NOURISHING and MOVING policy databases

Physical Education

In Finnish primary schools, a compulsory minimum of 2-3 hours per week of physical education (PE) exists for pupils throughout the basic education years (classes 1—9: children aged 7—16 years). In post-secondary general education (called Lukio for academics aged 16—19 years), there are compulsory PE courses (1 course lasts approximately 38 hours) and 3 national voluntary courses.

Code de l'éducation

The Article D714-42 of the Education Code (Code de l'éducation) sets universities’ mission to promote physical activity to the students and university staff through training lessons and activities, taking into consideration the inclusion and support of people with disabilities.

Physical and sports education in elementary school curriculum

Several physical and sports activities are worked on each year in order to build solid learning. Each of the modules covered is an opportunity to build new knowledge, both about oneself and about the physical and sports activities practiced. Swimming activities are implemented as a priority to allow all students to access the knowledge to swim no later than the end of middle school. 108 hours per year are devoted to physical and sports activities, or an average weekly schedule of three hours. Any elementary school can decide, within the framework of its project and the annual schedule, to arrange more sustained or more frequent practice times at certain times of the year.

Sport di Classe

The Sports’ Class (Sport di Classe) programme, established in 2013, is a joint initiative between the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, to promote physical education from primary school onwards. The aims of the intervention are to:

• motivate young children to be more physically active;
• ensure 2 hours per week of physical education;
• review the governance model for physical education in schools to ensure greater synergy and coordination between the project coordinators;
• ensure that all primary schools in Italy are engaged in the programme on some level.

Guidelines for physical education activities, motor and sports in secondary schools first and second degree

The curricular teaching hours of physical, motor and sports education perform the function of providing everyone with basic preparation and of bringing out the propensities, vocations and attitudes of individuals. The natural completion of the specific discipline is entrusted to the additional hours of introduction to sports, up to a maximum of six per week.

Sporta Likums

In accordance to the Sports Act (Sporta Likums), sports bases are created and maintained to provide the inhabitants with the opportunity to engage in sports, while sports facilities owned by the state or local governments are used for providing the services necessary for the population in sports. Sport should be included in pre-school education programmes, be accessible to all students, including those with special needs. Additionally, educational institution shall promote the organization of sports activities after the completion of the mandatory study process. Finally, the state budget shall primarily finance the sport of children and young people.  

The Education Law

The aim of the Education Law is to ensure that every resident has the right to education. Within the educational system, it states that a city local government and a municipality local government shall promote the participation of the students in sports during the school hours and that financial resources will be provided for the creation of sport programmes and sport equipment. 

Regulation on the standards and mandatory subjects of basic education

This Regulation prescribes the standards and mandatory subjects of basic education, including the subject of Sports. The aim of the subject is to improve knowledge and understanding of healthy lifestyles, the role of regular physical activity in maintaining and strengthening health, encouraging willingness to engage in diverse sports activities and improving physical fitness and preparedness. The purpose is to enable the learner to:

1. To engage in systematic physical activity according to the health of the learner, strengthening and improving health, developing physical abilities, promoting harmonious physical and mental development.
2. To acquire and improve skills of independent work and cooperation.
3. To promote interest in sport, positive and active attitude to important sporting events in your region, Latvia, Europe and the world. 

The Sportiest Class Project

The Sportiest Class is a Latvian Olympic Committee project that involves youth from 2nd to 6th grade where each class has extra sports lesson every week. The goals are to:

1. Gradually increase the number of educational institutions, classes and students involved in the project.
2. Improve the methodological programme of the project.
3. Improve the general physical fitness of the pupils involved, while giving them the motivation to engage in sport.

The Law on higher education institutions

The Law on higher education institutions states that all students have the right to sports and that institutions of higher education shall provide students with the possibility to engage in sports.

Education Act

According to the Act of 17 July 1998 no. 61 Relating to Primary and Secondary Ecuation and Training (the Education Act), physical education must be included in primary and secondary education. The education must be adapted to the abilities and aptitudes of the individual pupil. The quality framework summarises and elaborates on the provisions in the Education Act and its regulations. The new Core Curriculum – values and principles for primary and secondary education enters into force from August 2020. It states that the school's interdisciplinary topic "health and life skills" shall give the pupils competence which promotes sound physical and mental health, and which provides opportunities for making responsible life choices. The curriculum for physical education regulates teaching hours, core elements and competence aims for the pupils. In addition to the physical education subject, the school must fasciliate frequent physical activity for the pupils in grades 5-7, cf. Section 1-1a in the Regulations pursuant to the Education Act. The physical activity must be adapted so that every pupil, regardless of their functional level, can experience joy, mastering, community and variation.

Læring i friluft

Learning in open-air (Læring i friluft) is a national school programme, where the members [(28 intermunicipal outdoor recreation boards (Friluftsråd) all over Norway)] offer courses, activities, equipment, networks, and other support to make it easier for teachers to teach subjects outside. Learning in open air can make children learn things better, can make it more interesting, makes room for more collaboration and team work which can counteract bullying, give the participants a closer relationship with nature and encourage physical activity. Connected to the school programme, a map-based web solution was developed for registration and describing learning resources. The web solution is map based and each learning resource that is registrated aims to take advantage of unique factors on that particular spot. This is called “Stedsbasert læring” / Map-based learning facilities / Registration of Unique Learning facilities. 

Guidelines for Health Education

The Health Education Guidelines (RES) are the result of a partnership between the Directorate-General of Education and the Directorate-General of Health, and the SICAD – General-Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies. It is a flexible education tool, for health promotion which can be used and adapted according to the options and realities of each educational context, from preschool to secondary education. In addition to schools, the guidelines may also be useful to other educational entities and agents, whether formal or informal, that seeks to develop health promoting projects and healthy lifestyles among children and young people, as well as among parents, guardians and caregivers. The Guidelines identified 5 overarching themes:

1. Mental Health and Violence Prevention
2. Food Education
3. Physical Activity
4. Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies
5. Affections and Sexuality Education

For each of these themes, the RES defined subthemes and the corresponding objectives, which, in turn, are separated by education and learning level. These objectives include knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours necessary for their implementation. The objectives of the Physical Activity theme are:

1. Avoid long periods of sedentary behaviours.
2. Increase PA and sports activity.
3. Understand how PA promotes the holistic development of the child and youths.

The School Sports Programme 

The School Sports Programme intends to materialize the provisions of Decree-Law No. 139/2012, of 5 July, in its current wording, promoting the execution of activities complementary to the curricula of basic and secondary education, aiming especially at the creative and formative use of free time, thus contributing to the integral training and personal fulfilment of students

The Fundamental Law of Physical Activity and Sport (Law No. 5/2007)

The Law No. 5/2007, among the rest, guarantees the existence of physical education in the curriculum.

1. Physical education and school sport must be promoted in the curriculum and complementary curricula, at all levels and degrees of education and teaching, as essential components of the integral training of students, specifically targeting the promotion of health and physical condition, the acquisition of motor habits and behaviours and the understanding of sport as a factor of culture. 
2. School sports activities should value the participation and involvement of young people, parents and guardians and local authorities in their organization, development and evaluation.

The Law also sets obligations for entities providing physical or sporting activities, organizing sporting events or events or operating sports facilities open to the public, with a view to protecting the health and safety of the participants in them. The sport providers must meet:

1. The requirements for sports facilities and equipment.
2.  The minimum levels of training of the personnel that frame these activities or administer the sports facilities.
3. The mandatory existence of insurance for accidents or illnesses arising from sports. 

School sport activities are open and free to every student that wants to be involved and the trainings and competitions between schools are guided by each school physical education teachers who can add these activities (at a maximum of 2 school sport activities/groups) instead of teaching physical education classes. In some cases, the school sport activities are also involved in sport specific federation activities. 

Order n.º 6984-A/2015

This order defines the number of lectures dedicated to school sport activities under the supervision of a physical education teacher (a total of 21.800 lectures, 400 more than before).

Let's Learn Swimming (Naučimo se plavati) 

The Let's Learn Swimming (Naučimo se plavati) programme was implemented in 1994. The main purpose of this programme is to increase the number of swimmers and improve the swimming abilities of children and young people through swimming courses and swimming tests. Students receive stickers for acquired knowledge, which are then affixed to the diploma in order to actively follow their progress. Booklets and diplomas are also available for schools free of charge. In the pre-school period and in the first grade of primary school, children have a ten-hour swimming course of water adaptation, in the second or third grade a compulsory 20-hour swimming course, in the fifth grade a swimming school camp and then in the sixth grade a swimming test. In case that any of the students has not yet acquired sufficient swimming skills, an additional fifteen-hour swimming course for non-swimmers is available. However, if later, in high school, a student has not yet mastered the criteria for swimming, the high school can conduct a fifteen-hour swimming course for non-swimmers and thus teach to swim those who for any reason (illness, immigration from a school system of another country… ) fell through the sieve of the whole process of learning to swim.

Kindergarten Curriculum

The Kindergarten Curriculum presents the pre-school education goals and their derived principles, fundamental knowledge about the child's development and pre-school learning. The Kindergarten Curriculum includes activities that are divided into the specific fields, one of which is the topic of Movement. The objective is to promote the development of a wide range of skills and knowledge for physical and motor development. The Curriculum provides examples of activities for children between 1–3 and 3–6 years old, as well as the role of the adults in children education.

Unidades Didacticas Activas (U.D.As.)

The Active Teaching Units (Unidades Didacticas Activas (U.D.As.)) is a curricular material developed for the Physical Education (PE) area that is presented in the form of Didactic Units designed to achieve a suitable intensity of work and motor commitment. The main objective of U.D.A. is to increase the percentage of Physical Activity of moderate to vigorous intensity (MVPA) during Physical Education (EF) classes to at least 50% of the duration of the class, as established in the international guidelines regarding this topic. U.D.A. is a material aimed at the Primary Education and Compulsory Secondary Education and has been designed to adjust to the curricular content of each course and stage while favoring the development and acquisition of the Key Competences established in the current educational legislation. The project consists of 10 didactic units distributed in the different stages and courses as follows:

• 2 didactic units for 1st and 2nd year of Primary Education (EP).  
• 2 didactic units for 3rd and 4th year of Primary Education (EP).
• 2 didactic units for 5th and 6th year of Primary Education (EP). 
• 2 didactic units for 1st and 2nd year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO).
• 2 didactic units for 3rd and 4th year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO).

Each Didactic Unit consists of 8 sessions that have been designed, developed and evaluated by specialist teachers in the subject.

Swedish Education Act

The Swedish National Agency for Education is responsible for implementing the Swedish Education Act, which makes physical education mandatory in both primary and secondary schools in Sweden. The school subject is “Physical education and Health”, and has knowledge requirements in movement capacity and healthy lifestyle. The Swedish Schools Inspectorate perform audits on various aspects of quality of schools and education. Recent quality audits concerning physical education and health have been conducted in 2010, 2012 and 2018.

Curriculum Sports Programme – Northern Ireland

The strategic objectives of the Curriculum Sports Programme are to:

1. Provide specialist support to deliver the Key Stage 2 (Years 5-7) Physical Education curriculum – an agreed programme with the school to help raise confidence, resilience, self-esteem and motivation of all pupils.
2. Utilise Physical Education sessions to support connected learning with other curricular areas.
3. Provide professional development opportunities for teachers and other staff which are consistent with the Learning Leaders strategy, in order to build the capacity of primary teachers to deliver the Physical Education area of learning in the curriculum.
4. Provide support, information, advice and resources to schools in promoting young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
5. Target primary schools with high concentrations of social disadvantage.

The statutory curriculum – Northern Ireland

In 2007, Northern Ireland introduced a broad, skills-based statutory curriculum in line with the requirements of the twenty-first century. The overarching aim of the curriculum is to empower young people to develop their potential and to make informed and responsible decisions throughout their lives. It is underpinned by three curriculum objectives, which are to help young people develop as individuals; as contributors to society; and as contributors to the economy and environment. The curriculum is designed to give schools as much flexibility as possible in what they choose to teach and to use approaches that best suit their pupils. Physical Education (PE) is a compulsory part of the curriculum at all Key Stages. It is up to individual schools to determine how much time is devoted to PE in the curriculum, however, the Department has recommended that pupils are taught at least two hours of PE a week.

Mobile Early Childhood Education Programme

The Mobile Early Childhood Education Programme is a nationwide mobility and well-being programme developed in collaboration with an extensive network of experts and pilot kindergartens. The goal of the programme, announced in 2015, is to enable every child to enjoy movement as well as adequate daily physical activity. The free nationwide programme provides early childhood educators with tools to increase children's mobility and develop their own work based on early years' physical activity recommendations. The programme provides concrete steps to create a physically active learning environment as well as an operating culture. The programme is implemented from the point of view of one's own unit, with the ideology of small steps and utilizing the model of continuous development. The Mobile Early Childhood Education programme is part of the Mobile School programme, which also includes the Mobile School programme for primary schools and the Mobile Learning programme for secondary and higher education. The strategic management of the programme is the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the National Board of Education. The programme is coordinated by Likes. The Mobile Early Childhood Education programme is implemented and developed in extensive cross-administrative cooperation.

Cycling for Lifestyle project

The Cycling for Lifestyle project of the Finnish Sports Association and the Cycling Network consists of Cycling Heroes and Campus Heroes, which increase cycling in the daily lives of upper and unified school and secondary school students. The project’s objectives are to a) Create a positive and varied image of the bike and year-round cycling, b) Inspire and encourage schoolchildren, students and teachers to cycle, and c) Increase mobility during the study and school days and make cycling a part of everyday life for high school and secondary school students. Bicycle Heroes encourages schoolchildren and school staff in high school and uniform school to engage in all types of cycling and strives to present it as a diverse hobby as possible. Campus heroes encourage secondary school students and staff to cycle more of their daily trips.

Smart Moves

The Smart Moves project promotes student well-being and a physically active operating culture in secondary schools. The Smart Moves project increases the well-being of young people

• producing diverse learning materials
• developing practical tools for the daily lives of young people and educational institutions together with experts and students
• providing in-service training for staff in educational institutions.

The project produces free material online for use. The materials of the Smartmoves.fi website are designed to be utilized in the everyday life of educational institutions. The project supports the Secondary Mobile Learning activity. In 2021, the project will receive funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture (National Lifestyle Development Grants).

