The School Organization Act (SchOG)

On February 25, 2015, the National Council decided on daily exercise sessions in all-day schools. A comprehensive legislative package was passed, including changes in the School Organization Act (SchOG), School Education Act (SchUG) and the Federal School Supervision Act. The School Organization Act (SchOG) regulates the tasks of the schools, general and special provisions on curricula, teachers and class numbers and applies to general and vocational compulsory schools, middle and higher schools as well as higher institutions for teacher and educator training.

In addition, the provision of school rooms is regulated. With the amendment to the law, it was anchored as a task of the school to train young people to become health-conscious people and to lead them to a sportily active way of life (cf. SchOG § 2 Paragraph 1). From this school year onwards, five exercise units per week are to be provided at all all-day school types, which are made up of lesson times "exercise and sport" and exercise in the leisure part (cf. SchOG § 6 Paragraph 4a).

Starting in the school year 2022/23 an initiative to implement more "movement and sport" from kindergarten up to lower secondary school is implemented in pilot regions. This project is based on a cooperation between schools and sport- organisations scheduled for two years. 

Exercise and sport in the vocational school

With the ordinance of the Federal Minister of Education of August 4th, 2016 (Federal Law Gazette II No. 211/2016) the curricula for vocational schools (curriculum 2016) are issued. In the framework curriculum for the teaching profession, the subject of exercise and sport is recorded as a non-binding exercise.

The number of hours for the non-binding exercise "Exercise and Sport" is

• at year-round and seasonal vocational schools at least 20 to a maximum of 40 teaching hours per school level or at least ten to a maximum of 20 teaching hours per half school level,

• Vocational schools according to the course of the course at least two to a maximum of four hours of instruction per course week.

The Barbados School Nutrition policy

The Barbados School Nutrition policy targets all pre-school and school ages children aged 3-17 years old to help children in Barbados to achieve optimal health, growth and development so they can achieve their full potential whilst creating a healthy school environment. A comprehensive approach shall be adopted in creating a supportive and sustainable physical activity environment in schools which facilitates participation in physical activity throughout the school day. Safe and enjoyable activity shall be promoted for all students, including those who are not athletically gifted and /or are physically challenged. Students shall also be actively encouraged to take advantage of opportunities for physical activity in school and community settings.

Comprehensive physical education shall be made mandatory subjects in the school curriculum from preschool to secondary level. The teaching of physical education shall be strengthened through the implementation of a national sequential curriculum framework for each subject, capacity building for effective delivery of the curricula. A school recognition programme shall be developed that stimulates schools to physical activity and recognizes their efforts at improvement of their school environment.(See O- Offer  physical activity opportunities in the workplace  and training in  physical activity promotion across  multiple  professions ) 

Sports Moves your school

Sports moves your school” (Sport beweegt je school) is a tool which supports primary and secondary schools in achieving realistic goals for implementing high-quality, integrated motion and sports policy within classroom settings, promoting physical activity both within and between lessons. There is mandatory 2 hours of physical activity for primary and secondary schools in belgium. 

Physical activity in schools 

It is mandatory for Bulgarian primary schools to provide 3 hours of compulsory PE in grades 1, 2, and 7–12. In grades 3–6 it is mandatory for primary schools to provide 3.5 hours of PE. A scheme is currently in place for after-school health enhancing physical activity (HEPA) promotion programmes, entitled “The school — territory of the students”.

In addition, national and international competitions are held to encourage pupils to engage in physical activity. These initiatives are overseen by the Ministry of Education and Science and their aim is to promote physical activity and the uptake of regular sports among pupils as part of a healthy and active lifestyle.

Law on education in primary and secondary schools 

The Act entered in power in 2008 and regulates the activities of primary and secondary education in public institutions. One of the goals of education in school institutions is to provide a systematic way of teaching students, to encourage and enhance their physical development in accordance with their abilities and preferences.

State pedagogical standard of primary education system

The state pedagogical standard of primary education system in the Republic of Croatia establishes minimum infrastructure, financial and human resources conditions for the realization and development of activities, and the prescription of physical education.

National curriculum framework for preschool education, general compulsory and secondary school education 

The preparation of the National Curriculum Framework was set as one of the priorities of the Croatian education policy, since this document enables harmonisation and integration of all elements of the system. The National Curriculum Framework is a fundamental document that determines all the essential elements of the education system, from the pre-school level to the completion of the secondary education. The document refers to physical activity aimed at the proper growth and development of preschool children and PE classes and extracurricular activities of school children in order to improve and preserve health.

Polygon for the Physical Activity of school-aged Children

The objective of the Project was to give schools without sport halls the opportunity to hold PE indoors (a classroom, the lobby, hallway, other rooms) or outdoors (school environment). The basic tool used in this project is carefully designed multi-functional set of kinesiological aids (Set), easily assembled and disassembled, with different features and adaptable to various locations/terrains (indoors or outdoors). It consists of 25 elements, which are optimized for the stated use, simultaneously ensuring simple handling and transport. The Set helps class teachers achieve educational goals and tasks specified in the National curriculum. 

