Schools for Health in Europe SHE Goof Buijs NIGZ 8 June 2008 Vancouver, partnership track

2 background ENHPS starts in 1991 Council of Europe (CE), European Commission (EC) and WHO Regional Office for Europe National coordinators appointed by Ministry of Health and Education

3 European advisory board: EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Member countries Albania Austria Belgium/Fl. Belgium/Fr. Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Fed. Slovak Rep. Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland TFY Rep. of Macedonia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom ArmeniaAzerbaijanBosnia and Herzegovina

5 From Iceland to Kazachstan  A whole school approach  Based upon the Ottawa Charter  involving parents, pupils, teachers, communities  Provision of tools, methodologies and technical assistance  Capacity building, partnerships, mobilisation of resources  Country infrastructure  Creation of safe and secure environments  Schools making a contribution to health development  44 countries participating in the programme

6 Health promotion in schools Health promoting school approach

7 Aim ENHPS To positively influence the health and health behaviour of school- aged children in Europe by developing and implementing quality-based and evidence-based health promotion programmes for the school setting

8 characteristics ü the classroom curriculum ü the school social, physical and organisational environment, including: è relationships with the community è health services è partnerships, formal and informal è school policies

9 partnerships 1.Education sector - Good and healthy school (Germany) - Effective school - inclusion in curriculum (Scotland) 2.Health sector and health services 3.Students, parents, community 4.Research community -EVA -HBSC

10 New phase in Europe from 2007 NIGZ will be WHO collaborating centre for school health promotion Is now coordinator Transforming into ‘Schools for Health in Europe’: SHE

11 Schools for Health in Europe (SHE) makes HPS more visible provides direct access to information, good practices, contacts and exchange opens up for other sectors helps to put health promoting schools higher on the political agenda in Europe and member states

12 Links with FRESH Rich body of knowledge Over 20 years of expertise in development and implementation Effective partnerships Participation

13 Schools for Health in Europe (SHE)