Finnish Schools on the Move

Finnish Schools on the Move is a national programme funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture. It aims to establish a physically active culture in Finnish comprehensive schools. Individual schools are given the freedom to devise and implement their own plans. The programme was piloted from 2010—2012 and continued from 2012 onwards with positive results. The methods used involve adding more physical activity to school days, for example, by increasing the pupils’ use of active transport and encouraging physical activity during break times, along with physically active learning methods within lessons.

Students on the Move

Each school implements a mobile school day on its own way. It is important to involved student int learning more movement - less sitting. In Students on the Move programme students are encouraged to sit less, support learning with functional methods, move between breaks and travel school trips with their own muscular energy. More than 90% of Finnish primary schools have already registered as a Mobile School. In the future, the Mobile School will also expand to secondary and tertiary education. Schools receive support from regional and national networks involving a wide range of actors with an interest in the well-being of children and young people. More comfortable school days are created by working together and involving students in planning, decision-making and activities. Interaction and collaboration often improve the school atmosphere, which also has an impact on school peace of mind, students ’social skills and learning. The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for funding the Students on the Move .

2S2C (Sport-Santé-Culture-Civisme)

The 2S2C was created in May 2020, during the period of deconfinement, in order to make up for the impossibility of accommodating all pupils in classes, forcing the organisation of a parallel childcare system for pupils, as the national education system then called on local authorities to create activities during school time. When the pupil is not in class, the Sport-Health-Culture-Civism (2S2C) system makes it possible to offer activities during school time that take place as an extension of learning and in complementarity with teaching. These activities, which contribute to re-socialisation and self-confidence building after the period of confinement, concern in particular:

1. The practice of sports and the health of the pupils,
2. Artistic and cultural activities,
3. Activities in the field of civic and citizenship education, in particular around knowledge of institutions, sustainable development and valuing commitment.

Label Génération 2024

The Generation 2024 label (Label Génération 2024) for schools and educational establishments aims to develop bridges between the school world and the sports movement to encourage the physical and sports practice of young people. The label includes 4 objectives:

1. Develop structuring projects with local sports clubs,
2. Participate in Olympic and Paralympic promotional events,
3. Support or reception of high level athletes,
4. Open sports facilities in establishments.

The partnerships established are enhanced by obtaining the Generation 2024 label. This labeling is part of the school / establishment project, integrating the values ​​of the Republic and principles of Equality, the inclusion of people with disabilities, eco-citizenship and the fight against discrimination. This labeling can be part of the implementation of the health education course, the citizen course, the future course, or even multidisciplinary educational organizations and cycles 3 (CM1, CM2, 6th) on the college-schools pool. Artistic and cultural activities can also be considered in addition to and in line with the sports activities selected.

Federal Youth Games (Bundesjugendspiele)

The Federal Youth Games (Bundesjugendspiele) are an annual sports event that takes place at German schools and German international schools. They are obligatory for all students. The participating students are expected to achieve the best possible performances in specific disciplines, like athletics or gymnastics. In athletics, usually a combination consisting of the disciplines ball-throwing (shot put in higher age groups), running, and long jump is performed. The performances achieved are rated with points. If the participants achieve a specific minimum score, they are given a simple certificate. Above a certain higher score they receive an honorary certificate, which bears the (printed) signature of the Federal President. Since 1991, all other students, who have neither received a certificate of achievement nor an honorary certificate, get a certificate of participation. The National Paralympic Committee Germany and the Deutsche Behindertensportjugend have, in collaboration with the committee for the Bundesjugendspiele and the commission of sports in the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK), developed a programme for the participation of students with disabilities.

Scuole Aperte allo Sport

Schools Open to Sport (Scuole Aperte allo Sport) is a sports and educational project for lower secondary schools that provides collaboration, at all levels, between the school and sports world. Sport and Health and the MIUR, in collaboration with the National Sports Federations, carry out an initiative that puts sport and its educational values ​​at the center. A proposal dedicated to schools, teachers and students that aims to:

1. enhance global motor development, useful for the practice of all sports;
2. discover different sports, which know how to excite and stimulate;
3. promote a conscious sports orientation, based on one's own attitudes and preferences;
4. promote the educational values ​​of sport, which are fundamental and increasingly topical;
5. offer schools know-how and specific tools to continue practicing various sports, thanks to the teachers of Physical Education.

Project’s activities include the organisation of sports weeks dedicated to sports combined with the school, in which federal technicians support the teacher of physical education during class time, and afternoon sports with free optional courses for students, held by federal technicians of each sport one afternoon a week in the school gym.

Tuttingoal

As part of the promotion of school sports and in particular the education of young people through the positive values ​​of sport, the Italian Football Federation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, University and Research promote the didactic-sports project Tuttingoal, aimed at the classes of lower secondary schools throughout the country. The purpose of Tuttingoal is to provide pupils with the opportunity to practice football at school through a sports path and transmit values ​​and ethical principles through a specific educational path. The registered teams will have to organize themselves as real "sports clubs", within which the most of the roles will be covered by the students who will be called to collaborate for the achieving a common goal. Each team will consist of 10 students (5 boys and 5 girls) of the first classes. In order to offer more opportunities for participation, even girls enrolled in second grades can join the team of the Institute participating in the project.

B-Fit

B-Fit is a lifestyle programme for children between 4 and 12 years old. The programme focuses on achieving and maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle among primary school children. The two-year programme focuses on exercise, nutrition and activation. B-Fit is a total tailor-made programme. The school compiles its own B-Fit menu from four themes: Learn your Fit, Exercise Fit, Eat Fit and Fit Together. Within each theme people can choose from various, recognized, interventions.

Kindergarten Act

In the Act of 17 June 2005 no.64 Relating to Kindergartens (the Kindergarten Act) parliament prescribed a regulatory framework for the content and tasks of kindergartens, cf. Sections 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The Framework Plan for the Content and Tasks of Kindergartens (the Framework Plan) sets out supplementary provisions on the content and tasks of kindergartens. According to the Framework Plan, the kindergarten shall help promote the well-being, all-round development and good health of the children. Kindergarten shall be an arena for daily physical activity and promote joy of movement and motor development in the children. "Body, movement, food and health" is one of seven learning areas. The children shall be included in activities in which they can engage in physical activity, play and social interaction and experience motivation and achievement according to their abilities. Kindergartens shall help the children get to know their bodies and develop an awareness of their own limits and those of others.

Program Szkolny Klub Sportowy (SKS)

The Program Szkolny Klub Sportowy (SKS) is a systemic activity addressed to primary and secondary school students. SKS aims to create space for additional physical activity, implemented in the form of sports and recreational activities under the supervision of a teacher conducting physical education classes in a given school. It is also a motivation to undertake physical activity, focusing in particular on children and adolescents with lower physical fitness, less often engaging in physical activity in their free time and not covered by regular forms of physical activity, e.g. training in a sports club. Systematic, extracurricular sports activities under the SKS programme are conducted in a variety of modern and attractive forms. Classes conducted as part of the program take place in 60-minute training units, twice a week, in groups of minimum 15 people. The programme involves about 18 000 teachers and over 330 000 participants.

School Sport Club (SKS) Programme

The School Sports Club Programme is addressed to primary and secondary school students regardless of age, gender and physical fitness. The programme aims to deliver additional physical activity (after school) carried out in the form of sports and recreational activities under the supervision of a teacher conducting physical education classes in schools. The programme is organizing and conducting regular sports activities twice a week for each participant in 60-minute training units, in groups of minimum 15 people. It is assumed that 70 sport activity units for each group will be carried out during each year of the project implementation period. The programme is financed from the Physical Culture Development Fund. 

The Academic Sport Programme

The aim of the Academic Sport Programme is to support various forms of sports activities of academics, whose aim is to promote sport, physical and healthy culture and active lifestyle among students. The main objectives of the programme are: 
1) Increasing students' physical activity.
2) Creating conditions for active leisure, competition sports and healthy student lifestyle.
3) Shaping psychophysical development of students, creating physical activity as an essential factor for the proper functioning of the body, building attitudes civic and sports volunteering.
4) Supporting initiatives and activities for the development of academic sport and promotion social, educational, pro-health and educational values of sport.

Minute for movement in class

The National Institute of Public Health has developed a booklet which contains movement exercises for concentration, for expressing emotions, for motivating and strengthening group work, and for stretching, which the teacher can perform in class. Each exercise states for which age the child is suitable, in what large group it is performed, what aids are needed, the course of the exercise is described in detail, each exercise is also equipped with a photo.

¡Dame 10! Programme

The Give me 10! (¡Dame 10!) programme provides curricular materials that are carried out within the framework of the Health Promotion and Prevention Strategy (EPSP) in the National Health System. The programme consists of a series of physical activities lasting between 5 and 10 minutes, designed to be carried out in the classroom, during school hours, by the tutor or specialist teacher, without any specific material and a simple, fun and meaningful way for students. The activities have been designed to work on curricular content from all the areas of knowledge taught in the primary stage and content corresponding to the 2nd cycle of Early Childhood Education.

Perseo Program

The Perseo Program consists of a set of simple interventions in schools that aim to promote healthy lifestyles among students, also involving families and acting simultaneously on the canteen and the school environment to facilitate the choice of healthier options.

SI Program!

Taking into account that the habits learned during childhood are maintained in adulthood, the SHE Foundation, promotes the SI Program!. The programme is a school intervention aimed at promoting healthy habits that accompany children from 3 to 16 years of age. The objective of the course is to encourage students to acquire knowledge, attitudes and healthy habits through an intervention based on four components (body and heart, physical activity, diet and emotional management) and in four areas (classroom, teachers, family and school). With the aim of changing the knowledge, attitudes and habits of boys and girls regarding the four components of the programme, three Didactic Units per level are offered ( Knowledge of physical activity body, Physical activity, Healthy nutrition), adaptable to any didactic methodology and timing.

Fit Sport Austria

ASKÖ, ASVÖ and SPORTUNION set with the jointly founded Fit Sport Austria a mark in health and popular sports. At the center of all activities is the motto “move more together” and the plan to encourage conscious movement of all people in Austria. The joint measures of the three associations in the field of health-oriented sport are therefore bundled and advertised in Fit Sport Austria. Fit Sport Austria is part of the nationwide network for the promotion of physical activity. The aim is to offer health-oriented exercise offers within the framework of organized sport for the population and to increasingly bring exercise and sport closer to people living in Austria. The areas of responsibility are weighted differently depending on the federal state and requirements. The most important tasks are, among other things, the support and development of the clubs with regard to health-oriented exercise offers, the coordination of various projects in the field of exercise promotion, also in cooperation with partners such as the main association of social insurance agencies or the regional health insurance funds. The most extensive task in recent years has been and is the implementation of the initiative to Moving Children Healthy 

Moving Children Healthy 2.0

Moving Children Healthy 2.0 is a national programme to promote physical activity for children in kindergartens and elementary schools through the cooperation with sport clubs (children between the ages of 2 and 10 years). The programme is the continuation of the initiatives Moving Children Healthy (since 2009) and Daily Exercise and Sports Unit (since 2016). Moving Children Healthy 2.0 is financed by the Ministry of Sports and the Federal Sports Fund. The implementation is ensured by the sports umbrella organizations ASKÖ, ASVÖ and SPORTUNION. The higher-level activities are coordinated by Fit Sport Austria, the joint limited company of the sports umbrella organizations. The vision of the programme is to contribute to health-oriented physical activity promotion for children and to support the development of organized sport in Austria. All children are given the opportunity to take part in age-appropriate, diverse and joyful exercise programmes free of charge. The targeted implementation is based on a partnership between sports organizations and educational institutions, which is signed in writing with a cooperation agreement. It is also important that the educational institution integrates physical activity promotion holistically and actively communicates the offers of the sports organization to parents and children.

Families on the Move

The target group of the Families on the Move programme is the actors of family sports: municipalities with their various sectors, federations, sports clubs and other associations and actors. Families are reached through these actors. The aim of the programme is that different actors in family sports offer diverse opportunities for voluntary and guided family sports and communicate about family sports. In this way, the coexistence of families and joint exercise increases, and through that, the family members' well-being also increases. In addition, the programme wants to contribute to increasing the value of family sports. The Families on the Move programme is part of the nationwide Mobile Programmes, which support the goals of the government programme to increase overall physical activity in all age and population groups. The programme was launched in 2020 and is coordinated by Suomen Latu. The Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM) is responsible for funding. The purpose of the programme’s website is to provide actors with diverse information and materials related to family sports.

Hobby Passport

The aim of the Ministry of Education and Culture is to increase recreational opportunities for children and young people for local low-threshold sports activities. In order to promote hobbies, the Ministry has prepared a Hobby Passport for high school students. The hobby passport is a mobile application for high school children, to which municipalities, companies, foundations and associations can download free and paid hobbies, hobby trials, entrance tickets or other benefits. The aim of the hobby passport is to increase young people's equal opportunities to try different hobbies and find a hobby that suits them. The hobby passport is a nationwide project in which all interested municipalities can participate. The application is implemented with open source and open interfaces based on user preferences. In addition, companies, organizations and other actors can develop applications that focus on other age groups or, for example, a specific sport, alongside the Hobby Passport.

Maisons Sport-Santé

The Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Solidarity and Health have developed, as part of the National Sport Health Strategy, the Sport-Health Houses. These spaces are aimed at people who have become aware of the need to practice physical and sporting activity, to those who need to practice (primary, secondary or tertiary prevention), as well as to those who until now considered this practice as not concerning them. In a logic of access to a practice of physical and sporting activity for all, these spaces, beyond the response they provide, deploy actions that make it possible to reach out to the population and to the lead to such a practice (logic of proactivity). The sports-health houses aim to bring together health and sports professionals to facilitate orientation and access to physical and sports activities as part of primary prevention and guidance and support for patients with chronic diseases. for which an adapted physical activity has been prescribed by the attending physician, while ensuring the safety of the practice.

Liv-Lab Sports

As part of the Sport Sector which aims to promote innovation and reflection on funding and the efficiency of local sports facilities, the Ministry of Sports created new places to practice sports associated with new methods of supervision, the Liv-Lab Sports, integrating the latest technological and digital developments. It can be either creation of equipment, or adaptation of existing, permanent or mobile places. The objective is to provide spaces for sports at low costs of achievement but with high added value in terms of support, monitoring and innovations of practices. These Liv-Lab Sports aim to reach out to

1. people who can benefit from an innovative sport practice, adapted to their pathology with appropriate returns,
2. the general public and young people who are not invested in classic federal practices, rather intrigued by new technologies wanting to test a new mode of leisure based for example on experiences in VR and involving a sports dimension,
3. experienced athletes needing to improve certain physical skills and motorists and injured athletes who want to continue training certain skills,
4. sportsmen of all ages and all levels, followers of maintenance practices, fitness, group activities with a concept of motivation

J’apprends à nager

The national system I Learn to Swim (J’apprends à nager) is part of the interministerial plan Aquatic Ease. It allows children to discover the aquatic environment and to evolve  in complete safety. It is mainly aimed at children in priority neighbourhoods and rural areas. On the basis of calls for projects carried by communities or associations, the system finances cycles of 10 swimming sessions for children aged 4 to 12, to discover the aquatic environment and to evolve in complete safety. This system has several objectives:

1. Understand the aquatic environment from 4 years old,
2. Know how to swim when entering 6th,
3. Practice aquatic and nautical activities in complete safety,
4. Prevent drowning.