Physical activity in schools

It is mandatory for schools to provide 2 hours of physical education (PE) in primary schools, with the suggestion to increase this to 3 hours currently under discussion at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. An additional 3 hours of PE can be included in the school curriculum, but this is left to the discretion of individual schools. In secondary schools, it is also mandatory to offer 2 hours of PE and up to another 4 hours can be included in the school curriculum (again, at the discretion of individual schools).

Folkeskole (Consolidation) Act

The Folkeskole (Consolidation) Act, passed by the Danish Parliament in 1993 and updated in 2014, makes it compulsory for schools to offer an average of 45 minutes of physical activity per school day in primary and lower-secondary education, as well as adding an extra physical education (PE) lesson per school week in grade 1. Moreover, an exit examination in PE when students reach grade 9 in the Danish education system (15/16 years old).

Day-Care Facilities Act

The Day-care Facilities Act states that all day care facilities must prepare a pedagogical curriculum. The pedagogical curriculum shall describe the local goals of the day care facility in respect of children’s learning within six themes including the theme “body and motion”.

The Upper Secondary Education Act (Consolidated Act No. 1716 of 27/12/2016)

The Upper Secondary Education Act (Consolidated Act No. 1716 of 27/12/2016) that sport is compulsory at level C in the Upper Secondary School Leaving Examination. That sport can be chosen at level C in the 2-year Higher Preparatory Examination, that level B is chosen in certain parts of the Higher Technical Examination and that special training courses with sports at level B can be offered for elite athletes in certain parts of the Higher Commercial Examination, and Upper Secondary School Leaving Examination.

National curriculum for basic schools, National curriculum for upper secondary schools

Through the National curriculum for basic and upper secondary schools, the Ministry of Research and Education sets mandatory physical education (PE) in Estonian schools, with a minimum of 2 lessons per week being compulsory for pupils in both primary and secondary education.

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.

The Finnish model of hobbies

In the Finnish model, the main goal is to increase the well-being of children and young people. The aim is to enable every child and young person to have a pleasant and free hobby during the school day. The Finnish model combines the consultation of children and young people about hobbies, the coordination of existing good practices and practices, and the co-operation between schools and organisers of hobby activities.The target group of the first phase of the Finnish model is the 1st – 9th grades of basic education. as well as students in further education.

The aim is to establish the Finnish model as a permanent way of operating in municipalities. In the longer term, the creation of a legal basis and the clarification of the state contribution system will be considered. The Ministry of Education and Culture has compiled a contact list of national and regional organizers of hobby activities to help municipalities. The purpose of the list is to help municipalities find partners and professional mentors for the hobbies that children and young people have hoped for. The list has the same hobbies as the School Survey 2020. The list is updated and supplemented regularly.

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.

Moving Schools (Bewegte Schule)

Physical education (PE) in both primary and secondary schools varies across Germany owing to the federal system, with power devolved to the local level. PE is mandatory in primary and secondary schools across all Länder, and on average 3—5 hours are provided per week.  The different states use terms such as Moving Schools (Bewegte Schule, Bewegungsfreudige Schule, Bewegungsfreundliche Schule) to describe the objective of making schools, pupils and the learning process more movement-friendly, including active breaks every day or entire lessons held in motion. 

Physical Education ⸻ Φυσική Αγωγή

In Greece, the Ministry of Education sets 2-3 hours of mandatory Physical Education (PE) per week in both primary and secondary schools.

I watch my diet and exercise (Προσέχω τη διατροφή μου και γυμνάζομαι)

This programme was prepared for students of secondary education, and can be implemented by teachers of all specialties, but also by anyone else interested in organizing health education programmes.  The programme works online, and teachers are free to use the material in their schools. It focuses not only on knowledge transfer processes, but also on multiple methods of awareness, interaction and experiential approach to the subject.

Teachers have at their disposal information material, application instructions, relevant literature, and ready educational material for each topic, with information, presentations, exercises, ideas for experiential activities, games, appropriate educational strategies and techniques, topics for project work, related websites etc. Students also have direct internet access to the material.The programme is organized based on specific theories of awareness and change of behaviours, such as the theory of social learning, planned behaviour, theory of goals, model of stages of change, etc. Teachers also have at their disposal material for its scientific documentation, program, relevant articles and bibliography.

Act CXC of 2011 on National Public Education

The Government of Hungary is committed to educating students for a healthy life, and to this end daily physical education has been introduced. Everyday physical education has been introduced in an ascending system starting from the 2012/2013 school year. From September 1, 2015, 5 physical education  (PE) lessons per week were held in all grades. Under the current National Public Education Act, schools are required to organize 5 PE lessons per week for 45 minutes each. After the gradual introduction of 5 PE classes per week, from the 2015/2016 school year, all students in all grades in primary and secondary education will participate in everyday PE. Since September 2012, the new National Core Curriculum regulates the content of PE lessons.

Active School Flag initiative 

ASF is a whole of school process which aims to get more schools, more active, more often. At the outset. schools are required to self-evaluate their provision across 3 areas: Physical Education, Physical Activity and Partnerships. In order to achieve Active School status schools must provide evidence that they are meeting ASF criteria for each of the aforementioned areas and organise an Active School Week (#ASW) as part of their annual school calendar. Once awarded the flag remains valid for a period of 3 years.

