The School of Physical Education and Sport Science of 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. 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
On May 30, 2018 a guided tour of the 19th century neoclassical installations—the historic building of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)— was provided 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 NKUA hosted the first two working sessions at the Alumni 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 Science http://en.phed.uoa.gr/
Participating in the five working sessions (the three-day meetings) in Athens from the School of Physical Education and Sport Science (Greece) were : 1) Prof. Nikolaos Geladas, Dean; Prof. Konstantinos Karteroliotis, Vice Dean; Assoc. Prof. Irene Kamberidou and Asst. Prof. Fotini Venetsanou (Greece), 2) Botond Biro of the Baranta Traditional Hungarian Martial Arts Association (Hungary), 3) Dr. Bartosz Prabucki-AEJeST (France), 4) Dr. César Berzosa FUSJ (Spain) and Dr. Carlos Valero- FUSJ (Spain).