ICAPS Label

The National Center for Support for Deployment in Physical Activity and the fight against sedentary lifestyle (CNDAPS) has set up the Intervention auprès des Collégiens centrée sur l’Activité Physique et la Sédentarité (ICAPS) label for communities, associations and schools that implement an ICAPS-type approach. To obtain the ICAPS label, the structure must implement an ICAPS type approach. First of all, it should set up actions on the 3 levels of the socio-ecological model (the young person, the social support - parents, peers, teachers, educators - and the institutional and organizational environment). These actions must contribute to the achievement of the two major objectives which are: to increase physical activity by one hour per week and to reduce the time spent in front of screens by 20 minutes per day for the children and young people involved.

Family⁺ 

The Family⁺ –  Living Healthy Together in Family and School project is a preventive approach to promoting weight-related behaviours in the lives of children and adolescents. The project is planned for a term of three years and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Health (BGM). It aims to promote a healthy lifestyle with more exercise and a balanced diet for primary school children and their families. Children and their families should be reached as a whole and changes should be firmly anchored in everyday family life. Family⁺ aims to reach and actively involve not only children, but also their parents and families, thus linking the two living environments. In the project, measures for the two living environments of school and family are designed, adapted to local conditions and implemented. It is envisaged, for example, that children receive health-related “homework” from their teachers, which they do together with their families. With a combination of family and school life, the topics of nutrition, exercise, sleep and sitting behaviour are addressed and designed to promote health.

Sports Venues

The national project Sports Venues was born from the agreement between the National Sports Federations, the Associated Sports Disciplines, the Sports Promotion Bodies and the Presidents and Delegates of the CONI Regional Committees. The objective is to encourage the promotion of sports in all the areas with a low presence, proposing an organizational model that includes multidisciplinary, playful and non-competitive sports activities. Based on this, the qualified operator, trained at the CONI Regional Sports Schools, plays a key role, by taking advantage of the green areas or facilities made available by the local, will create ideal meeting and aggregation places for practicing sports and socializing. The project was launched for the first time in the 2014/2015 sports season and involved 6 pilot regions, namely Piedmont, Liguria, Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata and Calabria. Its positive outcome, well beyond initial expectations, acted as a sounding board and the project was subsequently extended to the remaining 14 Regions. Some of the aims of the project include to a) promote sports practice and recreational-motor activity where there are no Sports Associations, b) create and animate open and closed Sports Venues with the involvement of adults and children under the guidance of qualified Operators, c) encourage participation in social life and commitment.

Neighborhood Sports Coach Scheme

To support municipalities in creating sufficient sports and exercise facilities for all residents, young and old, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport is investing in the expansion and broader deployment of combination functions with additional neighbourhood sports coaches. The Neighbourhood Sports Coaches are a combination of officials with the specific task of organizing a sport and exercise offer in the neighbourhood and making a connection between sport and exercise providers and other sectors such as care, welfare, youth care and childcare and education. There is always a combination with sport and exercise. Until now 2,900 neighbourhoods sports coaches are actively getting started. Because they work for a sports or exercise provider as well as in at least one other sector, they contribute to more people being able to exercise and exercise in their own nearby environment.

Inn på tunet

Inn på tunet (Green Care) refers to individually adapted and quality-assured welfare services on farms. The services shall stimulate coping skills, development and well-being. The aspect of Green Care is that it uses the farm as an arena for welfare services. The farms have physical facilities that lend themselves to a diversity of activities, and also have surroundings that can provide the users with positive stimuli and experiences. The services that the members provide target a wide spectrum of sectors, including education, after-school care, occupational training, day care services for persons with dementia and adapted services for mental health. By being your training buddy, the farmer can help you get started with physical activity and motivate you to keep going.

National Talent Base

The idea of ​​creating the National Talent Base was guided by the need to prepare a simple tool for measuring and assessing physical condition. Placing it on the Internet allows access for anyone interested in the physical condition of Polish society. It can be used by parents, trainers, teachers, research teams, employees of state administration and local government units, and above all children and youth. Young generations will be able to shape attitudes of caring for their own physical well-being and support the pursuit of their sports dreams thanks to the examination and assessment of physical condition. The created opportunities will allow to support young people in pursuit of sporting successes as well as harmonious and healthy psychophysical development.
 

The Local Sport Animator Project

The Local Sport Animator Project is a system solution with main goal to promote physical activity and sport among children and youth by enabling participation in extracurricular sports and out-of-school activities, co-financed from MSiT funds, as part of implemented tasks by the Minister of Sport and Tourism. The project is a supplement to developed and implemented by MSiT activation projects targeted at primary school students and secondary schools.

The Walking and Running National Programme

The Walking and Running National Programme is an initiative of the Portuguese Athletics Federation, with the support of the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth and the Municipalities where it is implemented. It aims to promote the practice of walking and running with a strong concern in implementing healthier lifestyles through the creation and development of municipal walking and running centers that organize regular walking and running training and events in the same field.

The Free-Time Occupancy Programme (OTL) 

The Free-Time Occupancy Programme (OTL) is a programme that children ageing between 12 and 17 years old can spend their free time, participating in projects for the community, developing personal and social skills and competences, acquiring new knowledge. In the OTL Programme children can participate in one of the following areas: a) environment and / or civil protection; b) support for the elderly and / or child support c) culture and / or heritage; d) combating social exclusion; e) health; f) associations; g) sports; h) human rights; i) animal rights; j) citizenship.

Young Mobile

Through Young Mobile, mobile applications aimed at promoting active life and preventing situations of dependency in the young population are identified, selected and disseminated according to their merits, to be taken into account in health education and literacy initiatives for young people.

Computer application Localiza Salud

The Localiza Salud is a simple computer application that makes resources and activities that contribute to health and well-being visible in the municipalities adhering to the Health Promotion and Prevention Strategy in the SNS (EPSP). All municipalities are invited to participate and develop their resource map to improve the lifestyles of their population.

The Fifty-Fifty Programme

The Fifty-Fifty Programme was an initiative of the Foundation for Science, Health and Education, in order to improve health in an integral way in adults by modifying their health habits. It is an intervention that induces changes in the lifestyle of the population. The objectives of the programme are to improve adults' health by helping them modify their health habits and self-control the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases: unhealthy eating, overweight / obesity, sedentary lifestyle, smoking and high blood pressure. The programme follows the peer support strategy which has a positive impact on people who want to modify the same aspect of their lifestyle (increase physical activity, improve their diet, manage stress ...).

Physical activity for children and young people – UK

This NICE guideline covers promoting physical activity for children and young people aged under 18 at home, preschool, school and in the community, including those with a medical condition or disability. The guidance does not cover specialised services for children and young people with a disability. There is a specific focus on children aged 11 and under and girls aged 11 to 18. It includes raising awareness of the benefits of physical activity, listening to what children and young people want, planning and providing spaces and facilities, and helping families build physical activity into their daily lives.

Sentez-vous sport

The Ministry of Sports in partnership with the French National Olympic and Sporting Committee (CNOSF), the French Paralympic and Sporting Committee (CPSF) and the Organizing Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games (COJO) organised on the 22nd and 23rd of June, the Sports Festival (Sentez-vous sport), a major meeting with the population. The Sports Festival revolves around three issues:

1. Promote and share the values ​​of sport and Olympism with a view to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris 2024,
2. Allow the sports movement and the population to get involved in this event,
3. Develop sports for as many people as possible by discovering all sports disciplines.

Eternal Movement (Ikiliikkuja)

The Eternal Movement ( Ikiliikkuja ) is part of the nationwide Moving programme. The Eternal Movement programme supports the athletic lifestyle of the elderly. The target groups of the programme are 1) people aged 65+yrs, 2) aged 75+ years, independently living at home and have early problems of functional decline, 3) older people in home care, service housing or institutional care. The goal of the programme is to increase the inclusion, physical activity and exercise of older people. The aim is to maintain and improve the functional and mobility capacity of the elderly, thus strengthening the opportunities for functional ageing. The Eternal Movement programme is coordinated by the Age Institute and funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM). The programme is a continuation of the National Action Programme for Elderly Physics.

Getting Older in Balance (Älter Werden in Balance)

The Getting Older in Balance (Älter Werden in Balance) is a prevention programme of the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA). It aims to provide information and tips for staying fit in everyday life and remaining agile and fit throughout the ageing process aimed at elderly people. The programme is promoting self-determination, mobility and thus quality of life in older age. The focus of the programme is in balance with the promotional of physical activity; even a little more regular physical activity could help accelerate a healing process. The PKV association has been funding the program since 2014.

Federal Youth Games programme for schoolchildren with disabilities

The German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) and the German Disabled Sports Youth (DBSJ) have developed a programme that for the first time enables pupils with disabilities at regular schools to participate in the national youth games. The programme takes up the structure of the current tender for the Federal Youth Games. The classification of the pupils with disabilities in starting classes is simple and the use of the common evaluation tool is possible without any problems. The programme thus ensures that the Federal Youth Games are held for all students.

Sport di Tutti

The Sport for All (Sport di Tutti) is a programme promoted by the Ministry for Youth Policies and Sport and implemented by the Sport and Health company in collaboration with the national sports federations. It is a model of sports and social intervention that targets at children and young people aged 5 to 18 and aims to break down economic barriers by providing community service. The programme aims to a) promote healthy lifestyles among all sections of the population through sports, in order to improve the health and well-being of individuals and b) offer children aged 5 to 18 a social, sporting and educational path with free sport activities in the afternoon, through a capillary network of associations and amateurs sports clubs operating in the area. The Sport for All operates two hours a week for the duration of 20 weeks and has the objective to guarantee the right to sport for children and families in conditions of economic disadvantage; encourage children to engage in physical activity; support sports clubs and associations and offer services to the reference community.

Guadagnare Salute

The Gaining Health (Guadagnare Salute) is a government initiative, led by the Ministry of Health, based on alliances with many stakeholders. It is part of the Italian Strategy to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs), to reduce health inequalities, promote better working conditions, protect vulnerable citizens and making healthy choices easier for people. The programme involves a lot of partners, such as the Ministries-Departments (Health, Education, Agriculture, Economy, Transportation, Environment, Family policy, Youth and sports), and other local institutions (Regions and Public health services, associations of municipalities, National Health Institute, Institute for Nutrition Research, Institute for Occupational Health and Safety) and the food industry, consumer associations, trade unions, etc. The main objectives are to prevent and change the harmful behaviours that are the main risk factors for the most common NCDs, of great epidemiological importance and with a strong impact on public health: cardiovascular diseases, tumours, diabetes mellitus, chronic respiratory diseases, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal disorders, mental health problems. The investment of this initiative in the long term is to reduce the burden of chronic diseases on the national health system and on society, and in the short term, to try to improve the living conditions of citizens, promoting healthy choices and healthy lifestyles (quitting smoking, following a proper diet, limiting alcohol consumption and engaging in regular physical activity).

Sports activities in favour of foreign minors

The Ministry of the Interior and CONI promote the project called "Dissemination, practice and implementation of sports activities in favour of foreign minors hosted by the national reception system" - funded under the National Fund for Asylum, Migration and Integration (FAMI) objective 2 Integration and legal migration 2014-2020. The aim is to encourage, through sport, the inclusion and integration of young migrant minors in the territory, during their stay in the national reception system. Foreign minors will be able to practice sports activities at local clubs, together with their Italian peers and under the guidance of qualified technicians trained by CONI. Sporting activity, in its role as an educational tool capable of promoting psycho-physical health, socialization and relational well-being of individuals, contributes to promoting a better reception and integration of young migrants.

Sport e Integrazione

Sport and Integration is a project born from the collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies and the Italian National Olympic Committee for the promotion of integration policies through sport. This is a synergistic cooperation, born in 2014, aimed at developing actions to promote the social inclusion of the foreign population through sport and to counter forms of intolerance and racial discrimination. The 2019 intervention plan, in continuity with the project activities of previous years, aims to further disseminate the Manifesto of Sport and Integration through educational / information campaigns, contests and moments of in-depth analysis and to consolidate the initiatives aimed at the sports world, school and university. The objectives of the project are to:

• promote access to sports for children and young people from families in conditions of economic hardship, with particular attention to children with migratory background,
• promote integration through sport among children with a migratory background and Italian children, as a two-way process,
• raise awareness of the role of sports as a mean of aggregation and cohesion on and off the pitch,
• support teachers in class and in the gym with informative and educational activities to promote integration,
• enhance the figure of athletes and other sports’ figures in order to disseminate broad-spectrum of replicable models.

Wheel Basketball

Wheel Basketball is a joint project of Minitry of Education and Science, the British Council and the Embassy of Great Britian. The objective of the project is to encourage children and youth with disabilities to join physical activities.

The Doortrappen Programme

The Doortrappen Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. The programme has the ambition that older people continue to cycle safely for as long as possible. Pedaling motivates them to take measures themselves to keep cycling safely. The local network around the elderly in every municipality helps with this. For example, in eight steps the older unconscious cyclist ("I did not know that I cycle unsafe") becomes a conscious ambassador for Doortrappen. 

Aktiv i 100

The Active to 100 (Aktiv i 100) are weekly, all year round walking trips for older people in order to counteract loneliness and increase their physical activity level. The project began in spring 2013 in a local group belonging to (Den Norske Turistforening) DNT Oslo and Omegn who started the walking group Oppegård Aktiv i 100. From 2015 to 2020 the project was arranged as a collaboration between DNT and the Red Cross and financed by central government funding. Today, there are more than 150 groups established throughout Norway, providing important social and physical activity for thousands of older people.

A multicultural DNT project

The multicultural Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT) project aims to include refugees and immigrants in local DNT activities. DNT aims to stimulate their numerous local branches to initiate local initiatives and events that are suitable for recruiting refugees and immigrants to outdoor activities. Most immigrants are unfamiliar with Norway’s nature and climate, and with Norwegian outdoor recreation practices. Recognising this, DNT, in collaboration with several NGOs, developed information material in 2015 about outdoor recreation opportunities and events designed specifically with this lack of prior knowledge in mind.