Evaluation 

Belton et al (2020). Ten Years of ‘Flying the Flag’: An Overview and Retrospective Consideration of the Active School Flag Physical Activity Initiative for Children—Design, Development & Evaluation. Children 7(12):300.

Primary School Curriculum

The Primary School Curriculum outlines the contents of children’s learning—the what and how of children’s learning—for children’s first eight years in school, from junior infants to sixth class. The Primary School Curriculum is currently under review by the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NCCA)

Wellbeing as a curriculum area

Wellbeing is now being considered as a dedicated curriculum area in the new Primary School Curriculum Framework, which is currently undergoing public consultation. Wellbeing will include physical education (PE) and Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE). This is a very significant development which recognises the potential importance of instilling in children an awareness of healthy lifestyle choices, such as a healthy diet, development of fundamental movement skills, sufficient exercise and awareness of how to maintain wellbeing, good mental health and resilience.

The inclusion of Wellbeing as a discrete subject area in the new primary curriculum gives us a great opportunity to build on the progress which has been made to date by all partners in addressing the challenges of inactivity and obesity. The proposal, if implemented, will also tie in with, and provide continuity as students move to post-primary education; the Junior Cycle Wellbeing Curriculum has been in place since autumn, 2017. At Junior Cycle, in addition to PE and SPHE, Wellbeing includes Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE).

The PE syllabus in secondary schools (Senior Cycle)

At Senior Cycle, PE is available through both the examinable subject, Leaving Certificate PE (LCPE) and the non-examinable subject, Senior Cycle PE. After a phase 1 introduction, any school that wishes to offer LCPE from September 2020 is able to do so. LCPE is designed to be taught in a minimum of 180 hours across 5th and 6th year.

A Framework for Senior Cycle Physical Education (SCPE) has been published by the Department and is designed to support teachers in planning quality learning in Physical Education for all students in Senior Cycle. The non-examinable Framework will assist schools in designing a physical education programme for Senior Cycle students, including students who do or do not elect to take Physical Education as a subject for their Leaving Certificate examination.

From September 2020, the new Framework replaced the existing guidelines for PE at Senior Cycle. All students in Senior Cycle should be studying SCPE. However, if a student is studying the optional LCPE specification, they are not required to also study the SCPE Framework, although this is not prohibited.

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.

Ministerial Decree of 31 July 2007 - National guidelines for the curriculum of preschool and first cycle schools

The national guidelines for the curriculum of preschool and first cycle schools set out indications for the school curriculum of children 3-14years old. The guidelines suggest the disciplines and subject areas which should be included in the curriculum, one of which are the subject “The body and the movement” for the preschool children, and the “Body, Movement and Sport” for the lower secondary school children. These subjects aim at promoting self-knowledge of the environment and of one's own movement possibilities. They also contribute in the training of the students’ personality through the knowledge and awareness of their own body, as well as the need to take care of themselves and their well-being.

Scuola attiva kids (6-10 years)

Scuola Attiva kids is a project promoting physical and sporting activity alongside promoting a positive culture and well-being in all primary schools. A school sports tutor who is trained and specialises in sports for children is involved in the implementation of activities and participates in the planning on physical and sporting activities for all classes. The sports tutor also supports teachers in implementation. The project includes exercises and games to learn, move and have fun for children aged 6-10 years old, training for tutors and teachers in the planning of activities.

Scuola attiva kids, for primary schools, aims at:

• Contributing to the dissemination and strengthening of physical and sports activities in primary schools, thanks to a pathway designed for teachers and the inclusion of a specialised figure, the School Sports Tutor.

• Promoting the adoption of the 2 hours per week of motor activity in primary school.

• Increasing children's active time, with innovative proposals such as active breaks and leisure time activities.

• Motivating the younger generation, also by encouraging an initial physical and sports orientation for children in classes IVᵉ and Vᵉ.

• Promoting the active participation of pupils with disabilities, improving aggregation, inclusion and socialisation.

• Promoting a culture of well-being and movement among students, teachers and families

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.

Law on Sports of the Republic of Lithuania

Total of 170h allocated to physical education per school year in grades 1–2 and 204h in grades 3–4 (consisting of two or three lessons per week); 170h in schools for national minorities. Thus, the total time for physical education is 374h in grades 1–4 and 340h in schools for national minorities. Schools that provide two weekly lessons must ensure the conditions for pupils to practise actively at school or another setting for no less than 1h/week. Schools are also advised to organize active breaks or other activities during lessons to enhance pupils’ physical activity. In schools for national minorities, more time is allocated to Lithuanian language lessons. The plans for general education recommend 2–3h/week of physical education in lower secondary education (grades 5–10, age 11–16 years), for a total of 456h per year. Schools that provide two weekly lessons must ensure the conditions for pupils to practise actively at school or another setting for no less than 1h/week. The number of hours may differ from that recommended in the National Plan for General Education, as decided by the municipal administration and according to the needs of the pupils. Where 2h of physical education are mandatory, the school must ensure that pupils can practise actively for no less than 1h/week. The quality of physical education is monitored every 7 years by the National Agency for School Evaluation in accordance with the general State system of monitoring education. Since 2019, the number of Physical Education classes increased to 3 starting from the 6th grade (adding each grade every year).

