Advancing Health-Promoting Campuses: From The Okanagan Charter to The Limerick Framework for Action
The global movement for health-promoting campuses continues to evolve. The Okanagan Charter laid the foundation by calling on higher education institutions to embed health into all aspects of campus culture and lead action for well-being. Building on this vision, the newly launched Limerick Framework for Action provides a practical roadmap to accelerate progress, emphasizing sustainability, inclusivity, and measurable impact. Together, these frameworks guide campuses in creating environments where people, places, and the planet thrive.
The Okanagan Charter
The Okanagan Charter: An International Charter for Health Promoting University and Colleges, calls on post-secondary schools to embed health into all aspects of campus culture and to lead health promotion action and collaboration locally and globally.
Created in June 2015, the Charter provides institutions with a common language, principles, and framework to become health and wellbeing promoting campuses.
The Charter was developed in collaboration with researchers, practitioners, administrators, students and policy-makers from 45 countries representing both educational institutions and health organizations.
Supporting Documents
The Limerick Framework for Action
Drawing on the spirit of the Okanagan Charter, the Limerick Framework for Action: Advancing the Global Health Promoting Campuses Agenda offers a renewed, holistic roadmap for embedding health, well‑being and sustainability at the heart of higher education. Crafted through a global consultation of more than 500 contributors and shaped at the 2025 International Health Promoting Campuses Conference at the University of Limerick, the framework rests on three interconnected pillars — Planet, Places and People — and aligns closely with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It builds on the Okanagan Charter’s call to integrate health promotion into campus culture, while placing stronger emphasis on inclusive participation, tangible action, cross-sector partnerships, and measurable outcomes. As a flexible yet powerful guide, the Limerick Framework empowers institutions at all stages of their health-promoting journey to drive transformative, settings-based change across their campuses.
Supporting Documents
International Health Promoting Campuses Network and University of Limerick (2025) The Limerick Framework for Action: Advancing the Global Health Promoting Campuses Agenda. Outcome of the 2025 International Health Promoting Campuses Conference. Limerick: University of Limerick, 2025.