Education Act

According to the Act of 17 July 1998 no. 61 Relating to Primary and Secondary Ecuation and Training (the Education Act), the municipality must provide day-care facilities for school children both before and after school hours for grades 1-4 and for children with special needs in grades 1-7. Day-care facilities must be designed for play as well as cultural and leisure activities appropriate to the age, functional level and interests of the children.

The Leisure Declaration

The Leisure Declaration aims to ensure that all children, independent of the parents' financial situation, should be able to participate in at least one recreational activity along with peers. The parties to the declaration work for a good cooperation locally between various agencies in the municipality, the voluntary organizations and the families. Activities include sports or outdoor activites, but also indoor activites like music, culture and gaming.

Programme for the promotion of sport for people with disabilities

The main goal of the programme is to create optimal conditions in order to increase the participation of people with disabilities in various forms of sport activity and to enable their inclusion in the mainstream of social life and in equal access of opportunities in public space in the area of ​​sport. Specific objectives of the programme are:

1. Increasing the physical activity of people with disabilities, leading to improvement physical fitness, health status and associated quality of life.
2. Developing the habit of constantly raising the level of physical fitness.
3. Shaping a healthy lifestyle.
4. Arousing sports interests depending on the needs and  possibilities and participant preferences.
5.  Creating an alternative form of spending free time for disabled people.
6. Shaping healthy rivalry, especially through skill competition and willingness to make effort.
7. Raising public awareness of the sport of people with disabilities.

The programme is financed by the Physical Culture Development Fund.

Diabetes em Movimento

The Diabetes in Motion (Diabetes in Movimento) is a community exercise programme designed for middle-aged and older people with type 2 diabetes. Patients are recruited by family doctors to engage in free-of-charge group sessions (75-min, 3 days per week, 9 months per year) of low-cost, broadly applicable exercise, supervised by exercise physiologists and nurses. This national programme is implemented at local level in community health centres, hospitals, universities and municipalities, with the support of the Directorate-General of Health.

Fundamental Law for the Prevention and Rehabilitation and Integration of People with Disabilities (Law no. 38/2004)

The Fundamental Law for the Prevention and Rehabilitation and Integration of People with Disabilities (Law no. 38/2004), refers to the value of sports practice for citizens with disabilities, namely with regard to it refers to sport and recreation as measures for habitation and rehabilitation (Article 25). In addition, it establishes that "it is up to the State to adopt specific measures necessary to ensure the access of persons with disabilities to the practice of sport and the enjoyment of leisure time" (Article 38), including access to the practice of highly competitive sport (Article 39).

Universo Mujer II Programme

The Universe Woman II (Universo Mujer II) is a programme that aims to promote and increase female participation in all areas of sport, to contribute to social improvement and transformation through the values ​​of sport. It seeks to achieve a more egalitarian society where women and sports are an essential part of the country's growth. The programme materializes in the implementation of projects that seek the dissemination and promotion of women's sport through 5 main pillars of action:

1. Training as an element of excellence. 
2. Sports development plan: from the base to the elite. 
3. Visibility and promotion of women in sport and in society. 
4. Leadership. 
5. Women, health and sport.

Inclusive Sport Programme

The Inclusive Sport is a programme that seeks to promote the sport of people with disabilities as a tool for their social integration. Sports besides being a powerful tool for health promotion, favors dynamics that balance personal differences allowing the inclusion of people with disabilities in its social settings. The programme is performed at the launch of initiatives related to building sporting activity that promote the inclusion and integration in sport, with particular interest in people with disabilities.

Every Body Active 2020 – Northern Ireland

Every Body Active is a lottery funded programme aimed at getting people more active more often through sport and physical activity in Northern Ireland. Sport Northern Ireland has invested approximately £7.7 million in the 11 District Councils across Northern Ireland to help increase quality opportunities for targeted groups to increase participation in sport and physical activities across key life-course transitions (for example children moving from primary school to post-primary, young people leaving education, having a family, or retiring from work). In particular Every Body Active targets increases in participation among traditionally underrepresented groups which include:

• Women and girls (specifically aged 14-25).
• People with a disability.
• Those living in areas of greatest social need (specifically people living within the top 25% of wards designated by NI Multiple Deprivation Measure Index 2010).

Each of the 11 district councils are working closely with clubs, schools, and community organisations to provide opportunities to get involved in a wide range of local and community sports and activities.

Extended Schools Programme – Northern Ireland

The Department of Education's Extended Schools Programme aims to improve levels of educational achievement for disadvantaged children and young people by providing the additional support that they might need to help them reach their full potential. Launched in May 2006, over £100 million of funding has been provided through the Extended Schools Programme. The funding allows those schools serving the most disadvantaged areas to offer a wide range of services or activities outside of the normal school day to help meet the learning and development needs of pupils, their families and local communities. Extended schools activities are designed to support learning, raise school standards and promote healthy lifestyles, enabling schools to work closely with members of the wider community and connect local people with local services. Activities include more hours of extra-curricular sport and physical recreation per week.

Get Set to Go & Sport Sector Support – England, Wales

The national partnership between Sport England and Mind is designed to help people with mental health problems find the physical activity that’s right for them through local services, peer support and advice including Elefriends, an online community. This is accompanied by a range of resources and engagement opportunities for sports organisations to help them do more around mental health including online mental health awareness training, networking events and toolkits.

Keep Active, Keep Well – England, Wales, Scotland

Keep Active, Keep Well is a programme to provide new sporting opportunities, lifestyle advice and motivational support for people living with a lung condition. People who take part in the programme will be helped to manage their condition and live happier, healthier lives.

The Movement for All Programme – England

The Movement for All is a collaborative approach to increasing physical activity with ultimate goal to support people with long term conditions who are not physically active enough, move more as part of their daily routine. The programme focuses on a few key areas:

1. Working in conjunction with our Taskforce on Multiple Conditions and Sport England to explore opportunities to create some simple messages which encourage physical activity, are based on what we know works and can be implemented across our information and support services.
2. Promoting support offers and resources which help improve knowledge of physical activity for health and care professionals.
3. Encouraging physical activity, sport and leisure providers and facilities to ensure their offer is as inclusive as possible.
4. Exploring how we can help our volunteers to be more active and in turn encourage others to move more, such as through support group settings.

Mobile Adult programme

At the beginning of 2020, the Mobile Adult programme, funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, was launched with the goal of making working-age people physically fit enough for their health. The programme speaks in particular for everyday activity and mobility. The programme also works to build a society that is conducive to mobility for all, whatever the life situation. The Mobile Adult programme is an exercise promotion programme targeted at the working-age adult population

Web Application BougezChez VOUS

The Ministry of Sports to help people get active at home, has created the BougezChez VOUS, a web application available to the general public, accessible from the mobile, tablet and computer, which helps people integrate physical activity into their new daily life. This platform allow everyone to accomplish their sporting goals by benefiting from daily reminders, at the schedule that the user will have previously defined, as well as advice and personalized content in the form of emails and notifications and according to their preferences and level. These reminders will also link to the activities and content recommended and supported by the Ministry of Sports.

Savoir Rouler à Vélo

On January 9, 2018, the Interministerial Committee for Road Safety (IRB), adopted a measure aimed at supporting the development of safe cycling. The Knowing how to Ride a Bike (Savoir Rouler à Vélo) operation makes it possible to carry this measure, which aims to generalize the learning of practice cycling independently for all children before entering college. This measure was taken up in the framework of the Cycling Plan launched on Friday September 14, 2018. In 10 hours, the Savoir Rouler à Vélo allows children aged 6 to 11 to:

1. Become autonomous by bike,
2. Daily practice of physical activity,
3. Getting around in an ecological and economical way.

Successful Outdoor Activities

The project Successful Outdoor Activities is a government-funded project that aims to map and systematically develop successful outdoor activities within outdoor recreation for children and young people in holiday and leisure. The project started in January 2019 and will in the first year carry out the following main activities:

1. Identify successful outdoor activities for children and young people within holidays and leisure,
2. Create criteria for what characterizes success,
3. On the basis of the survey and the characteristics of success, identify some successful outdoor activities,
4. Further develop the selected activities.

The Successful Outdoor Activities Project

The project Successful Outdoor Activities is a government-funded project that aims to map and develop successful outdoor activities within outdoor recreation for children and young people in holiday and leisure. The main target group for the project is children and youth age 6-19 years. The project started in January 2019 and have the first year worked with the main activities:

1. Worked with the question “What contributes to success?”;
2. Created criteria for what characterizes success;
3. Mapped existing outdoor recreation activities;
4. Started research.

The Certification of Football Schools Programme

The Certification of Football Schools Programme is addressed to entities providing training for children aged 5–13 in the field of football. Its fundamental assumption is to raise and standardize the training level by setting work standards with young players. It also supports promoting and conducting sports activities as well as effective monitoring of the results. The programme is financed from the Physical Culture Development Fund.

The Sport for All Programme

The programme supports tasks promoting sport in various social and environmental groups. It has the following main goals:

1. increasing physical activity of the society in various social and environmental groups.
2. creating conditions for active leisure, -shaping a healthy lifestyle.
3. supporting initiatives and activities for the development of sport for all.
4. stimulating civic activity and disseminating good practices throughout the country.
5. promoting the development of sport for all and physical activity of all communities and social groups; promoting healthy, social, educational and educational values ​​of sport.
6. counteracting civilization diseases (including overweight and obesity), social exclusion and social pathology.
7. promoting and supporting initiatives aimed at developing physical activity of the elderly, solidarity between generations and social activation through sport.
8. leveling differences in the level of physical activity in different environments and social groups.

Sport Wszystkich Dzieci

The Sport Wszystkich Dzieci (Sport for all children) programme is a model which was created to manage universal sport projects as the basis for all system activities addressed to children and adolescents. The programme is financed by the Physical Culture Development Fund (FRKF) and is addressed to schoolchildren at various educational levels, and in particular to primary school students located throughout the country, as well as to clubs and sport organizations. The assumption of the programme is the universal participation of children and youth in basic areas of physical culture. The main objectives of the programme are:

1. Promoting physical activity among children and adolescents.
2. Equal opportunities for children and young people in access to systematized services physical activity.
3. Promotion of a healthy and active lifestyle.
4. Changing the model of social behavior towards physical activity.

Activities for Students Programme

The Activites for Student Programme is financed from the Sports Activities Fund for Students. As part of the programme, there are carried out three tasks:
- sports activities for students, aimed at promoting winter sports;
- sport activities for students organized as part of the "I can swim"; universal swimming learning programme;
- sports activities for students with elements of corrective and compensatory gymnastics.

The National Cycling Programme for All

The Portuguese Cycling Federation (FPC) launched in 2014 the National Cycling Programme for All (PNCpT), which has contributed to support the transition from active and recreational practice to the everyday context. The PNCpT, with the support of the Portuguese Sports and Youth Institute (IPDJ), under the National Programme of Sports for All, and the National Institute for Rehabilitation (INR), having as an objective to encourage the practice of cycling, in the different aspects of the sport, involving the general population, sports agents and public and private institutions, throughout the national territory; promote physical exercise and healthier and more sustainable lifestyles, maximizing the sporting and social potential of cycling, and making it accessible to everyone.

Western Cape on Wellness (WoW!)

Implemented in 2015, Western Cape on Wellness (WoW!) is a healthy lifestyles-promoting partnership programme between the Western Cape provincial government and several partners. The purpose of WoW! Is to promote health, reduce health inequalities and strengthen social inclusiveness by co-creating enabling environments for sustained healthy lifestyle choices throughout the life course. The transdisciplinary WoW! team comprises health professionals with diverse expertise, including public health practitioners, biokineticists, physiotherapists and sports scientists.

Ganar Salud y Bienestar de 0 a 3 Años

The course Gain Health and Wellness from 0 to 3 years old (Ganar Salud y Bienestar de 0 a 3 Años) is part of the actions carried out within the scope of the Promotion Strategy of Health and Prevention in the National Health System. It is a free online course available to parents or other parental figures with the intention of supporting them in their work of caring for and educating children from 0 to 3 years old, a fundamental period in their development. The course lasts approximately 8 hours and addresses four essential areas for a good start in life:

1. The bond of attachment
2. Physical activity and play
3. Nutrition
4. The rest and the sleep

Physical activity promotion through nongovernmental bodies 

The Swedish Sports Confederation has, according to law (1995:361), administrative tasks whose regulations are defined in the Regulation (1999:1177) on state subsidies for sports activities. In this Regulation, sporting activities refer to performance-oriented competition and health-oriented broad and exercise oriented sport for all people, special focus on children and youth (7-25). The activities should according to the regulation among other things, develop the interest of children and young people in the field of exercise and sport, enable all people to exercise and do sport, contribute to bringing about a lifelong interest in exercise and movement, thus promoting a good health of all people, promoting integration and give girls and boys respective women and men equal opportunities to participate in sports activities.

Bikeability – England

Bikeability is the Government's long-standing programme of cycle-training for school-children, with over 1.7 million children trained since 2010. It is available to every local body in England (London has separate funding arrangements for Bikeability). Funding of £12 million a year has been confirmed for the next four years (up to 20/21), providing a range of cycling activities to schools: 

• Level 1 – off-road training, providing the skills to cycle with excellent control.
• Level 2 – preparing for on-road cycling through tuition on single lane roads and junctions.
• Level 3 – training for busier and more challenging journeys.
• Bikeability Plus- a further suite of 11 cycle training modules focussed on increasing levels of cycling and cycle safety. 

The Big Bike Revival – England, Scotland 

The Big Bike Revival is a programme aiming to help people feel more confident about cycling. The programme is entering its fifth year with events across the UK providing free cycle checks, servicing, cycle maintenance workshops, cycle training and accompanied rides.

Couch to 5K – England, Wales, Scotland

Couch to 5K is an application running plan for beginners which help people gradually work up towards running 5K in 9 weeks. The plan involves 3 runs a week, with a day of rest in between, and a different schedule for each of the 9 weeks.