School children fitness monitoring

The purpose of the Methodology for Performing Tests of Physical Ability of Pupils in Primary Education Programs is to create adequate conditions for the health-friendly physical, emotional and social education of pupils. Test are carried out in primary and secondary schools from 1 to 12 grade.

The aims of the fitness test is:

- To promote the need for health-promoting physical activity, to monitor and adjust these activities according to personal physical fitness;

- to develop motor skills, movement skills; -

to develop a variety of physical educational opportunities and forms of movement.

The fitness test is first introduced to those taking it by explaining the tasks, techniques of performing and requirements. There is emphasis placed on the that the tests are designed to measure a student's physical fitness and physical progress. Tests are carried out up to twice a year but are not intended to be graded rather, an assessment of physical ability for each individual student.

A National Curriculum Framework for All

The Ministry for Education and Employment has implemented the National Curriculum Framework in 2013 which focuses on health education, physical education and sports, aiming to maintain, promote and enhance physical, emotional, psychological and social well-being throughout school life. The Working Group establishes the Learning Areas for the Junior and Secondary school cycles of among which, Health and Physical Education is included. For the junior years and lower secondary years cycle, 5% of the time is allocated for Health and Physical Education, whereas for the senior secondary years cycle, Health and Physical Education covers 10% of the total time.

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. 

Mandatory PE lessons

Four lessons of PE per week are mandatory in Polish primary schools (classes 4—6, for pupils aged 10—13 years), with each lesson lasting just under 1 hour, and in middle and secondary schools (for pupils aged 13—19/20 years), 3 to 4 hours of PE per week are mandatory. For younger children, in classes 1—3 of primary schools (pupils aged 6—10 years), PE is integrated into the educational structure; the division between subjects and activities is the responsibility of the teacher who delivers a core curriculum at each educational level.

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).

Physical education (PE) in schools

In grades 3 and 4 of primary school (pupils aged 8—10 years), physical activity is mandatory for 3 hours per week. This is split into PE for 2 hours and 1 hour of play and movement. In grades 1 and 2 (pupils aged 6—8 years) physical activity is mandatory for 2 hours per week, with 1 optional hour of play and movement. In secondary schools, it is mandatory to offer 2 hours of PE per week for grades 5, 6 and 7 (pupils aged 10—13 years), and there is also 1 optional hour per week of PE for all grades. Active breaks in schools such as “Daily refreshing gymnastics” and Time of refreshing during school lessons as extra curricular activities.

Physical Education 

In Slovakia it is mandatory for primary schools to provide 8 hours per week of physical education (PE) for children. In secondary schools, PE and sports are taught for 10 hours per week. PE and sports are subject to the state educational guidelines established by a department of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport that is responsible for “health and motion”. The guidelines are designed with a focus on lifelong physical activity for health. The key aim is to promote regular physical activity as an important basis for a healthy lifestyle.

School Sport (Školský šport)

School Sport is a project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research and the National Sports Center, the aim of which is to ensure that pupils have enough quality movement in schools. It is based on the principles of an active school, i.e. to maximize the number of physical opportunities during the day. It is a communication, information and project platform that connects everyone who creates school sports.

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

   Evaluation 

   Education and Training Inspectorate (2010). Summary Evaluation of the Curriculum Sports Programme. Education and Training Inspectorate. 

    

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.

Health and Well-being - Wales 

The Health and Well-being Area of Learning and Experience (Area) provides a holistic structure for understanding health and well-being. It is concerned with developing the capacity of learners to navigate life's opportunities and challenges.This includes health-promoting behaviours such as physical activity, including but not limited to sport; balanced diet; personal care and hygiene; sleep; and protection from infection. It also includes an understanding of health-harming behaviours.Learners will be encouraged to develop the confidence, motivation, physical competence, knowledge and understanding that can help them lead healthy and active lifestyles which promote good physical health and well-being.

Summer Sports Week 

Summer Sports Weeks are a form of (physical education) school events. The content is intended to supplement and expand the subject matter of exercise and sport. Above all, this includes getting to know sports that are experienced as an opportunity for meaningful leisure activities (beyond school days). The content of physical activity-related school events depends on the current curriculum and, on the other hand, on the valid ""guidelines for the implementation of physical activity-related school events.

Cost-free consultancy for schools and kindergartens including kindergarten mobility box

The BMK (Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology) provides a cost free consultancy for schools and kindergartens to set measures for a climate friendly way to school/kindergarten the mobility box for kindergartens. The kindergarten mobility box creates awareness for active mobility. Walking, cycling and cycling, movement can be easily integrated into everyday life and become a matter of course.

