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Representatives of the Sector Skills Alliance gathered in Cologne on Thursday 4th April 2019 to discuss the core trends and shape of the European Fitness Sector from now until 2030. Employers, researchers, consultants, public institutions, employees and suppliers joined EuropeActive in the second meeting of the Sector Skills Alliance for Fitness.

Several topics were discussed with the aim of predicting what future standards, qualifications and working methods will be like in the following years. The attendees initially focused on reviewing the labour market intelligence and foresight work to track the progress done.

The FIBO Innovation & Trend Award 2019, Europe’s most important Award for the fitness, wellness and health sector, revealed its winners during the 6^th European Health and Fitness Forum. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 and awarded EuropeActive’s partner Neuron Academy for the brain training station Reflex-ON in the category of ‘Perfomance’ and member Sphery AG with its functional training tool ExerCube in the ‘Start Up’ category.

The third edition of the Training Provider Forum (TPF) took place last week in Cologne, during FIBO 2019, in the afternoon of April 5. More than 60 representatives from accredited Training Providers and National Associations attended the event.

EuropeActive is facing next week one of the busiest and most exciting weeks of the year with the 6^th European Health and Fitness Forum to be held during FIBO 2019 trade show. The event will be a unique opportunity for EuropeActive team to present how the Association is growing together with the European Health & Fitness sector. Don’t miss the chance to be updated on the latest trends of fitness industry and join us at Hall 5.2 stand B11, Congress Center Nord, Exhibition Centre Cologne.

EuropeActive major event, the 6^th European Health & Fitness Forum is for the fifth consecutive year fully booked and it will be held as the opening event on 3^rd April.  

Employers representing nearly 1,000 clubs across Europe took part in the 2019 skills survey which has taken place over several years. The findings and trends help provide the evidence and direction for future qualification and skills development of fitness professionals. The 2019 survey included an increase in the number of larger clubs and chains that took part.

The House of Sport (HoS) welcomed on Monday, 18^th March a student delegation from EM Lyon Business School – Sport Industry Management Department. During the morning session, EuropeActive, together with other four HoS member associations, presented their fields of work followed by a networking speed dating format to the students. In the afternoon, Yves Le Lostecque, Head of the Sport Unit of the European Commission, introduced the EU Sport Policy and attend a Q&A session with the students.

EuropeActive actively supports the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (GCM/NCD), a global Member State-led coordinating and engagement platform established to help counteract the global health threat of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The WHO recently published the meeting report of the first meeting of the GCM/NCD,   outline the future direction of the mechanism.

The FIBO Innovation & Trend Award 2019 has revealed the list of nominees for the European’s most important Award for the fitness, wellness and health sector. The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 during the 6^th European Health & Fitness Forum in Congress Center Nord, Exhibition Centre Cologne. EuropeActive’s partners Neuron Academy, Truu Original Water and members Sphery AG and Gym80 International will compete for this prestigious distinction that Bodygee was awarded with last year in the Digital Fitness category.

EuropeActive attended yesterday, Tuesday 19^th March in Cologne, the key data event of our national association in Germany DSSV. Deloitte and BSA unveiled valuable details on the latest German Market figures, highlighting the fact that over 11 million Germans are currently involved in fitness and health facilities.

The key data study 2019, jointly collected by DSSV (Employers Association of German Fitness and Health Systems), Deloitte and the German University for Prevention and Health Management (DHfPG) took attendees through the latest achievements in the fitness and health industry.

The Let’s #BEACTIVE partners gathered together in Prague on 5^th and 6^th March to evaluate the first trials, which ran in 2018, and to discuss progress on the 2^nd trials of this year. Xian Mayo, representing Spain Active, presented the findings of the 1^st trials. He informed the partners that about 2200 participants took part in the 1^st trials and that the improvement in physical activity levels looked promising. The partners, EuropeActive included, are committed to continue the strong effort of the 1^st trials and to reach an even greater number of participants.