The Get Healthy Get Active (GHGA) Programme – England

Following a systematic review in 2012, Sport England launched the Get Healthy Get Active Programme (GHGA), to improve the evidence base for the effectiveness of sport and activity interventions in tackling inactivity. Each incorporated academic research with methods ranging from randomised controlled trial to pre and post design evaluation. The interventions used a range of behaviour change theories to inform their planning including the Transtheroetical model, the COM B model and nudge theory. The results suggest that activity status 3 month post intervention is indicative of the likely activity status 6 months post intervention and supports previous evidence that it takes 90 days to build a physical activity habit.
Individual interventions reported a range of health outcomes; significant improvements in mental wellbeing scores, reductions in sickness absence and presenteeism, clinically significant improvements in cholesterol and systolic blood pressure.
Thematic analysis of the learning has determined ten key principles for developing interventions to tackle inactivity, highlighting the effective behavioural change components  employed, including: understanding the nature of inactivity; the role of behaviour change theories and community insight; reframing messages; working in broad partnerships; and measuring behaviour change.
 

School of Health

The National Institute of Public Health supports the School of Health, an initiative which brings morning exercise to every place in Slovenia. The hallmark of the initiative is the colour orange and exercise every morning (except Sundays and holidays) at 7.30 outside outdoors, in all seasons. The gym is run by trained volunteers. The purpose of the School of Health is to give individuals basic instructions on how to achieve the best and healthiest life possible. For that purpose, the initiative organizes educational lectures and practical workshops conducted by experts from various fields.

Guidelines for general senior promotion

In accordance with Section 19 (4) of the Federal Senior Citizens Act (effective from August 1, 2016) I. Preamble, the Guidelines for general senior promotion regulate the allocation, use and accounting of funds for the General Senior Citizens Promotion in accordance with Section 19 (1) Federal Seniors Act. The Federal Seniors Act is intended to provide advice, information and support and the guidelines are intended to ensure the proper allocation, processing and control of the general senior citizen support appropriate use of the funds. Based on the guidelines, the following activities can be funded:

• Implementation of life-world and needs-oriented activities to strengthen health activities to strengthen health literacy, in particular health promotion projects that include both exercise and health promotion projects that include both exercise and information and are and are specifically tailored to the needs of older people.
• Implementation of supervised health-oriented sporting activities for older people activities for older people; general programmes to promotion of movement skills and the enjoyment of movement for the promotion of physical activity (such as gymnastics, spinal gymnastics, swimming, Nordic walking, hiking, skiing, cross-country skiing, dance).

Club Support

The aim of the Club Support fund is to promote the operation of low hobby thresholds in children's and young people's sports, to try out innovative operating models, to increase the diversity of activities, for example through new sports, or to develop recreational activities within sports activities. Monitoring support can also be used to strengthen the quality and community of activities, as well as to support volunteering work. Club Support can be used to prevent the cessation of physical activity by involving young people in activities as athletes, movers and club players. The grant contributes to the Ministry's strategic goal of active and inclusive civic activity in sports, which is included in the state budget proposal for 2021, with a special focus on children and young people. In addition, the grant promotes the registration of the government programme and implements the goal of the sports policy report to use club support also to support the sports activities of low-income families.

Le Coup de Pouce Vélo

In order to encourage the practice of cycling by the French as part of deconfinement, the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition has taken financial assistance measures and announced a plan of 60 million euros, the bicycle boost (Le Coup de Pouce Vélo). Launched on May 11, 2020, the bicycle boost allows the support of repairs, temporary parking spaces and training to get back in the saddle. More specific, the bicycle boost allows:

1. Exceptional support of up to 50 euros for an amount excluding tax for the repair of a bicycle within a network of referenced repairers,
2. Support for communities, up to 60% of the costs of installing temporary bicycle parking spaces,
3. The support, excluding VAT, of a session to get back in the saddle to learn to ride safely: from 1 hour 30 to 2 hours of learning, individually or in small groups, with an experienced instructor.

Pass’sport

In the context of the health crisis, the Ministry of Sports in has implemented a licensing assistance from 2021 for the amateur sports world, affected by the closure of sports associations and by a sharp drop in memberships in clubs. This measure, valued at 100 million euros, should facilitate the return of the French to sports clubs. The Pass'Sports is a 15-hour coupon that can be downloaded from the Department's website and allows a reduction of 15 hours on the price of the sports license. It will primarily target the most vulnerable population.

Funding priority “Physical activity and physical activity promotion”

From 2019 to 2022, the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) is funding a total of ten projects, with the focus on practical implementation research in order to change people's everyday physical activity in the future. The funded projects cover different living environments, target and age groups, so that the entire population can be represented, if possible.

Fund promoting cycling as a university subject

With a volume of 8.3 million euros, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) is funding, endowed chairs on cycling. 33 institutions of higher education have expressed their interest and specialised master’s programmes were accredited at seven of them. The objective of the fund is to embed cycling in research and teaching – from infrastructure planning through mobility management to cycling-friendly legislation.

Single fund to support the strengthening of the Italian sports movement

The budget law for 2018, in paragraph 369 of article 1 established the support and the strengthening of the Italian sports movement through a specific fund called “Single fund to support the strengthening of the Italian sports movement”. The resources allocated are 12 million euros for the year 2018, 7 million euros for the year 2019, 8.2 million euros for the year 2020 and 10.5 million euros starting from the year 2021. These resources are intended to finance projects linked to one of the following purposes:

1. to encourage disabled people to start practicing sport by using sports aids;
2. to support the organization of football events of international importance;
3. to support the organization of other sporting events of international importance;
4. to support non-professional athletes;
5. to guarantee the right to practice sports as an irrepressible form of development of the minor's personality, also through the implementation of awareness campaigns;
6. to support the organization of women's sporting events of national and international significance.

In particular, minors who are citizens of third countries, even if they do not comply with the rules relating to entry and stay, if enrolled for at least one year in any class of the Italian school system, may be registered with companies or associations affiliated with national sports federations, associated sports disciplines or sports promotion bodies, including Paralympic, without any increase with respect to what is foreseen for Italian citizens.

5 per Mille

The 5 per Mille (5 per thousand) allows entities in the tertiary sector to receive a portion of the income tax allocated by taxpayers in the tax return. Taxpayers can allocate a share of 5 per thousand of personal income tax to finance the activities of protection, promotion and enhancement of cultural and landscape assets. Sport associations can receive additional funding (0.5% of the tax return) from people who indicate the name of the asssociation in their annual individual tax return. The 5 per Mille can apply for enrolment of amateur sports associations recognized by the Italian National Olympic Committee: the youth sector must be present in them, affiliated with national sports federations or associated sports disciplines or with sports promotion bodies recognized by CONI.

The Sports Injury Prevention Programme

The Sports Injury Prevention is a funding programme with aim to prevent sports injuries. The starting point is that sound knowledge forms the foundation of successful interventions. The focus is on exchanging knowledge with sporting practice and on translating practical questions into a widely accessible knowledge base. The programme aims to make people able to enjoy sports, health benefits and top performance to the full. By working together with sport and science on the (further) development and implementation of interventions on sports injuries prevention it aims at: 

1. Reducing the number of new sports injuries.
2. Reducing the (sports) dropout due to injuries.
3. Increasing the positive balance between benefits and costs of sport and exercise.

ZonMw has been commissioned to conduct the programme by the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport. The programme will run from 2016 to 2020 with a number of closing activities in 2021.

Sport Innovator

Sport innovator is the funding programme for sport innovation and research by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. The programme aims to increase the effectiveness of sport innovations and contribute to a more vital society. In a nationwide network of 15 Sportinnovator-centres government, scientists, sport professionals and businesses join forces to realise cutting-edge innovations designed to improve results both within professional as well as recreational sports. The network also aims to encourage people to adopt a more active lifestyle. The development of Sport Data Valley contributes to these goals as well. The programme aims to make people exercise more and to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle, including those with a chronic disorder or disability. It reaches all people by stimulating innovations that have an impact on public health and society and which also increase the playing and viewing pleasure of recreational athletes, and the participation in sports, safety and game insight. Innovations in top sport are often translated into recreational sport and to the rest of society. 

The Youth Education Fund

The starting point of the Youth Education Fund is that every child can develop his or her talents as well as possible, whereby financial barriers are removed as much as possible, as soon as there is a lack of available facilities. The Youth Education Fund has a safety net function and can be deployed where the fund is active and the provisions at hand are exhausted or are not available. Being able to fully participate during education or training career is essential for adulthood development. Being able to participate in school and showing what you can do is very important and contributes to preventing a lack of self-confidence and self-esteem.

Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur

Everyone should be able to lead an active and healthy life, including children growing up in low-income families. To make this possible, the government supports the Youth Sports Fund (Jeugdfonds Sport & Cultuur), which helps children who would like to join a sports club but whose parents cannot afford the membership fees. Funds are primarily coming from the municipal budget for poverty policy supplemented with budget from private funds, sponsors and donations.

Grant scheme for events for people with disabilities

The Ministry of Culture has created a new grant scheme to help people with disabilities to attend major events for sports and physical activity, including outdoor activities, on par with others. The grant scheme shall help people with disabilities to participate in events for sports and physical activity, including outdoor recreation. The regulations apply to grants for events for sports and physical activity that either facilitate or are reserved for persons with disabilities. Grants can be granted to voluntary organizations that are registered in the Volunteer Register at the time of application and can cover up to 50% of the cost of the event.

Frifond.no

On frifond.no there are three support schemes; Frifond musikk for music projects, Frifond theatre for theatre projects and Frifond barn og unge for other projects, for example dancing classes, a neighbourhood football tournament or making a campground in the woods. Frifond was established in 2000 with purpose to encourage children and young people's voluntary activity and participation locally, both through voluntary organizations and independent groups and associations. The schemes aims to improve the framework conditions for voluntary organizations and member-based activities at local level throughout the country. A group of at least three people who wish to do a voluntary project locally in their own home municipality in Norway is required in order to apply for the funding. A minimum of 1/3 of the group needs to be younger than 26 years old.

National grant scheme for inclusion of children and youth

The grant scheme provide support for local measures aimed at providing children and young people in low-income families access to leisure and holiday activities, and alternative arenas for empowerment. The objective of the grant scheme is to combat and lessen the problems of poverty among children and young people by creating conditions that allow more young people to participate in leisure and holiday activities, regardless of their parents’ income and social situation. With the help of these funds, local authorities and voluntary organisations are able to offer a variety of activities, including outdoor and sports activities, that cost little or nothing to participate in. The grant scheme is managed by the Directorate for Children and Youth and Family (Bufdir), on behalf of the Ministry of Children and Families  

Grants for social inclusion in sports

The overall objective of the grant scheme is to facilitate the inclusion of new groups into organised sports, by overcoming economic and cultural barriers that may preclude participation. The target groups are children (ages 6–12) and adolescents (ages 13–19) with an immigrant background, with a particular emphasis on girls, as well children and young people from financially disadvantaged families.

The Gambling Scheme Act

The Gambling Scheme Act regulates the distribution of the fundings for the grant schemes, which aim to implement the government’s sport policy, delivered from the surplus of the state-owned national lottery, Norsk Tipping AS. Fist, 6.4 % of the surplus is set aside for health and repatriation purposes. The remainder of the surplus is distributed as follows – 64 % to sports purposes, 18 % to cultural purposes and 18 % to voluntary and humanitarian organisations. The 64 % to sports purposes are divided into various grant schemes by the government. In 2019, there were 6 grant schemes for sports;

1. Sports facilities;
2. National arenas / Special facilities;
3. Research and Development;
4. Special activities;
5. The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NIF);
6. Local sports clubs and associations.

Of the 6 schemes, the schemes for sport facilities and NIF receive the largest amounts.

Grasrotandelen 

The Grass Root Share (Grasrotandelen) is a funding scheme that was launched on March 1, 2009. Every customer at Norsk Tipping AS may choose a sports club or another voluntary organisation to receive 7 % of that customer's stake. This scheme provided funding in the area of 700 million kroner to voluntary organisations in 2019, of which around one half went to sports clubs.

The Physical Culture Development Fund

Surcharges on numbers games and lottery tickets are allocated to four special-purpose funds, including the Physical Culture Development Fund (75% of proceeds). The funds are deployed by the Ministry of Sport and Tourism to subsidise sports projects implemented by local governments, and to make investments in projects of special significance for Polish sport. From 1994 more than 12 billion zlotys were contributed to the Fund. Using funds from surcharges, the Ministry of Sport and Tourism was able to implement a programme for the development of sports infrastructure.

The Program Klub

The Program Klub, is an iniciative thanks to which small and medium sports clubs receive funding for the purchase of equipment and organization of camps or trainer's salary, which has been important support for its beneficiaries since 2016. The importance of the project is demonstrated by the high interest of the environment; in 2016–2019 over 13,000 grant agreements with entities from all over the country. The initiative is financed from the Physical Culture Development Fund.

The Sports Activities Fund for Students

The Sports Activities Fund for Students was established on the basis of the Budget Act of October 26, 1982 on upbringing in sobriety and counteracting alcoholism. The Fund's revenues are fees constituting 10% of the tax base on goods and services, services consisting in advertising of alcoholic beverages. 

Sports for All National Programme

The Sports for All National Programme developed by the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth is a financial initiative since 2016 that aims to support organizations’ projects that promote the generalization of community-based sports practice. 

Free transport to primary school

In Slovenia, a student is entitled to free transport if his / her residence is more than 4 kilometres away from the primary school. The local community (municipality) decides on the eligibility of students for free transport on the basis of the application of the parents. Regardless of the distance of residence from primary school, they have the right to free transport:

• pupils of the first grade of primary school,
• pupils of other grades of primary school, if the competent authority for road traffic prevention finds that their safety is endangered on the way to school,
• children with special needs, if so determined by the decision on orientation.

Pupils who attend school outside their school district are entitled to reimbursement of the costs that would have been due to them if they had attended school in the district where they reside.

Subsidizing tickets for high school and college students

In 2012, the Ministry of Infrastructure introduced a new model of ticket subsidies for pupils, students and participants in adult education for the purpose of subsidizing the transport of pupils and students from their place of residence to their place of education. The system of subsidized tickets is set up in such a way that the beneficiaries are divided into three areas, up to 60 km from 60 to 90 km and over 90 km. In these areas, passengers are entitled to monthly tickets or tickets for 10 rides if they temporarily reside in the place of education. In the field of subsidized transport for pupils and students, the Ministry of Infrastructure has signed a total of 33 contracts with the providers of subsidized transport for the period of the school year, as subsidized tickets are valid from the beginning to the end of the school year. Of these, 25 are contracts for intercity bus transport, 7 for urban transport and 1 contract for railway transport. Beneficiaries are applicants who have a place of residence at least two km away from the place of education.