The kindergarten accompanies and supports the children step by step with educational work. With the offers of the kindergarten mobility box, children experience their kindergarten environment by playing, doing, researching, building, observing and imitating. In this way, healthy, daily exercise can be easily integrated into everyday kindergarten life. The kindergarten mobility box contains books, various play, exercise and experimentation materials, as well as an accompanying booklet with 15 action ideas for mobility education in kindergarten.

The mobility box contains offers and suggestions to make the subject of “active mobility” tangible over a longer period of time. All the materials that are necessary to work out the units are provided in the mobility box. Each participating child receives the children's booklet “With Anna on the way to kindergarten” and the postcard “My way to school” to take home. The project period is to be agreed individually with Climate Alliance Austria and lasts around four weeks. The mobility box is sent to the kindergarten at the start of the project. At the end of the project, the kindergarten sends the mobility box back to Climate Alliance Austria.

Bewegte Schule   School in Motion

The School in Motion (Bewegte Schule) programme corresponds to the resource-oriented and salutogenic approach of the World Health Organization (WHO), which is based on a comprehensive concept of health and aims to promote the ability of each individual to maintain and strengthen his or her well-being. The School in Motion is about activating internal movement which must reach everyone: teachers, pupils, parents and, in particular, the organizational system. Basic characteristics of the moving school include:

• Children, teachers and learning-appropriate rhythm of lessons

• Moving as well as independent learning with a variety of methods

• The quality and quantity of the compulsory subject "exercise and sport" are guaranteed.

• Design of the school environment for modern forms of teaching

• Design of the school environment for a successful all-day school that encourages movement

• Participation of everyone involved in school life

• Raising awareness of the concerns of teachers (teacher health) and the overall system

See V-" Design guidelines and regulations for buildings that priorities equitable, safe, and universal access by all, that encourage occupants to be physically active")

Federal Education Act

On February 25, 2015, the National Council decided on daily exercise sessions in all-day schools. A comprehensive legislative package was passed, including changes in the School Organization Act (SchOG), School Education Act (SchUG) and the Federal School Supervision Act. In agriculture and forestry Federal Education Act, these provisions are a mandatory subject "movement and sports" and the schoolroom provision for the agricultural and forestry institutions in the federal government.

Vital4 Body

Vital4Body is an exercise programme that increases the physical fitness and stamina of the students. The programme offers a total of 90 exercises in the areas of endurance, strength and speed - all are based on sports science findings and have been developed by active trainers. Numerous exercises have now been completed. All exercises can be done directly in class or at home. There is no moving, no additional space and no training equipment required.

The exercise programme is suitable for children and young people from 6-18 years of all school types. With Vital4Body units, various exercises for mobilization, stamina and stretching are performed within 6-9 minutes. Two endurance units, one strength unit and one speed unit are currently completed. Vital4Body units are optimally carried out 2 to 3 times a week over the whole school year.

VITAL4BRAIN

The VITAL4BRAIN is an exercise programme for use in the classroom. The idea of the Simply Strong association was to develop a programme of coordinatively challenging movement tasks that interrupt the classroom for a few minutes with movement, fun and activation. The program offers 255 different exercises - all based on the training science and neurological findings- and suitable for children and young people from 6-18 years of all school types. With Vital4Brain units, various exercises for activation, coordination and relaxation are carried out within approximately 13 minutes. Vital4Brain units are optimally carried out 2 to 3 times a week over the entire school year.

VITAL4HEART

VITAL4HEART is an exercise programme for use in the classroom. The idea of the Simply Strong association was to develop a programme of coordinatively challenging movement tasks that interrupt the classroom for a few minutes with movement, fun and activation. The programme offers 103 different exercises - all based on the training science and neurological findings- which can be done directly in class or at home.

There is no moving, no additional space and no training equipment required. The exercise programme is suitable for children and young people from 6-18 years of all school types. With Vital4Heart units, various exercises for awareness, relaxation and reactivation are performed within 7 to 14 minutes. Vital4Heart units are optimally carried out 2 to 3 times a week over the whole school year.

Klug & Fit  Smart & Fit

With the Klug & Fit initiative, teachers, pupils and parents can work together to positively influence the health of the children and young people with little time expenditure. With the support of the teachers, the fitness level of the students is ascertained by means of sport motor tests. The basis for this is the committed participation of the students. The evaluation, which is available immediately after the test has been carried out, enables the teachers to plan the lesson in a targeted manner and to make recommendations for the exercise programme at home.

The main role of the parents lies in influencing the leisure activities of the children and adolescents. Physical education teachers can use the platform on a voluntary basis . The platform is primarily used by teachers teaching in lower secondary schools. 

Gesund und Munter  Healthy and Happy

The Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research has proposed measures for implementation in the context of the discussion about the lack of exercise among students. The Healthy and Happy (Gesund und Munter) project was revised by a group of experts and adapted to the new curriculum. In addition, the exercises listed in the movement diary represent the standard for the 3rd grade.

These "exercise standards for elementary level II" were created as explanations of the curriculum and were based on the Court of Auditors' report 2008 on exercise and physical education. It has been encouraged to create feedback instruments that allow the teachers, the success of the lesson planning and teaching grant to review.

