Category: I-PARC Updates

I-PARC Symposium on Children and Adolescents in Physical Activity and Sport

We are delighted to announce details of our upcoming I-PARC Symposium entitled “Children and adolescents in physical activity and sport”   Date and time: Thu, 6 October 2022, 09:30 – 16:45 IST Location: Dublin – Spencer Hotel Excise Walk D01 X4C9 International Financial Services Centre Please register your interest in attending the upcoming I-PARC Expert…
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I-PARC Conference Schedule 2022 – “Leveraging policy, programs, and research for a more active society in the wake of COVID-19”

I-PARC Conference 2022 “Leveraging policy, programs, and research for a more active society in the wake of COVID-19” Just over a week to until I-PARC Conference 2022!! The conference will run from Tuesday 25th to Friday 28th January 2022 with daily keynote speakers and breakout sessions featuring expert speakers and a series of good practices…
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I-PARC Conference 2022 Registration “Leveraging policy, programs, and research for a more active society in the wake of COVID-19”

I-PARC Conference 2022 “Leveraging policy, programs, and research for a more active society in the wake of COVID-19” Members of I-PARC are hosting a virtual conference titled “Leveraging policy, programs, and research for a more active society in the wake of COVID-19”. The event will run from Tuesday 25th to Friday 28th January 2022 with…
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2021 Irish Sports Monitor Interim Report Q3 shows participation in sport now nearing pre-pandemic levels

Sport Ireland today published the 2021 Irish Sport Monitor Interim Report Q3, which covers the months July-September this year and shows that participation in sport continued to rise throughout the year with numbers approaching pre-pandemic levels. In the third quarter of the year 43% of Irish people over the age of 16 years old took…
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Sport Ireland publishes Research Strategy 2021-2027

Sport Ireland Media Release December 7, 2021 Sport Ireland publishes Research Strategy 2021-2027 Sport Ireland today published its Research Strategy 2021-2027 which sets out the role of research in supporting Sport Ireland to achieve its organisational objective of delivering a world-class sports sector operating to the highest standards of governance and accountability and contributing towards…
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I-PARC Symposium @ 8th ISPAH Virtual Congress Vancouver 2021

For anyone attending this year’s ISPAH Virtual Congress Vancouver 2021 the I-APRC team host a symposium on Wednesday, 13th October, 2021 from 9.20am – 10:50am (Irish time). Symposium B1: I-PARC: A whole of system approach for enhancing effective interventions, implementation strategies, and enabling contexts to reduce population levels of physical inactivity 9:20 am – 10:50…
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Online Consultation – Monitoring and Evaluation Template

Are you involved with the support, coordination or delivery of a physical activity intervention. We would love to hear your thoughts and feedback on the draft monitoring an evaluation framework for assessing the effectiveness and usefulness of physical activity interventions in Ireland. The framework is being developed for use with those involved with supporting, coordinating…
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Implementation Network of Ireland and Northern Ireland Meeting

On Friday November 8th, the two members of the I-PARC team attended the bi-annual Implementation Network of Ireland and Northern Ireland meeting at the stunning Tusla Building in Dublin. The CES (Centre for Effective Services) launched the network back in 2011 with the aim of sharing experiences of implementation, and capacity building of people involved…
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I-PARC attends the SPARC conference

The event’s theme this year was ‘communicating the message’ – how to ensure that policy, practice and research on physical activity for health are communicated effectively to all sectors of the community. SPARC 2019 saw the largest group of researchers, practitioners and policy makers come together to present and communicate their work regarding all things physical…
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I-PARC update – attendance at conferences and workshops

The past two months have seen the I-PARC team travel to a number of conferences and workshops in order to disseminate findings and discuss the next steps of the project   In August, members of the I-PARC team traveled to the University of South Denmark, Odense, Denmark to present at HEPA 2019. In the spirit…
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