21 May AHKGA Celebrates its 10th Anniversary!

Today, May 21^st, 2024, the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) is celebrating its 10^th Anniversary!

The AHKGA was established in 2014 with a mission to power the global movement to get kids moving through thought leadership, knowledge translation and mobilization, capacity building, and advocacy. This is facilitated by sustainable partnerships and cross-sectoral collaborations that enable best-practice exchanges, networking and cross-fertilization.

Here is a list of AHKGA’s most notable achievements in the first 10 years:

• May 19-22, 2014 – The Global Matrix 1.0 was released at the Global Summit on the Physical Activity of Children in Toronto, Canada, featuring 15 countries; and the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) was established.

• July 21, 2014 – The first posting was made on the AHKGA website.

• November 26, 2016 – The Global Matrix 2.0 was released at the 6th ISPAH International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health in Bangkok, Thailand, featuring participation from 38 countries.

• May 25, 2018 – The AHKGA became officially incorporated as a not-for-profit organization.

• August 14, 2018 – The first Memorandum of Understanding for a long-term partnership with an international organization – International Sport and Culture Association – was signed.

• November 27, 2018 – The Global Matrix 3.0 was released at the Movement to Move conference in Adelaide, Australia, featuring data from 49 countries.

• May 13, 2019 – Regular AHKGA newsletter to the membership began.

• September, 2019 – The international impact of the AHKGA physical activity Report Cards for children and adolescents was assessed and published.

• February 7, 2020 – New standing committees – Communications, Partnerships, and Fundraising – were formed as part of  AHKGA administrative advancements.

• April 6, 2020 – Guidance on healthy movement behaviours for kids during the COVID-19 pandemic was developed and translated into 6 languages.

• January 18, 2022 – The AHKGA Fellowship program was established.

• October 24, 2022  – The Global Matrix 4.0 was released at the 2022 ISPAH Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE, presenting data from 57 countries.

• December 6, 2023 – A new AHKGA standing committee – Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) – was formed.

• January, 2024 – A global call to include data on children and adolescents with disabilities in Global Matrices was issued.

• March, 2024 – Over 7000 citations from over 230 Global Matrices and Report Card-related peer-reviewed publications were accumulated.

Congratulations to all members of the AHKGA network for contributing to the AHKGA’s past and ongoing success!