The initiative as a whole includes several components:

• A Movement Diary for the pupils, which can be used in the 3rd and 4th grades; the areas presented correspond to the expected standards of exercise.

• A Teacher Handbook with background information on the movement diary or with information on the theory and practice of the planned movement standards.

• A website with the possibility of viewing all materials and downloading them to the computer. The Movement Diary and the Teacher Handbook were sent to schools that have placed an order in mid-September 2020.

An average of 50,000 pupils in elementary school participate in the program. The teachers handbook is used by almost all teachers in elementary schools. 

Bike@School

MOEV offers guidance on cycling skills, traffic and mobility in secondary education, with a manual in which traffic and mobility education is linked to cycling skills training at school. This manual contains a framework with additional exercises and games with a link to reality for different target groups. In addition, MOEV also provides a package of practice sheets and a material package is available per province. The practice sheets are based on the manual and provide a series of exercises for each level. This package includes educational material for a cycling skills course. There is also an adapted bundle of practice sheets for students with a disability. The action focuses on secondary schools.

Lucky Luuk

With the Lucky Luuk song, MOEV tries to reach vulnerable children and children who do not feel good about themselves; that not everything is always pleasant, but that there are also difficult moments, that is normal. The Lucky Luuk song aims to discuss these feelings and by moving and dancing they can feel better again. The teachers can use the Lucky Luuk song as a dance or movement break in class, after or during a lesson on this subject. The song consists of an accessible choreography, based on the children's grade, on a recognizable song. The action focuses on primary schools.

LUUK

LUUK is an educational project developed by MOEV in collaboration with Sport Flanders, specifically for primary education, which aims at making the children to move more and sit less during school hours. The project is a practical translation of 'Sport moves your school 2.0.' which offers many exercise initiatives such as exercise films with LUUK, the mascot, for teachers, in order to help students adhere to an active and fit lifestyle during the class or school. The action focuses on primary schools.

Doki on Wheels

MOEV developed the teaching method Doki on Wheels (Doki op wieltjes) for nursery education, which aims to promote the sense of balance and stimulates the transition to independent cycling for toddlers who cannot yet cycle on two wheels. Together with their new friend Doki, preschoolers practice the necessary skills (balance, motor skills, agility) to learn to cycle with the balance bike at school. Doki on Wheels offers exercises with a differentiated level of difficulty. This way toddlers can get started in a development-oriented way from the 1st to the 3rd kindergarten. The Doki on Wheels box consists of game chips for practice-oriented exercises and the adventurous story of Doki who learns to ride a bicycle. In the handy fan, teachers will find 30 ready-to-use, educational game tokens with practice-oriented exercises and short, adventurous stories from Doki who learns to ride a bicycle. The project also includes a set of 5 narrative plates with illustrations from Doki on Wheels. The action focuses on nursery schools.

Project 'Master on the bike' - cycling lessons at school

The project 'Master on the bike' - cycling lessons at school is for students from 6 years old who can already cycle without support wheels. The project invites a bicycle master or bicycle teacher to school to:

- Offer your students practical cycling skills exercises.

- Teach the students to participate in traffic in a fun and safe way in a protected environment (playground, traffic park…).

- Introduce the students to a cycling route composed with specially designed materials.

The teacher gives the lesson together with the bicycle master and is responsible for the learning process. The project offers lesson sheets for more theoretical lessons in the classroom, practical sheets per grade, a folder with tips for parents. The cycling lessons and the methodology were developed in collaboration with Mobiel21 and VIAS Institute. The action focuses on primary schools.

Megamaf MOEV!

Flemish schools can show that exercise is fun and healthy for all children with the Megamaf MOEV, the dance of the organization MOEV, which encourages young and old to dance together. By dancing the Megamaf MOEV, schools opt for a positive school climate in a playful way. With this movement-moment schools can create a sense of connection in all students, even during the lockdown, and get the students moving more with this dance. Moreover, it is possible to learn the dance at any time of the school day. The MOEV website contains a lot of supporting materials to teach this dance. Ranging from the text, the choreography, the score to the video clip and the various instructional videos. The action focuses on primary schools.

Local ‘landscapes inviting to move’ for primary schools

MOEV organizes ‘landscapes that invite children to move’ for primary schools and schools of special primary education such as Kronkel Die Doe (nursery schools), Rollebolle, Alles met de bal, American Games, etc. which take place on a class day. A ‘landscape inviting to move’ is a half-day activity where children can experiment, play and practice with all kinds of challenging games and sports equipment and get acquainted with new games or sporting skills.

Movement and sports activities for special education

Moev Organizes Specific Activities For Special Education Schools On Teaching Days For 'Special Primary Education' And For 'Special Secondary Education' In Every Flemish Province And The Capital Of Brussels.There is a range of exercise and sports activities, both during and outside class hours which has been developed for all students.

Nature related sports

MOEV organizes adventurous activities in nature for primary and secondary schools on class days.Moev Organizes Adventurous Activities In Nature For Primary And Secondary Schools On Class Days. The activities offered include low and high ropes course, tree climbing, rowing, BMX, cross-country skiing and orienteering. Each activity is carried out under the supervision of didactic and technically trained monitors with great attention to the safety of each participant.NGS activities are integrated exercise activities, offer students extra incentives to move and breathe new life into existing activities with a focus on health.

