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PAPA Funders

• European Commission (FP7 Health)

PAPA Partners

• University of Birmingham (UK)
• University of Bergen (Norway)
• University of Valencia (Spain)
• Université Joseph Fourier (France)
• University of Thessaly (Greece)
• Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (Norway)
• York St John University (UK)
• Universtitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain)

Football Associations

• The Football Association (UK)
• The Professional Footballers Association (UK)
• The Football Association of Norway (Norway)
• Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Spain)
• Fédération Française de Football (France)
• Hellenic Football Federation (Greece)

Scientific Community

• Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)
• Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO)
• British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES)
• European College of Sport Science (ECSS)
• European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC)
• European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)
• European Network for the Promotion of Heath-Enhancing Physical Activity (HEPA)
• European Public Health Assessment (EUPHA)
• International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE)
• International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)
• International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM)
• International Society for Ageing and Physical Activity (ISAPA)
• International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP)
• North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)

Organisations

• International Olympic Committee
• World Health Organization

The first Greek PAPA team meeting with the Coach Educators was held at the Univerisity of Thessaly. Head coaches of youth football teams from all over Greece visited the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences to discuss the key elements and future planning of the PAPA project.

A recent study by Swiss researchers has shown that eleven year old school children experienced a decrease in body fat, improved their aerobic fitness, and demonstrated lower cardiovascular risk when undertaking a structured Physical Education (P.E) programme.