The CompHP Project aims to develop competency-based standards and an accreditation system for health promotion practice, education and training that will positively impact on workforce capacity to deliver public health improvement in Europe.

The project aims to use a consensus-building approach to establish means and methods by which quality governance standards in Health Promotion can be implemented across Europe to stimulate innovation and best practice. The general objectives of the project are:

• To identify, agree and publish core competencies for health promotion practice, education and training in Europe.
• To develop and publish competency-based professional standards for health promotion practice.
• To promote quality assurance through the development of a Europe-wide accreditation system.
• To map competencies and standards in academic courses across Europe and link to accreditation for academic settings.
• To pilot competencies, standards and accreditation with practitioners in a range of settings across Europe.
• To engage in consultation with key stakeholders and disseminate information on the project outcomes throughout the 27 member states and all candidate countries.

This project (# 20081209) is funded by the European Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) and runs from 2009 through 2012.