Multimove

To stimulate the motor development of young children, Sport Vlaanderen offers Multimove for children, exercise activities for children between 3 and 8 years old. Multimove wants to stimulate the basic motor skills in young children in a pedagogically responsible and scientifically founded way. By letting the children move in a fun and relaxing way, they practice the 12 fundamental movement skills. Multimove offers 3- to 8-year-old children a varied exercise program, in which the focus is on the general development of skills and a sport is not immediately recognizable. The 12 fundamental movement skills are discussed during challenging movement situations in the Multimove lessons. These are all basic skills that a child must acquire at a young age to stimulate and promote motor development. All movements a child will use now and later are based on this. The fundamental movement skills are crucial to learn sport-specific skills at a later age. Many schools, childcare initiatives, municipalities and sports clubs offer an hour of Multimove after school hours. The 12 fundamental movements are: dribbling, sliding, lifting and carrying, climbing, rotating, hitting, jumping and landing, kicking, pulling and pushing, catching and throwing, walking and running, and swinging.

Sportsnack

"Many primary schools in Flanders offer an extra hour of sport during after-school care under the supervision of experienced teachers. That is Sportsnack, a sporty after-school care where children from primary school (6 to 12 years old) can participate in various sports. Sportsnack is organized by the primary schools, but the local sports clubs are involved in the organization as much as possible; they regularly give initiations. This ensures that children who have a taste for it can more easily take the step to the sports club itself.

The Daily Mile

The Daily Mile is a concept for primary school where students walk for 15 minutes in the fresh air together with their teacher and classmates. The goal of The Daily Mile: happier and fitter children by walking 15 minutes a day at school. The students relax by having to think about nothing for a while. After that, they can concentrate better in class. The action focuses on primary schools.

The Golden Class/ De Gouden Klas

The Golden Class (De Gouden Klas) consists of an accessible, sports and exercise offer that any teacher can use, Physical Education (PE) teachers and classroom teachers. The project started after the Easter holidays and will run until the end of the school year 2021. The challenge is to perform as many activities as possible with a class and go for a GOLD medal. There is a variety of challenges that a class can decide to take based on the grade (pre-school, first-, second-, and third grade of primary school). After the Easter holidays, every registered class will have access to a platform with a digital offer. They can also post their creative submissions (photos and videos). On the platform, classes can discover each other's submissions and draw inspiration from them. The Golden Class is an initiative of Sport Vlaanderen, Sporting A and MOEV. "

Woogie Boogie

The Flanders Institute of Healthy Living, together with Disney Benelux, developed Woogie Boogie in order to tackle the long sitting time in toddlers (3-6 years). The Woogie Boogie project consist of a series of woogie boogie moves or movies physical activity breaks in video, in which Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Sofia, encourage toddlers to stand up and move. A step-by-step plan is available for all the moves in the videos. These videos with music aim to interrupt sitting in class and let the toddlers move around for a while. The Woogie Boogie educational package also includes stickers, storytelling posters and a poster to be hung in the classroom to measure and set new class goals. The package also aims to encourage kindergarten teachers to organize the classroom environment in such a way that toddlers stand up and move more naturally, to interrupt their sitting for a long time (also in front of the computer and TV) with movement breaks and learning educational contents. Videos are also available on youtube to encourage more moving at home during screentime.

Dip? Dice. Do! / Dip? Dobbel. Doe!

Dip? Dice. Do! is a form of play that encourages primary school students to exercise more in the classroom by means of movement breaks. Each game box contains a manual, a dice, 80 cards with exercise examples and 60 cards with health facts. Movement breaks are safe and simple exercises that teachers can use in daily (school) life as a 'break'. For example, during a lesson break or when transitioning to a new lesson topic. In addition, Dip? Dice. Do! pays attention to healthy food. For example, students answer a question about healthy nutrition via a card from the game. MOEV also provides training for the primary school teachers on how to use the Dip? Dice. Do!

Cycles

All year round outside school holidays, ADEPS centers welcome individuals as part of sports cycles. These sports activities, lasting 1 to 2 hours each, take place every week at fixed times. Cycles are organized for children from 3 years old, for teenagers, adults and seniors.

Rhéto Trophée

The Rhéto Trophée is a sport and adventure event for students of the last year of secondary education. Each school is represented by a mixed team of 6 students. The first step is to participate in one of the 5 regional selections. On the basis of the results of the selections, the 120 best are invited to the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Final. During the Rhéto Trophée, there are several initiation activities for people with disabilities organized either by Fédération Multisports Adaptés (FeMA) or by the Fédération Handisport Francophone. These activities are in particular tests on joëlettes, Goal Ball, disabled sports courses.

Cross

Cross is a running competition with the objective to develop the qualities of endurance in the child and to arouse the pleasure of individual effort in a collective activity, whatever the level of each child. The crosses are intended for children in the middle and upper grades of primary education. Schools are responsible for preparing the children for the race. The event takes place during the first school term. Qualifications are intended for the whole class and the participation in cross-country races is free.

