»It has been a great opportunity to meet different kinds of people from whom you could learn a lot, and I definitely feel that I now have created the European network that could be useful in the future.«

»It was very difficult to work in a group consisting of participants from different culture, backgrounds, age…, but at the same time it was very interesting and challenging. I learned a lot, I worked a lot, and I lived a lot.«

»In conclusion, this course was not only a rich learning experience academically and professionally but personally as well. It allowed me to broader my horizons by learning more about the European views on health, wellbeing and health promotion which triggered an evolution in my perspectives.«

Next generations and leadership in Health Promotion

»…As editors of RHPEO, we encountered numerous events throughout the year 2004 which triggered out reflections on the renewing of leadership within our field, on the global as well as on the local and national levels.

The first instance was at the European health promotion summer school in which one of us participated (Dupere, 2004); this proved to be an exceptional intergenerational academic experience for thirty students who came from a wide spectrum of countries to participate under the supervision of about fifteen professors and tutors.«

Sources:
Michael O’Neill & Sophie Dupere: Health Promotion: the next generations, IUPHE – Promotion & Education: Quarterly, vol. XII, No. 1/2005, p. 4
Sophie Dupere: My best resource of 2004: An Health Promotion course out of the ordinary. Reviews of Health Promotion and Education, (download pdf-file)