The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) is participating in the ERASMUS+ collaborative partnership GEO LUDENS "Creating a tech tool to promote European Traditional Sports and Games (TSGs) from an intergenerational and inclusive perspective” http://geoludens.eu The European Commission has long acknowledged the important role of sport and physical education as a tool for socio-cultural inclusion-integration in and through sport, along with promoting public health, a healthy lifestyle and social well-being.
On May 30, 2018 the NKUA provided a guided tour of the 19th century neoclassical installations—the historic building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)— to all the project participants: the coordinating university Fundacion Universidad San Jorge (FUSJ)/St. George University (Spain);the European Traditional Sports and Games Association- AEJeST (France); the Baranta Traditional Hungarian Martial Arts Association (Hungary). The NKUAalso hosted the first two working sessions attheAlumni Cultural Centre “Kostis Palamas” https://en.uoa.gr/about_us/services_units/kostis_palamas_building/
The other three working sessions were organized and hosted by the School of Physical Education and Sport Sciencehttp://en.phed.uoa.gr/ Participating in the five working sessions in Athens are, first from the Left: 1) Botond Biro of the Baranta Traditional Hungarian Martial Arts Association (Hungary); 2) Prof. Nikolaos Geladas, Dean of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science of the NKUA (Greece); 3) Assoc. Professor Irene Kamberidou-NKUA, (Greece); 4) Bartosz Prabucki-AEJeST (France); 5) Prof. Konstantinos Karteroliotis, Vice Dean of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science of the NKUA (Greece); 6) Dr. César Berzosa FUSJ (Spain); Asst. Professor Fotini Venetsanou-NKUA (Greece) and Dr. Carlos Valero- FUSJ (Spain).
For further details see: European Map of Traditional Sport and Games http://geoludens.eu - Creating a tech tool to promote European Traditional Sport and Games from an intergenerational and inclusive perspective
