Ben Sawyer started Games for Health USA, a major serious game conference. Impressed as they were about Re-Mission (2008), the first serious game with clinical evidence that cured children with cancer , Jurriaan and Sandra van Rijswijk founded GFHEU in 2010 as a non-profit organization. Their intentions were to stimulate the development of serious games in Europe. In 2011 the first GFHEU conference was organized in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Since then it has evolved to an annual event, with a network of over 30.000 supporters all over the world.
Every year hundreds of experts in serious game design, entrepreneurs, scientists, medical professionals, researchers, opinion leaders and government representatives meet in order to share their (clinical) experiences, achievements, business cases, innovative ideas, research and development results. Meanwhile more than 600 scientific lectures and 400 workshops over the past conferences contribute to the global expertise on serious games. Today Games for Health Europe is acknowledged as an international expertise center in this field. Its expertise covers amongst others cognitive training, elderly and children care, behavioral change and prevention, public health, medical training and peoples well-being. The overall objective is to achieve a paradigm shift in healthcare by the application of serious games. A healthcare system where health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Backbone to this paradigm shift is the philosophy that “to play” is in the humans DNA. “No one learned to ride a bike from a book, but in a playful manor”. By the application of so called Playful Intelligence a change in behavior can be achieved easier, faster and more sustainable. And that is where GFHEU contributes to the Erasme+ Sugapas project.
Schools for Health in Europe Network Foundation (SHE) is a network of health promoting school professionals from 36 countries in Europe and Central Asia. The overall aim of the Schools for Health in Europe network foundation (SHE) is to improve the health of children and young people in Europe, including reducing health inequalities, through a specific setting focus on schools. SHE supports its members to further develop and sustain school health promotion in each country by providing a European platform for school health promotion. SHE has national coordinators. SHE is supported by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Commission. SHE is a non-profit making foundation.
What we do
SHE focuses on making health and well-being an integral part of policy development in the Education and Health sectors in Europe and encourages the two sectors to work together more efficiently. SHE encourages each member country to develop and implement a national policy on school health promotion. SHE encourages schools to develop and implement health promotion activities and to actively take part in a wider community in Europe and worldwide. SHE uses the health promoting school approach as an evidence-based and comprehensive way of developing school health policy and initiatives. SHE uses a positive and broad concept of health and well-being and acknowledges the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child.
The Fundacion Unversitaria San Antonio – UCAM – is a private non-for profit foundation, VET and HE provider with almost 20 years of history and more than 18.000 students. UCAM offers prominent European official graduations, Master programs, PhD programs and other prestigious titles. Its teaching method is based on personalized attention with reduced students per classes and a personal tutor for each student. UCAM also offers a modern system of distance teaching. UCAM is strongly linked with the work world through study plans adapted to market exigencies, obligatory internships in institutions and enterprises in every program and research programs in collaboration with big regional, national and multinational companies.
ASVÖ Salzburg is an independent and impartial sport umbrella association, the advisory and service point for around 380 member sport clubs in Land Salzburg.
ASVÖ Salzburg is a non-profit organisation with a registered office in Salzburg, Austria, the affiliated entity of the Public Sport Federation of Austria (ASVÖ).
Its structure, mission and vision are similar to that of its national affiliated entity, ASVÖ.
Structure
The building blocks and “feeding ground” of the association are sport clubs. Around 380 clubs are part of the ASVÖ family in Land Salzburg. ASVÖ Salzburg is governed by the 6-Member Executive Committee, chaired by President Dietmar Juriga. In addition, ASVÖ Salzburg is comprised of 9 district officers, one financial advisor and a youth representative. A secretariat, an advisory board and a sport committee strengthen the work of ASVÖ. The “Land functionaries” (Landesfachwarte) are contact points for respective sports, implementing overarching projects across clubs in one specific sport. The “sport youth” (Sportjugend) is a youth platform for ASVÖ, supporting the clubs in youth work.
Mission
ASVÖ Salzburg builds its activities on the firm belief that sport is a substantial factor in our European society. Sport stays an indispensable building stone of education and integration, serves medical prevention, and promotes physical well-being, enjoyment and the development of positive values.
Main Aims and Objectives:
We are an organisation that promotes sport and sportspeople, striving for good cooperation with all sport stakeholders.
We are the qualified point of contact, not only supporting our members, but also providing services for athletes and people interested in sports.
We support measures and activities that serve health enhancement and physical activity through sport.
We proclaim clean and fair sport that is free from illegal substances and methods, focusing also on prevention measures, especially among young athletes.
We make sure that appropriate funds are available for sport to fulfil its objectives.
We also want to raise other means of income from economic and sponsoring activities to strengthen the independence of sport.
Values
ASVÖ is independent and impartial from politics.
ASVÖ provide services and assistance for all, without regard to ethical background and ideological attitude.
ASVÖ is non-profit making organisation, accounting for the funds allocated for its operation.
ASVÖ is a community in which professional and volunteer staff work together to fulfil and implement ASVÖ’s objectives.
Services
Promotion of and support to sport clubs and athletes;
Conducting initial and continuing education and training;
Development, management and maintenance of sport infrastructure;
Assistance and consultancy for members and interested entities in the field of sport;
Interest representation of sport clubs and athletes at governmental organisations and public entities.