The Access Fund – England

The Access Fund provides revenue funding to councils to deliver behaviour change initiatives which can improve access to jobs, skills, training and education. 

Sports and animation professions: preventing sexist behaviour, guide for trainers

The guide is a tool which was created for the attention of trainers in sports management qualifications to understand and act on sexist behaviour in sports. The aim of the guide is to support and strengthen awareness, but also the training of facilitators and managers involved in collective reception of minors and sports clubs:  

1. By mobilizing training organizations for youth diplomas, popular education and of sport, including BAFA / BAFD,
2. By using a guide to good practices in combating sexism in the fields of popular education and sport, the distribution of which in training organizations is monitored by the services decentralized from this ministry.

Teacher training course

As a result of the Collaboration Agreement between the National Sports Council (CSD) and the Institute for Women and for Equal Opportunities, this training course has been created for teachers and trainers in order to increase their training in gender and equality issues. The objectives that are intended to be achieved with the course are:

• Analyse the terminology related to co-education.
• Know the current situation of the practice of physical activity in girls and boys and analyse the internal and external factors that can influence it.
• Identify within the school environment the elements that we can be improved to achieve equal opportunities in Physical Education classes.
• Know and develop strategies for work in Physical Education classes aimed at equal opportunities between genders.
• Set didactic objectives that promote co-education.
• Design motor situations that promote equal opportunities for girls and boys.
• Learn to use a methodology that favours communication and the interest of all students.
• Apply evaluation systems that take into account the individual characteristics of girls and boys.

PAFIC Guide for the promotion of physical activity in girls

The PAFIC guide for the promotion of physical activity in girls includes teaching material on coeducational strategies in the field of physical activity and sport for trainers, co-published by the Women's Institute of the Ministry of Equality and the Higher Sports Council.

TEKO - A healthy schoolboy

TEKO - A healthy schoolboy is a project that aims to prevent physical and leisure accidents of children and young people and to promote mobility at school and in leisure time. TEKO's target group is especially high school health information and physical education teachers, classroom teachers and school nurses. The project produces information packages, practical materials and operating models that support healthy and safe exercise. The materials are free of charge and freely available. TEKO (2010–) is a development project of the FAQ Institute, which is implemented in cooperation with several experts and practical actors. The project is part of the National Exercise Prevention Program LiVE. The project has received funding for development from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (2010–2012) and implementation from the Ministry of Education and Culture (2013–2018).

Healthy Athlete programme

The Healthy Athlete programme is part of the National Sports Injury Prevention Programme (LiVE), whose task is to coordinate the prevention of sports injuries in Finland. The Healthy Athlete programme of the FAQ Institute and Tampere Sports Physician's Office, on the other hand, promotes health-promoting sports and coaching and brings practices that have been researched to prevent physical injuries into coaching. Measures to support health and effectively prevent injuries are to be enshrined as permanent practices in the training of children and young athletes. The primary target group of the programme is coaches and instructors for young athletes, as well as coaches for top athletes and top athletes. Another target group is children and young people moving in sports clubs and their families.

Adults on the Move

The Adults on the Move Programme, in co-operation with the FAQ Institute, implements the launch and development of sports counselling as part of the sports service chain on behalf of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The task of the programme is to improve the quality of sports counselling, to provide financial support for sports counselling projects, to coordinate sports service chain and sports counselling training, to promote the use of sports, and to compile and disseminate various models for use by actors. The work is carried out in collaboration with an extensive network of experts models for use by actors. The work is carried out in collaboration with a network of experts.

Law n ° 2005-102 for equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of people with disabilities

The Law n ° 2005-102 of February 11, states in the Art. L111-8-3-1, that the training on the accessibility of the built environment for disabled people is compulsory in the initial training of architects and professionals of the built environment. A Council of State decree specifies the diplomas concerned by this obligation.

BP JEPS diploma

The BP JEPS diploma attests to the possession of the professional skills essential to the exercise of the profession of animator, instructor and sports educator. In order to supervise physical and sporting activities (APS) and become a professional, people must hold a diploma or a certification registered in the national directory of professional certifications (RNCP) which guarantees the competence of their security holder. BP JEPS is one of the diplomas registered with RNCP.

Code Du Sport

The Article R212-1 of the Sport Code (Code Du Sport) sets out the qualifications requirements for teachers providing physical activity training. Based on the Code, the possession of a professional diploma registered in the national directory of professional certifications (RNCP) and guaranteeing competence in safety matters is necessary to teach for remuneration.

BAPAAT diploma

State diploma approved at level V (CAP, BEP, BEPC), common to the socio-cultural and sports sector, the BAPAAT (certificate of professional aptitude of assistant technician facilitator of Youth and Sports) represents the first level qualification for the animation and supervision of sports and socio-cultural activities.

Bicycle Academy

The Bicycle Academy at the German Institute for Urban Studies (Difu) has been pursuing to promote cycling in Germany within the framework of a sustainable transport and mobility policy since 2007, with the support of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), as well as with the support of the German District Council, the German Association of Cities and Towns and the German Association of Cities, with steadily growing demand. The further training offer includes seminars lasting one or more days throughout Germany, workshops and excursions. In addition, the annual bicycle municipal conference supports cooperation between the municipalities. In a compact and practical form, the events of the bicycle academy are aimed at actors from politics, administration and associations - especially in the following areas: road planning, traffic development planning, civil engineering, road traffic law, traffic safety, traffic control, traffic regulations, urban planning, public transportation, traffic education, schools, kindergartens, youth and sports, city marketing and tourism. In addition to the general training programme, the bicycle academy holds special events on current topics in transport and mobility policy. This offer is aimed at actors at the management and decision-making level of the federal, state and local authorities.

Joy of Moving Project

The Joy of Moving project is a training course aiming at providing teachers of kindergartens and primary schools with skills on how to incorporate, within the curricular hours of physical education, the motor coordination, cognitive function, creativity and life skills such as the active and participatory citizenship. The training proposal is divided into:

• activities of training online on project’s platform and possibly in presence, 
• free delivery of didactic kits (1 per class) and manuals (1 per complex),
• ongoing and final support and monitoring.

Regulated professions and the recognition of professional qualifications

The Regulations determine the qualification requirements for teachers providing physical education in schools. Qualifications include being a graduate from an accredited education programme. 

Regulations for the certification of sports specialists

The Regulations prescribe the procedures for the certification of sports specialists and the requirements specified for a sports specialist in order to acquire the right to work in the field of sports.

De Gezonde Kinderopvang

The Healthy Childcare Programme (De Gezonde Kinderopvang) is an initiative of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and The Ministry for Social Affairs and Employment. Through the Healthy Childcare approach, employees or managers in childcare work structurally on the healthy lifestyle of children and expertise of employees. The approach gives them insight into the concrete steps that are needed to make a healthy lifestyle a real part of daily practice in childcare. The health themes have been elaborated with concrete activities, examples and practical documents, for children 0–4 years and 4–12 years. Through a Healthy Start training, childcare workers learn how to offer a healthy, active and safe environment and to set a healthy example themselves.

De Gezonde School

The Healthy School (De Gezonde School) approach reinforces health promotion in primary and secondary education and secondary vocational education (MBO). It offers guidance to health promotion and education professionals in the planned and integral embedding of health promotion in education. Professionals find support for their health activities at schools through concrete tools for planned health promotion which are offered to them by the programme. Schools can obtain the healthy school label (vignet) on one or more themes, among which is sports and physical activity. In order to obtain such a vignette they have to incorporate several activities within a theme. The programme provides tools that may be used by schools.

Professional Network for Cycling and Walking

Through the Professional Network for Cycling and Walking (changed name early 2021 from Bicycle City Network) the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, in a cooperation with the regions, aims to increase and promote biking and walking by disseminating knowledge of cycling and walking to professionals both at the state level, the regional level and municipality level.

Goals for the work are to:

• Raise the expertise in facilitating cycling and walking among members,
• Create arenas for dialogue and exchange of information between the participants,
• Communicate experiences and good examples.

Friluftsliviskolen.no

The Forum for Outdoor Recreation in School (Friluftsliviskolen.no) is a website for teachers and other staff in kindergartens, schools and SFO. The site will help teachers and others who work with children and young people to include outdoor activities in teaching, both as an independent activity and as an educational tool. From 2018, Norwegian Outdoor Life received earmarked funds to operate and develop forum, and to work with competence-enhancing measures in the field of outdoor recreation in school, in collaboration with the Environment Directorate and the outdoor recreation organizations. In the start-up phase, the forum will develop its form and working method. The forum works with both primary and secondary education training.

The Sectoral Qualifications Framework in Sport (SRKS)

The sectoral qualifications framework in sport (SRKS) is an industry interpretation of the Polish Qualifications Framework (PRK), i.e. tools that at 8 levels organize all qualifications (diplomas, certificates, certificates) existing in Poland, acquired in different ways and in different places, while enabling their reference to qualifications functioning throughout Europe. SRKS covers the qualifications of sporting personnel, i.e trainers, instructors, animators and other qualifications, confirming the preparation for sports activities or the training process in sport. It describes 6 levels - from 2 to 7 inclusive, considered the most representative for qualifications in sport.
 

Decree-Law no. 407/99 

This diploma establishes the legal regime for sports training, in the context of training inserted in the job market, as well as the professional certification regime within the scope of the National Professional Certification System. The regime established in this law applies to sports agents who, whether paid or not, develop their activity in the field of sport and fit into the human resources of sport or human resource related to sport. Following this regime scope there are two certified sport and physical exercise professions that are recognized and regulated: sports coach in different specific sports (but following a common training and certification pathway) (Law 105/2019) and exercise professional (to act in gyms and health clubs) (Law 39/2012). 

Education for Sustainable Mobility

As part of the project Education for Sustainable Mobility, the Ministry of Infrastructure is organising a series of training events on the topic of modern challenges of integrated transport planning. The training is primarily intended for representatives of municipalities and experts involved in integrated traffic planning at the local and regional level. Participation in the training is free. Examples of the events are education on walking as a mode of mobility in cities and education on bike as the vehicle of the future.

Out for Health (Ven za zdravje)

The Out for Health (Ven za zdravje) programme represents the further development and implementation of the contents of the Out for Health project - Expert basis for planning green areas to promote physical activity of the population (UIRS 2017-2019) and its results, especially the general guidelines and manual Out for Health. The programme is aimed at several different target groups, addressing them by presenting key aspects and guidelines for green space planning to ensure an active lifestyle, from municipal administrations and spatial planners and other relevant professionals, especially public health experts. It will be carried out in the form of lectures and trainings for spatial planners and municipal services, various public presentations at conferences and events, and through online publications, publications and printed materials.

Physical Activity in Childhood and Adolescence – Guide for all people involved in their education

This guide has been designed to provide information to adults who work with children and adolescents on the importance of physical activity for this population group and on how physical activity can be effectively promoted in the school environment, at home and in the community. This guide is an important source of information for all those involved in childhood and adolescent education, including teachers, educators, coaches, monitors, parents, and health professionals. It is a detailed document that has been designed to provide information to adults with advanced knowledge of physical activity (teachers, educators, coaches, health professionals, etc.) as well as those with limited knowledge on this topic.

Adults on the Move

The Adults on the Move programme (Kunnossa kaiken ikää -ohjelma) is a national initiative funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture and Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The programme aims to inc­rea­se well­being and en­han­ce the phy­si­cal ac­ti­vi­ty le­vels of working-age peop­le. Its goal is to ac­ti­va­te and help seden­ta­ry adults to start phy­si­cal­ly ac­ti­ve way of li­fe, re­du­ce se­den­ta­ry li­fes­ty­le and inc­rea­se phy­si­cal­ly ac­ti­ve com­mu­ting (wal­king and cyc­ling). Cross sec­to­ral coope­ra­tion is a cru­cial prin­cip­le in­teg­ra­ted in­to the prog­ramme and it aims to strengt­hen coo­pe­ra­tion and net­wor­king bet­ween or­ga­ni­za­tions ope­ra­ting in health en­han­cing phy­si­cal ac­ti­vi­ty. The operational mo­del of the prog­ramme inclu­des se­mi­nars and campaigns, materials, men­to­ring and fun­ding for physi­cal ac­ti­vi­ty pro­jects

The Stair Days campaign (Porraspäivät)

The Stair Days (Porraspäivät) campaign for working communities aims to give people an impulse to make small everyday choices to promote their own health. The Stair Days campaign takes place every year in November. During the campaign week, people are encouraged to take the stairs instead of the lift and pay attention to everyday activity during the working day. The campaign is a tool for working communities to promote wellbeing at work. Workplaces can brainstorm various drivers and competitions to mark the campaign week. The campaign offers various posters, motivational messages and pause exercises for use by working communities free of charge. The campaign is implemented as part of the Adults on the Move, which aims to promote a physically active lifestyle for working-age people.

Werkkostenregeling (WKR)

The Work-Related Expenses scheme allows employers in the Netherlands to provide some tax-free benefits to their employees, such as travel allowances, study costs and lunches, if the total value is less than 1.5% of salary costs. The arrangement is not exclusively aimed at promoting physical activity, but it does provide some opportunities to do so. This provides employers with the possibility to offer employees fitness classes or the opportunity to buy a bicycle (for commuting purposes) at a reduced rate (tax free). It has been mandatory since January 2015.

 The Working Environment Act 

In Section 3 – 4 of the Working Environment Act it is stated that in connection with the systematic health, environment and safety work, the employer shall, assess measures to promote physical activity among the employees. The Act also states that passageways, sanitary facilities, work equipment, etc. shall to the extent possible and reasonable be designed and arranged so that employees with disabilities can work at the undertaking.

The Healthy Workplaces for All Ages Campaign

The 2016–17 Healthy Workplaces campaign is designed to help national authorities, companies, organisations, managers, workers and their representatives and other stakeholders to work together to deal with the challenges related to an ageing workforce. The campaign has four key objectives:

1. promoting sustainable work and healthy ageing from the start of the working life.
2. preventing health problems throughout the working life.
3. providing ways for employers and workers to manage occupational safety and health in the context of an ageing workforce.
4. encouraging the exchange of information and good practice.

The National Programme for Improvement of Safety and Working Conditions 

The National Programme for Improvement of Safety and Working Conditions is a multiannual health programme that promotes healthy lifestyles and physical activity of working people. The programme involves sports activities and training workshops, and employees take part in exercise sessions three times a week during working hours under the supervison of trained instructors. The programme has resulted in less musculoskeletal pain, more physical activity and improved anthropometrics among participants.

