BUIDLING GLOBAL BRIDGES Professor Dr Margaret Talbot President, International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education CEO, Association for Physical Education (UK)

The Mission ICSSPE‘s mission is to promote better scientific understanding of all facets of human movement to educate better quality of life and improved health for all people and to advocate the benefits related to an active lifestyle and the ethical values inherent in sporting activity

Working Programme Service Science Advocacy Globalisation Healthy living across the lifespan Human performance / human development Service Science Quality Physical Education (Following World Summits on Physical Education) Advocacy Ethics and professionalisation Constituencies: internal and external, international and multi-disciplinary

OPPORTUNITIES FOR BILATERAL COOPERATION, eg USA-UK Sharing experience of policy and advocacy; Pressure on decision-makers and legilators; Research collaboration – evidence of value of physical education, contributions of sport science - brain development studies, influence on school attendance, behaviour, academic achievements - SpInEd study. Policy community stimulate research and writing on policy PROCESS (as opposed to retrospective analysis of policy texts). Strategy ideas, eg afPE Manifesto on Physical Education – sets out policy objectives, related to systemic weaknesses in delivery system.

ASSOCIATION FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION (UK) PRACTICE, RESEARCH AND POLICY Influence agendas Exemplify good practice Disseminate evidence Advocate & campaign RESEARCH POLICY

MAKING THE CASE FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION Strong NGOs – recognising their primary purpose in representing interests of physical education, challenging GOs and policy; Ensure strong, sustainable national networks – judgements whether pressure groups required, or mainstreaming, or both; Keep together, academics and activists, with those responsible for policy implementation. Build a national and international policy community, including researchers.