ENSSEE will held his first Board meeting in 2012 at INSEP - Paris.

The agenda of the meeting:

Day 1 (26/4) 16:00 – 19.30

1. Opening message (José Rodrigues)

2. Project MEHES (Pedro Sequeira)

3. ENSSEE Forum 2013 (Groningen) (Jan Janssens)

4. Office  (Pedro Sequeira)

5. Working committees meeting (Coaching; Physical Activity, Physical Education; Sport Management; Quality Assurance)

Day 2 (27/4) 9:30 – 12.00

6. ENSSEE action Plan 2011-2013 (José Rodrigues)

7. Working committees – Action plan 2012/2013 (All)

8. Research & Development Projects with ENSSEE (All)

9. Next Board meeting(s)

10. AOB

Observations:

• Members of the Working Committees are invited to the Board meeting;

• Working Comittees will have their meetings in the first day at 18:30 – 19:30;

 ENSSEE Action Plan 2011-2013

aproved 3-11-2011 (Board meeting Rio Maior)

The ENSSEE Action Plan for 2011-2013 should develop following the strategic guidelines:

•  Focus of ENSSEE mission on training, qualification and accreditation at the level of sport professions, with special emphasis within the institutions of higher education in Europe;
• Installation ENSSEE Office at the Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, in Portugal;
• Implementation and dissemination of the ENSSEE mission and goals, bringing as a consequence the increase of number of members;
• Increase of institutional contacts between the ENSSEE and other European and International partners in order to strengthen ENSSEE as a partner in the development of projects and actions within the sport;
• Organization of meetings, events and the 2013 ENSSEE Forum, as key actions for the ENSSEE activities;
• Promotion of the ENSSEE Committees, especially in the sectors: Sport Coaching, Physical Education, Sport Management, Physical Activity and Lifestyle;
• Development of the ENSSEE action to other sectors of sport in Europe, creating for this purpose working groups and committees;
• Formation of a strategic sector into ENSSEE to promote the quality assurance, accreditation and evaluation of training programs and institutions in sport in Europe and worldwide;
• Continued support for the development of on-going projects, and promote the creation of new projects that are subject to funding by the EC or other entities.

The European Network of Sport Science, Education & Employment (ENSSEE) is an international non-profit association established in Luxembourg in 1989 under its former name ENSSHE (European Network of Sport Science in Higher Education).

The ENSSEE network associates institutions only and provides the ideal meeting place for debating and proposing ideas as well as common initiatives to promote education, training and employment in sport. Multiple opportunities for exchanging proposals and strategic views, either via the virtual environment (web communication) or other media, events, projects, and meetings are provided.

On the occasion of the 11th ENSSEE Forum, themed "Innovation and Practice" held in Paris / France, and an incorporated ENSSEE General Assembly on 26 August 2011 the following members of the Executive Board were elected for the next 2 years:

President

José Rodrigues (Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior - Portugal)

Vice-President

Karen Petry (German Sport University Cologne - Germany)

General Secretary

Pedro Sequeira (Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior - Portugal)

Treasurer

Ladislav Petrovic (ICCE/ECC – Hungary)

Board Member

Joan Janssens (Hanze University Groningen – Netherlands)

Patrick Duffy (ICCE/ECC - Ireland; Leeds Metropolitan University - UK)

Jean-Michel Pinel (INSEP – France)

Co-opted Board Member

Jolanta Zysko (Academy of Physical Education Warsaw – Poland)

Antonín Rychtecký (Charles University  – Czech Republic)

Joan Palmi (INEFCataluna – Universidad de Lleida – Spain)

In 1996, ENSSEE has been selected by the European Union to be the thematic network for research, training, and the study of qualification and employment in the field of sport. Many of the results of the activities of ENSSEE in the past five years have become standard reference and key concepts for many organisations in the sector. The list includes the European Qualification Framework for the five levels of Coach Education, Fitness, European Masters, Diplomas, and Intensive Programmes, the nomenclature of sport economic activities (NEARS) and occupations (NEORS), the report on sport employment in Europe supported by the former DG X of the European Union in 1999. Recent projects can be found under the item "activities".