The 2020 Active at Work Campaign

The social campaign Active at Work is devoted to promoting physical activity for working people. The campaign will run from May to December 2020. The campaign is organized as part of the V stage of the National Program of improving safety and working conditions (2020-2022), financed by the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy. Program coordinator: Central Institute for Labor Protection - National Research Institute. The campaign has been promoted also by the Ministry of Sport.

Healthy Companies Project

In 2013, the Healthy Companies project was launched, inspired by the work carried out by the European Network for the Promotion of Health at Work (ENWHP) and in response to the National Institute for Safety and Health at Work (INSST)'s interest in recognizing the work of companies in the scope of improving the health and well-being of its workers, as well as promoting the culture of health, and the exchange of business experiences. Any company or organization, regardless of its size, ownership or sector, can express its commitment to apply for adherence to the Luxembourg Declaration and, if it wishes and meets the quality criteria developed by the ENWHP, request its recognition as good practice in health promotion at work.

Spain Competes: in Business and in Sport

Spain Competes: in Business and in Sport is a programme developed by the Young Sports Foundation in collaboration with the Higher Sports Council in order to contribute to the promotion and projection of Spanish companies in the internal and international sphere, the empowerment of sport and the promotion of the entrepreneur as a growth engine associated with the values of sport. This initiative is oriented, mainly, to favour the realization of sport projects through the involvement of the business sector. Spain Competes is classified as a priority patronage activity, offering important tax benefits to companies that make donations and contributions to financially support the Young Sports Foundation.

Physical activity in the workplace – England, Wales, Scotland

The NICE guidelines cover how to encourage employees to be physically active by developing an organisation-wide plan or policy including measures to maximise the opportunity for all employees to participate. The aim is to increase the working population’s physical activity levels. The guidelines also include implementation and contents of the plan, and support for employers from organisations such as public health and industry bodies, unions.

Law n ° 2010-788 relating to environmental commitments

To develop an alternative mode of transport, Law n ° 2010-788 relating to environmental commitments introduced, in its article 57, measures intended to facilitate the secure parking of bicycles in residential and office buildings. The buildings, must have a space reserved for secure bicycle parking. The secure bicycle parking space must:

1. Be covered and lit,
2. Include a secure closure system,
3. Have fixed devices making it possible to stabilize and attach the bicycles by the frame or at least one wheel,
4. Be easily accessible from the entry point (s) of the building,
5. Follow specific dimensional guidelines which are based on the type of building (e.g office buildings, residential buildings)

Network of public spaces - an idea handbook

The project Network of public spaces - an idea handbook is a educational measurement applied in the higher education sector. The handbook is meant to inspire municipalities and others to develop networks of good urban public spaces and includes among others guidelines for infrastructure and active environments which could contribute to increased physical activity. These include urban public space networks are the infrastructure of streets, squares, parks, watercourses and pedestrian and bicycle connections.

Decree-Law No. 123/97 

The Decree-Law makes it mandatory to adopt a set of basic technical standards for the elimination of architectural barriers in public buildings, collective equipment and public roads to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. Technical standards are approved to allow accessibility for people with disabilities and conditioned mobility, namely through the removal of urban barriers and architectural features in public buildings including sports venues and leisure spaces such as playgrounds and beaches.

Planning and Building Act (2010 (modernized version) (1987 original version)) 

The Planning and Building Act contains provisions on the planning of land and water areas, and on construction. The purpose of the provisions is, with regard to the freedom of the individual, to promote societal progress with equal and proper living conditions and a clean and sustainable habitat, for people in today’s society and for future generations. In accordance with this Act, planning must promote a from a social perspective viable living environment that is accessible and usable for all social groups. Which means that it should promote everyday life for citizens and provide good conditions, including for physical activity.

Physical activity and the environment – England

The NICE guidelines cover how to improve the physical environment to encourage and support physical activity. The aim is to increase the general population’s physical activity levels.

Code de l'urbanisme

Based on provisions of the Articles L121-31 to L121-37 of the Town Planning Code (Code de l'urbanisme), the private properties bordering the public maritime domain are encumbered on a strip three meters wide with an easement intended to ensure exclusively the passage of pedestrians. In addition the free pedestrian access to the coast is protected.

Plan- og bygningsloven

The main intention of the Norwegian Planning and Building Act (PBA) (Plan- og bygningsloven) is the sustainable development in the best interest of the citizens, the society and future generations, and health policy is a planning topic and consideration in achieving sustainable development. The planning is decentralised and the municipalities play the main role in executing the national policies locally. The local planning and the local conditions are decisive in planning for physical health.
The PBA applies regulations on:

1. areas around watercources that are of importance for nature and physical recreation.
2. outdoor space ensuring a safe place of residence in the open air for the residents and enable play.
3. recreation, exit and parking of cars, motorcycles, bicycles, etc.

Out for Health (Ven za zdravje)

The Out for Health (Ven za zdravje) programme represents the further development and implementation of the contents of the Out for Health project - Expert basis for planning green areas to promote physical activity of the population (UIRS 2017-2019) and its results, especially the general guidelines and manual Out for Health. The programme is aimed at several different target groups, addressing them by presenting key aspects and guidelines for green space planning to ensure an active lifestyle, from municipal administrations and spatial planners and other relevant professionals, especially public health experts. It will be carried out in the form of lectures and trainings for spatial planners and municipal services, various public presentations at conferences and events, and through online publications, publications and printed materials.

Walking and Cycling Promotion programme

The Walking and Cycling Promotion Programme launched by the Ministry of Transport and Communications aims to improve the conditions for walking and cycling in Finnish municipalities and to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from transport and the improvement of public health in Finland. The promotion programme identifies 31 different measures to promote walking and cycling. Key means include developing infrastructure and land-use planning, allocating funding to promote walking and cycling, and influencing attitudes and mobility habits. In addition, the development of economic governance and legislation, co-operation between different actors, the identification of those responsible for walking and cycling and the promotion of cycling tourism are seen as important. One of the measures is the joint state-municipal investment programme for walking and cycling, which supports the promotion of walking and cycling. As part of the implementation of the programme, Traficom provides state subsidies to municipalities for the construction or improvement of infrastructure such as fairways, their equipment, bicycle parking, etc.

National Véloroutes Scheme

The development of the national network of cycle routes and greenways in France is based on an official planning document: the National scheme of cycle routes priority, which has since become the National Véloroutes Scheme. The national scheme of cycle routes priority provided for the creation of a structuring network of national routes of 9000 km, made up as much as possible of greenways. The objective in terms of routes was to connect the main cities and the French regions, while ensuring the continuity of the European cycle routes. To complete this National Scheme, a circular published on May 31, 2001 prompted the development of regional sections. At the same time,specifications for cycle routes and greenways were adopted on January 5, 2001 and the scheme was integrated for the first time into the national transport infrastructure plan. The last map of the national cycle route plan includes more than 25,000 km of routes. The national cycle route plan must serve the ambition of the National Bicycle and Active Mobility Plan to triple the share of bicycle trips by 2024. The completion of the implementation of the bicycle plan is set for 2030.

Decree n ° 2015-808 of 2 July 2015 relating to the action plan for active mobility and parking

The Decree n ° 2015-808 of July 2, 2015 relating to the action plan for active mobility and parking allowed the establishment of new national regulations aimed at sharing the roads and improving the safety of cyclists in town:

• New markings make it possible to better distinguish zones with calmed traffic: zone 30, meeting zone, pedestrian area,
• Road managers can now indicate on the ground a recommended path for cyclists,
• The penalties in the event of occupancy by motor vehicles, pedestrian paths and cycle facilities near pedestrian crossings are increased from € 35 to € 135,
• In all streets where the speed is limited to 30 km / h or less, and in general in built-up areas and 50 lanes, two-way cycling is the rule by default. Drivers of motorized vehicles are allowed to travel in one direction only, cyclists in both directions,
• The power given to managers to allow cyclists, after giving way to users with green (pedestrians in particular), to cross red lights to turn right or go straight into so-called T intersections, has been extended to all movements. This arrangement makes it possible to limit the restarting of cyclists and to improve their safety by taking advantage of the stopping of motorized traffic to perform certain delicate maneuvers such as turning left for example,
• Motorists are now allowed to cross the white line to pass a cyclist.

LAW n ° 2014-366 of March 24, 2014 for access to housing and renovated town planning

The law for access to housing and renovated town planning of March 24, 2014 (article 137) introduces the obligation to make an inventory including the parking of bicycles in the parking capacities of public parks.

Fonds Mobilités Actives – Aménagements Cyclables

The Active Mobilities Fund - Cyclable Facilities (Fonds Mobilités Actives – Aménagements Cyclables) aim to support the deployment of structuring cycle routes in all regions. They are involved in the implementation of the Cycling and Active Mobility Plan. They aim to provide financial support to public contractors, in particular municipalities, departments, groups of communities, authorities organizing mobility, public institutions for inter-municipal cooperation, in their projects for the sustainability of transition cycle paths, creation of secure cycle routes and reduction of route discontinuities, as long as the project is part of a coherent cycling policy at the scale of the territory.

Guidelines for the construction of city streets (RASt 06)

In December 2008 the Research Society for Roads and Traffic (FGSV) published corrections to the German Guidelines for Urban Street Design (Richtlinien für die Anlage von Stadtstraßen, RASt), 2006 edition. The guidelines establish high standards for pavement widths, cycle routes, crossing points, and traffic speed reduction, as well as they offer a variety of solutions for typical street layouts. The guidelines also advice on how to integrate the concerns of children and adolescents into traffic planning and general advice on planning, for example the reduction of motor- vehicle speed, the reduction of space requirements of stationary traffic within the street environment, and the connection of playing facilities.

Guidelines for Cycling Facilities (ERA 2010)

The Guidelines for Cycling Facilities (ERA 2010) form the basis for the planning, design and operation of bicycle traffic facilities. They apply to new construction and major changes to roads and their use is recommended for existing roads. The ERA 2010 deal with the following topics: cycle traffic concept, design principles, cycle traffic routing on main inner-city roads, cycle traffic routing at junctions, crossing facilities, cycle traffic in access roads, one-way streets with bicycle traffic in the opposite direction, cycle traffic in areas of pedestrian traffic, cycle traffic on country roads, independently guided cycle paths, construction and operation of cycle traffic systems and effect control and quality assurance.

German Unity Cycle Route

The German Unity Cycle Route is a long-distance cycle route which offers a touristic experience using the bicycle. It runs mostly on an already existing network of long-distance bike routes and weaves through seven federal states altogether. It is signposted and open to cyclist from end-to-end. On the route, there are reliable signs which make it easy for cyclist to find their way, high-quality cycle tracks, and service points for cyclist. The route also offers free high-speed internet, charging facilities as well as digital information on the route and the region. This way, the route promotes cycling to all ages and abilities.

Health promotion guidelines for local governments 

The Ministry of Health has formulated guidelines for local governments concerning the promotion of health of the population. The guidelines include recommendations for promotion of physical activity, such as the development of an environment and infrastructure that support active transport (pedestrian and cycling paths), the development of a health promoting working environment and the organisation of active leisure activities in the local government.

The Bicycle Parking at Stations Project

The Bicycle Parking at Stations initiative started almost 20 years ago as part of a government initiative called "ruimte voor de fiets" (in English: bicycle space). The initiative is now part of the national cycling agenda "tour de fource". Aim of the the project is to increase the number of bicycle parking places at stations, to contribute to shortening door-to-door travel time and to increase travel convenience.
The extra funds from the Rutte III coalition agreement are used to innovate and increase the storage options at public transport hubs. Consideration is also being given to the more efficient use of storage capacity. 

Historiske Vandreruter

The Historical Trails (Historiske Vandreruter) is a collaboration between Norwegian Tourist Association and the Directorate of Cultural Heritage that aims to make ancient paths and old roads recognised as valuable hiking routes and important cultural heritage. Since 2015 14 different routes have been established in different parts of the country in close collaboration with local organisers, each trail emphasising a particular part of Norwegian cultural history.

Merkehåndboka

Merkehandboka.no is a national website for information on planning, facilitation and visualization of trails and outdoor recreation routes. It includes a guide for walking, cycling and paddling routes, as well as a manual for signs. It provides signage instructions for both hiking and mountain bike routes and also discusses various forms of mountain biking facilitation and the responsibility it entails. Through standardisation of trail-marking and signage, the manual aims to lower the threshold to use nature and the local environment for better public health.

The national bicycle routes

The national bicycle network consists of ten routes and will make it possible to cycle from city to city on low-traffic roads along Norway. The State Highway Authority signs the bicycle routes in collaboration with county municipalities. The national bicycle routes are signposted on both roads and bicycle paths, but it can vary from area to area how much of the bicycle route is signposted. The signs are reddish brown with green numbers from 1–10.  In many places people can combine cycling on the national cycling routes with regional and local cycling routes or combine bike ride with other means of transport such as train, ferry or bus. Some of the national cycling routes are also part of the European bike network EuroVelo (eurovelo.com).

Normative Order n. 23-A / 96

The Normative Order establishes rules on the execution of projects relating to transport coordination facilities, as well as other infrastructures designed to ensure better intermodal articulation and to improve road and pedestrian circulation. Rules include;
a) Construction of overpasses or underpasses for pedestrians and for the suppression of road-rail level crossings;
b) Construction of overpasses or underpasses to railway tracks intended exclusively for pedestrians, for the complete suppression of existing pedestrian level crossings at a minimum distance of 500 m;
c) Automation of level crossings;
d) Construction and major repair of access roads to the railway stations up to 10 km from them;
e) Construction and major repair of municipal roads on which road replacement services for public rail service closed for operation are established;
f) Construction of diversions and respective shelters for passengers of public transport, located outside urban areas.

Co-financing of sustainable mobility measures

The measure is intended to co-finance operations that will contribute to the development of sustainable mobility and is implemented through public tenders intended for municipalities with urban areas (urban settlements with associated urban areas). Through a public tender, individual municipalities were awarded grants to co-finance operations representing investments in:

• pedestrian infrastructure,
•  infrastructure for cyclists,
• bus stops.

Cyclist-friendly infrastructure: Guidelines for the location of cycling infrastructure in urban areas

The guidelines are intended to guide local communities in the planning and development of the cycling network and its improvements. The technical properties for each element are specified in national regulations. The present guidelines focus on how to find optimal spaces in a confined space within cities, variants for establishing a quality cycling (traffic) network.

General Guidelines for Pedestrian Infrastructure

The purpose of the General Guidelines for Pedestrian Infrastructure is to provide basic starting points on the quality of the design of a public space for walking and the pleasant and safe well-being of pedestrians. It also sets out the basic criteria for assessing pedestrian transport infrastructure measures.

