EUROPEAN FITNESS ASSOCIATION (EFA) was officially set up in Bruxelles in European Parliament on 21/11/2002 and aims to establish an harmonious gathering of National Bodies and Instructors operating in Fitness, Wellness and Healthness through the programmation of courses organized by every organization affiliated to EFA, spread all over Europe.

As a Federation formed by Organizations and Instructors from all over European and Mediterranean countries, is aiming to train an Instructor at International Level: “The European Istructor” will be new professional figure, recognized on the International Labour Market through a teaching method that respects required EFA parameters.

European Fitness Association (EFA)’ s aim is to standardize and to diffuse minimum international standards regarding teaching methods in Fitness areas for a common interest of its Members to guarantee, to fitness praticants, a learning method sticking to Guidelines Policy EFA.

European Fitness Association organizes through affiliated Organizations and Corporations all over Europe, training courses that will release certificates recognized by EFA and conformed to ISO policy.

European Fitness Association (EFA), being aware of the importance of sports as an effective tool to enforce integration and cultural exchanges founds its values on the principals of the White Paper on Sport (European Commission - Brussels, 11.7.2007 COM.(2007) 935, SEC(2007) 936).

EFA make a commitment to pursue the following goals:

• Develop a European Fitness Culture, with common parameters and rules;

• Setting of educational training standards for affiliated organizations;

• Promote instructor courses, Postgraduate and updating Courses in fitness and well ness areas;

• Obtain Istitutional recognitions of the released certificates by affiliated organizations;

• Help cultural exchange and integration;

• Promote and share new fitness trends, ideas and innovative methods at European level;

• Divulge a wellness culture, healthy diet, own health care;

• Support countries where fitness activity is growing through the training of professional fitness figure suitable to the labor market, to increase fitness development;

• Promote cooperation and enforce educational programs at european level;

• Increase and coordinate research in fitness fields;

• Organize conventions and events at european level;

• Set up a Technical Committee formed by Representatives of many affiliated organizations of all over Europe.

• Obtain an Institutional support for main events promote by EFA and by its affiliated.

EFA establishment:

• Technical Committee formed by Commissioners selected by every affiliated country can represent own interests as a whole.

• International Fitness / Sport Corporations

Who can affiliate EFA:

National Fitness Corporations / National Fitness Federations

Instructors, Fitness Professionals, Fitness Trainee

NATIONAL FITNESS CORPORATION and NATIONAL FITNESS FEDERATION that organize training courses in the following European and Mediterranean countries:

- Aerobic and disciplines of the Musical Fitness

- Body Building and Personal Trainer

- Pilates

- Water Fitness

- Indoor Cycling