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The THENAPA key-person for Ireland Teresa Leahy in collaboration with the THENAPA co-ordinating team has organised an “ADAPT CD-ROM” promotional week in Ireland from 7th to 11th of June 2004. 7 presentations were performed in Limerick (University of Limerick, Lisnagry and Bawnmore), Thralee (Institute of Technologies Thralee) and Cork (COPE). Thanks to the excellent organisational work of the national co-ordinator more than 600 copies are already distributed to the higher education institutions, Foundations and residential institutions, in which the adapted physical activity is part of the education or part of the rehabilitation and integration process.

The THENAPA co-ordinating team in collaboration with the Norwegian THENAPA network presented ADAPT CD-ROM at the 20th World Congress of Rehabilitation International, organised from 21st to 24th of June 2004 in Oslo, Norway. The session was highly attended and great interest was expressed from participants from Africa and the Far East. During the conference, a regional meeting which was attended by the THENAPA national representatives from the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland) was organised.
The aim of the academic programme of the congress was an ambitious one. The organisers wanted to stimulate the participants to exchange ideas and practices, to provide new perspectives and concepts, which enables to discuss and further develop the rehabilitation field long after the closing of the World Congress.
Whether we live and work in industrial countries or developing countries - whether we are involved in rehabilitation as users, practitioners, researchers or politicians - we all need to reflect upon and critically consider our theories and methods.

Herman Van Coppenolle, co-ordinator of THENAPA, had the unique chance this year to be invited at the ceremony of the conferment of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa on Jacques Rogge – the President of the International Olympic Committee. The ceremony took place in Warsaw, Poland on 31st of May 2004. Except the ceremony itself, many meetings and discussions were planned during the 3 days, that the organisers foreseen for the event. Prof. Dr. Van Coppenolle had the opportunity to meet personally Jacques Rogge and to present him shortly the CD-ROM ADAPT. He also organised a brief presentation of the CD-ROM on a group discussion, where the Rector of the Warsaw Academy of Physical Education – Andrej Wit and many other Professors from that Academy, were present.

Krakow, Poland hosted this year the workshop of the Coimbra Group in the period 4th - 5th June 2004. The meeting “Taskforce Central and Eastern European Countries” was called in order to discuss the new possibilities within the University exchange programs from the “old” and the “new” EU members. Prof. Dr. Herman Van Coppenolle attended this workshop. Together with representatives from different European Universities, he organised a discussion, covering the implementation of the common European Curriculum in Adapted Physical Activity (APA) in the higher education structure mainly within the Central and the Eastern European countries. The discussion covered mainly the THENAPA report on Vocational training in APA. The ADAPT CD-ROM was presented as well as a joint part of that report.

During the Special Olympics “Plan for University Growth” Meeting in Hamburg, Germany, hold from 15 to 18 of June 2004 were discussed strategies for further developing of the partnership between SOEE and THENAPA. One of the discussed topics was how to incorporate sports for persons with intellectual disabilities into university physical education curricula. The THENAPA co-ordinator Prof. Herman Van Coppenolle presented the ADAPT CD-ROM and its contribution for the inclusion of the subject of SO in the curricula of the university students in physical education, physiotherapy, sport science and recreation.

European Bulletin Adapted Physical Activity

Call for Papers

European Bulletin of Adapted Physical Activity
Bulletin européen en activité physique adaptée
Europaisches Bulletin für Bewegung, Spiel und Sport in Rehabilitation und bei Behinder

We are pleased to announce that since January 2003, the first issue of the 'European Bulletin Adapted Physical Activity' is available.

The Bulletin is an electronic journal that publishes leading articles in English, French and German. Leading articles can be
a) current opinion articles, addressing contentious or emerging issues in the field of APA, or
b) comprehensive review articles that interpret and evaluate the current literature to provide a rationale for and application of research findings in the field of APA. Leading articles will normally be by invitation of the Editorial Board; authors wishing to submit a leading article are advised to consult the Editors before doing so.

The Bulletin also publishes original and translated short communications in English, French, and German. This section is created especially to promote young researchers and to stimulate and help them in their efforts to publish research reports. Master thesis students should consider the Bulletin as a publication forum for their research work.

Call for Papers

All manuscripts submitted to the Bulletin will be reviewed anonymously by acknowledged experts in the subject; at least two experts will be involved in this process. When preparing manuscripts for publication in the 'European Bulletin of Adapted Physical Activity', please adhere to the guidelines available on the website. We look forward to receiving your manuscripts.

Yves Vanlandewijck
Peter Van de Vliet
Editors-in-Chief