Danube Cycle Plans

The Ministry of Infrastructure has joined the international project Danube Cycle Plans, on the Danube programme. As part of the project, the project partners will address cycling challenges through actions to strengthen the three pillars of cycling development:

1. preparation of national cycling strategies, based on the common international cycling strategy of the Danube region, in order to facilitate the development of cycling policies at national and international level; 
2. support for the development of cycling infrastructure, by defining a network of Danube cycling routes, developing common standards and drawing up a plan to upgrade the current situation;
3. raising the awareness of key stakeholders about the needs of cyclists, promoting cycling throughout the Danube region, by introducing a mentoring system, events and by organizing national cycling conferences.

Rules on cycling areas

These Rules on cycling areas determine the technical requirements that must be taken into account in the design, construction and maintenance of bicycle surfaces and relate to the choice of type, geometric elements and other arrangements of bicycle surfaces.

Hacia Rutas Saludables

The Towards Healthy Routes (Hacia Rutas Saludables) is a practical information guide to support local entities in the design, revitalisation and evaluation of the Healthy Route Plan(s) which aims to provide the municipality with one or more safe and accessible routes that promote the regular practice of physical activity for health, starting, whenever possible, from those used by citizens habitually. The plan integrates equity, inter-sectorality, participation and coherence in a transversal manner.

Programa Vías Verdes

Since 1993, the Greenways programme (Programa Vías Verdes) has converted more than 2,800 km of disused railway infrastructure into cycling and hiking itineraries, suitable for people of all abilities.

Government investment in cycling infrastructure

The government will invest a total of SEK 325 million in 2021 and the same amount in 2022 in investments that include both a strengthening of the state's bicycle infrastructure and municipalities' opportunities for bicycle investments through urban environment agreements.

The manual for streets – England, Wales

The manual is a set of guidelines on streets design which (among the rest) encourage physical activity like walking and cycling. It recommends walkable neighbourhoods which have a range of facilities within 10 minutes (up to about 800 m). The manual includes street furniture, such as play equipment, street lighting and planting. 

Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 – England, Wales, Scotland

The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions included many new measures for cycling, developed through the Traffic Signs Policy Review and through work with local traffic authorities. These include low-level mini cycle signals, a new pedestrian and cyclist crossing (the parallel crossing), new options for signing cycle routes, and new designs of advanced stop lines. 

The National Cycle Network – England, Wales, Scotland

The National Cycle Network is a UK-wide network of more than 16,000 miles of signed paths and routes for walking, cycling, wheeling, connecting cities, towns, and countryside and exploring outdoors. The Network has two priorities, to make the Network safer and more accessible for everyone. It's used for every kind of journey, from the school run and work commute to weekend walks and long-distance bike rides.

Highways Maintenance Block – England

This funding is shared between local highway authorities in England. Currently this funding is distributed using a formula that takes into account the length of different types of road, the number of street lights and the number of bridges. From 2018-19, this formula will also take into account the length of footways and cycleways, and 9% of the funding will be dependent on this. 

Cycle infrastructure design (LTN 2/08) – England, Wales, Scotland

The Local Transport Note (LTN) provides guidance on improving safety for cyclists and pedestrians through the design of cycle infrastructure.

Asset management guidance for footways and cycle routes – England, Wales, Scotland

In May 2018, the UK Roads Liaison Group (UKRLG) published a number of documents to support asset management associated with footways and cycle routes. The documents provide guidance and good practises on the design and maintenance of footways and cycle paths.

Sportowa Polska

The goal of the Sportowa Polska (programme for the development of local sports infrastructure) is to support the implementation of investment tasks related to sports facilities throughout the country. Co-financing may cover public facilities that enable mass sports. Due to the general nature of the programme, the types of investment tasks for which funding can be applied for under this programme have been divided into three groups.
The first group consists of investment tasks aimed at improving the condition of school's sports infrastructure, intended for the needs of physical education classes, at the same time serving local communities to spend their free time actively, as well as - if possible - enabling sport competition.
The second group of tasks are tasks aimed at improving the training conditions for athletes, including preventing the loss of value in use of sports facilities in insufficient technical and functional condition, primarily serving Olympic sports, as well as facilities enabling the widespread dissemination of sport.
The third group of tasks are tasks related to the construction of a new (non-school) sports infrastructure, giving the possibility of spending free time actively, which is an important element of preventive healthcare and enabling sport competition. All investment tasks must be public. In addition, in the case of outdoor facilities, applicants should make every effort to ensure that access to them, in particular for children and young people, is free.

The School Sports Infrastructure Development Programme

The aim of the The School Sports Infrastructure Development Programme is to improve the condition of school's sports infrastructure, intended for the needs of physical education classes, serving local communities to spend their free time actively, as well as - if possible - enabling sport competition.

The Regional Sports Infrastructure Development Programme

The goal of The Regional Sports Infrastructure Development Programme is to develop and improve the state of basic sports infrastructure in individual regions by supporting the implementation of investment tasks for sports facilities throughout the country. The programme includes, in particular, publicly accessible facilities that enable mass sports.

The Football Field Roofing Programme – Pilot Edition 

The goal of the Football Field Roofing Programme – Pilot Edition is to create conditions for year-round football training. Implementation of the programme will contribute to the elimination of problems with access to football infrastructure in the autumn winter season. The programme is part of a broader government concept regarding football development in Poland. Within it, a basis will be created for all other activities - infrastructure. This programme is a response to the identified deficit of facilities of this type and the first nationwide undertaking initiating and supporting investments in roofing of full-size football fields. The basis of the programme is the assumption, based on previous ministry experience in implementing programmes dedicated to a specific type of sports infrastructure, that incentives in the form of subsidies from the Physical Culture Development Fund effectively encourage investors to develop a sports base and translate into an increase in the number of given facilities.

The Sports Facilities Rehabilitation Programme

The Sports Facilities Rehabilitation Programme is a financial initiative led by the Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth since 2017, which gives support to the requalification of community sports facilities. 

Design & Management Guidelines – Northern Ireland

Disability Sport NI has produced a series of Design & Management Guidelines to help ensure that new or refurbished sports facilities, ranging in scale from pavilion buildings to sports stadia, are designed and managed to optimum levels of good practice in terms of access for people with disabilities. The guides are:

• Guide 1: Accessible Sports Facilities Design Guidelines.
• Guide 2: Accessible Sports Facilities Management Guidelines.
• Guide 3: Accessible Sports Stadia Design Guidelines.
• Guide 4: Accessible Sports Stadia Management Guidelines.

There are also separate guidance notes for Boxing Gyms and Pavilions

Healthy Parks, Healthy People 

In 2010, Metsähallitus Natural Heritage Services (NHS), launched the Healthy Parks, Healthy People programme to encourage people to go outside into natural settings, to enjoy positive and genuine experiences, and to improve their physical health through a wide range of outdoor activities. The programme addresses 4 key issues: strategic partnerships, research and monitoring, green space accessibility and nature and health for people of all ages. The programme was implemented all around Finland, and it also has strong national and international dimensions. It was launched in the Oulu region of Finland, in an attempt to combat the high rates of health inequality in the region, especially with regards to mental health and poverty.

Land Use and Construction Act (Maankäyttö- ja rakennuslaki)

The purpose of the Land Use and Construction Act is to organize the use and construction of areas in such a way that they create the conditions for a good living environment and promote ecologically, economically, socially and culturally sustainable development. The aim is also to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to participate in the preparation of issues, the quality and interactivity of the design, the diversity of expertise and open information on the issues at hand. According to the Act, buildings may not be built without a town plan or a general plan for directing construction. If there is no formula, a deviation decision is required for construction. The aim of the zoning is to plan the beach construction in such a way that it also takes into account nature and landscape protection, recreational use of the beaches and equal treatment of landowners. In addition, the formulas clarify the permitting process for beach construction.

Code de l'environnement

The Environmental Code (Code de l'environnement) promotes the development of sports in nature through provisions covering the circulation of non-motorized nautical leisure craft (art. L. 214-12), the free pedestrian access and movement on the beach and the free use by the public of a space of significant width all along the sea (art. L. 321-9), the establishment of walking and hiking routes (art. L. 361-1, L. 361-2 and L. 365-1) and the circulation of motor vehicles in natural areas (art. L. 362-1).

DNT tilrettelagt

Through the project Outdoor life for people with disabilities (DNT tilrettelagt), Den Norske Turistforening (DNT) aims to make participation in outdoor activities accessible for people with disabilities. DNT arranges adapted walking trips and other outdoor activities, and work to make their larger outdoor events more accessible. DNT owns cabins across the country of which some are wheelchair accessible, and many can be accessed by car, boat or public transport. The project aims to improve accessibility of their cabins and provide reliable accessibility information via the national trip planner UT.no.

Ferskingkurs

The Den Norske Turistforening (DNT) offers a set of courses in the basics of life and activities in the outdoors. The courses are funded by the Norwegian Environment Agency, Ministry of Culture and the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDi) and are designed for people with limited experience of outdoor life. They aim to provide basic knowledge and skills which will give people the confidence to participate in organised or independent outdoor activities, and to inspire them to use the outdoors for recreational purposes during their free time.

Selected cultural landscapes in agriculture

The Ministry of Climate and Environment collaborates with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food on the initiative Selected cultural landscapes in agriculture. These areas have great natural and cultural-historical qualities in addition to being actively cultivated for agricultural purposes. The area is in itself attractive to visit or hike in. One of the aims of the initiative is that the cultural environment is used as an arena for experiences and opportunities to be physically active.

Friluftsskole

The open-air school is a holiday offering in the local area for children and youth, with the main focus on 10-13 year olds. The open-air school is arranged during the day over 3 to 5 days. It can be one night stay, but is not a continuous camp offer. The outdoor school should normally be open to everyone and with a low participation fee. Through the programme, participants will receive a basic introduction to outdoor activities with travel in nature, public law, introduction to maps and compass, and knowledge about camp making. Based on local conditions, there are many activities such as canoeing, climbing, fishing, nailing, playing, geocaching and swimming.

Friluftsloven

The Open Air Law (Friluftsloven) came into effect in 1957 and since then it has been amended several times over the years. The main purpose of the Law is to protect the natural basis of outdoor life and to safeguard the public's right to travel and residence in nature, so that the opportunity to practice outdoor life as a health-promoting, well-being and environmentally friendly leisure activity is preserved and promoted. The law also regulates the right, and defines more precisely where and how traffic and residence can occur.

The Outdoor Recreation Policy (and the Right of Public Access) (2012)

The overall purpose of the outdoor recreation policy is to support people's opportunities to stay out in nature and exercise outdoor life, where the right of public access is a basis for outdoor life (Bill 2009/10: 238).

Code de l'urbanisme

Based on the Article R103-1 of the Town Planning Code (Code de l'urbanisme), for development decisions which have an impact on the population (e.g for the transformation of an existing road into a pedestrian area or the creation of a railway or bus station for passengers) the public should be consulted.

Barnetråkk

Barnetråkk is a digital tool where children and young people can easily register and map how they use and perceive their local environment, the traffic arteries and green areas in local communities. It is used by schools, as a tool to register how the students in a class experience their local environment,  with the added benefit of teaching the kids how to use maps. The resulting mapped information can be transmitted to the local planning authorities, for use in municipal plans. It is also a way for the kids to can gain experience and awareness of how they can influence democratic processes.

Folketråkk

The national project Folketråkk is an initiative by Design and Architecture Norway (DOGA) to develop and spread digital tools for citizen participation in urban and rural planning processes. Folketråkk will consist of four modules. Module 1, an online guide to participation methods, was launched in 2019. The project Folktråkk aims to develop attractive, meaningful and user-friendly tools, which stimulate increased participation in urban and rural development for people of all ages, in all parts of society.

Employee Ticket

From the beginning of 2021, a few changes in the employment benefits of transport came into force, which will make it possible to use more sustainable modes of transport on business trips. One of these changes concerned the taxation of a business travel ticket. The public travel ticket, i.e. the employment travel ticket, is for travel between home and work and is now tax-free up to EUR 3,400. The employment ticket is provided for in section 64 (3) of the Income Tax Act. According to the law, a personal public transport ticket issued by an employer to his employee for a journey between home and work. The provision applies to regular passenger services, city bikes and so-called route taxis.

Law n ° 2005-102 of February 11, 2005 for equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship of people with disabilities

The Law n ° 2005-102 of February 11, in the Article 45 states that the travel chain, which includes the built environment, roads, public space improvements, transport systems and their intermodally, is organized to allow accessibility for people with disabilities or reduced mobility. In the event of a proven technical impossibility of making existing networks accessible, means of transport adapted to the needs of people with disabilities or reduced mobility must be made available to them. They are organized and financed by the normally competent transport organizing authority within three years. The cost of alternative transport for disabled users should not exceed the cost of existing public transport.

Public Transport Tariff Reduction Support Programme (PART) (Order No. 1234-A / 2019)

The Tariff Reduction Support Programme (PART) aims to combat the negative externalities associated with mobility, namely congestion, the emission of gases greenhouse effect, air pollution, noise, energy consumption and social exclusion. PART aims to attract passengers to public transport, supporting the Transport Authorities with an annual budget, which allows them to operate a judicious adjustment of tariffs and offers, within the scope of the powers attributed to them by Law No. 52/2015, of June 9.

Road Traffic Act (Tieliikennelaki)

With the Road Traffic Act, the yellow closing line will turn white and several new traffic signs will be added along the roads. New traffic signs include e.g. lane aggregation and speed limits. In addition, several traffic signs for cycling and a red taillight on the bikes will become mandatory when driving in the dark.

Road Traffic Regulations (Straßenverkehrs-Ordnung)

The Road Traffic Regulations (Straßenverkehrs-Ordnung, StVO) sets out general rules related to road safety for vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians. Rules among others include the use of use of lanes, crossings, lighting and traffic speeds.

Guidelines for the construction of city streets (RASt 06)

The Guidelines for the construction of city streets (RASt 06) recommend a new methodological approach to structural design. This requires renewed effort on the part of the planners in working towards the integration and balance of all modes. The guidelines are developed within the Research Association for Roads and Transport (FGSV) and they focus on the special usage requirements of inner-city streets. The safe and compatible handling of motor vehicle traffic, local public transport, cyclists and pedestrians requires a holistic view of the road space. The guideline outlines two approaches to design, on the one hand recommended solutions for typical design situations are included, and on the other hand a method for individual road space design is described.