School reception

During the school year, ADEPS sports centers welcome nursery, primary, secondary and higher schools for many sports activities. The management of our ADEPS centers are at the disposal of schools to organize the sport activities.

There are three suggested activities:

1. Sports days: This formula allows all young people, from nursery school to higher education, to discover sports that they have little or no opportunity to practice in their school and aims to encourage young people to practice sports regularly.

2. Sports halves: This residential stay option is mainly intended for primary schools and the first years of secondary school, but some centers also host kindergarten classes with programs adapted to children. The day is divided between study, discovery of the environment and the practice of sport: through physical activities, specialized instructors introduce children and adolescents to a few sports specific to each center.

3. Sports stays: A full-time sports programme rather reserved for secondary schools organizing sports-oriented humanities and higher education. The students are accommodated in residential stay and practice 6 hours of sport per day. The active participation of the teacher is essential for the success of the various activities, which can be prepared before arriving at the center and used in class upon return.

National Programme for Development of Physical Activity, Physical Education, Sports and Tourism Activities 2021–2022

The aim is to develop a functioning system to promote physical activity, physical fitness, and sports to improve health outcomes and increase physical activity through joint activities with the education, sports and tourism sectors. It also promotes walking, cycling and use of public transport and promotion of good practices in sports. It also seeks to develop, promote and monitor physical activity guidelines.

Play sports with the President

On Children’s Day on 1 June 2020, a national initiative “Play sports with the President” was launched to build a network of partnerships with schools, sports organizations, institutions and parents and to stimulate the practice of sports to improve the health, development of motor skills and social communication among young people.

Physical education in schools 

A 10-minute exercise programme is implemented daily in elementary schools from 1st to 4th grade. It consists of general preparatory exercises lasting a total of 10 minutes between initiation and re-sitting at the desk. The exercise takes place in the classroom and can be practised both during school breaks and during lessons, although it is recommended that it be done at the beginning of the day as an wakening-up exercise or after the first half of the day’s work. The main goal is to create healthy habits and encourage children to exercise on a regular basis.

Learning through Motion  Læring i bevægelse

The Learning through Motion (Læring i bevægelse) scheme is a nationwide programme that aims to integrate motion-based behaviour such as physical activity into learning situations for students, including in lessons and during school breaks. This is targeted towards both primary and secondary education.

Schools' Spring Exercise Day

On 18 February 2021, a majority of the parliamentary parties entered into an agreement on a number of initiatives aimed at dealing with the academic and well-being challenges that covid-19 has entailed for several pupils in primary and lower secondary education. The Schools' Spring Exercise Day is one of the initiatives included in this agreement. Dansk Skoleidræt has in collaboration with DGI and the Danish Sports Confederation prepared proposals for programmes and activities that can be used to hold a day for the class with a focus on movement and community.

The material can be used by all teachers and educators to hold an exercise day of up to one day duration. The exercise day can be held with physical attendance or completed as virtual teaching. A programme and suggestions for activities have been prepared as well as videos with instructors, which can be used as part of the day. The material includes activities for all grade levels.

The following materials have been prepared:

• Proposed programme

• Warm up

• Up to 100 activities

• Videos with instructors

Open school

Open school is part of the school reform from 2014. The purpose is to create a relevant and varied school day and learning environment by opening up schools to the broader society. For instance by creating collaborations with sports organisations and bringing in actors from civil society, workplaces, cultural institutions etc.

Orienteering, map and compass

The course is based on sports with elements of geography (map learning). 

The purpose of the course is:

• to combine sporting games and competitions with good and challenging nature experiences

• to create a connection between the students' physical manifestations in nature and the ability to orientate themselves in unknown terrain.

The teachers involved (sports and geography) jointly plan the teaching, so that the students are ensured physical activities in parallel with the theory review.

45 Minutes of daily movement in school 

Children in school should be physically active for a minimum of 45 minutes per day. The purpose is to strengthen wellbeing, social belonging and learning outcomes. It is not regulated whether the activity takes place in breaks or whether it is integrated in the learning activities. The latter is encouraged.

Fagene i bevægelse / Subjects in movement

Project aimed at implementing 45 minutes of daily movement. Local municipalities and schools participate along with all Danish university colleges to ensure that meaningful movement integrates into all school subjects. The Ministry of Children and Education provides 4.7 million DKK along with 1.6 million DKK from the university colleges.

Danish School Sport Association

Danish School Sport Association supports schools in implementing the 45 minutes-policy and in strengthening physical education as a subject in school. From 2020 to 2024, their funding from the Ministry of Children will gradually increase, reaching 10 million DKK in 2024. 
(See M- Make opportunities and initiatives that promote physical activity in schools, the community, sport and recreation).

Act on Primary and Lower secondary schools 2014

Article 3 of the Act on the Primary and Lower Secondary School is Open School (Åben Skole) which obliges schools to cooperate with companies, institutions for vocational education and the local community, e.g., sports unions, that can contribute to leisure-time physical activity in primary and lower secondary schools. There shall be teaching in the fields of health and sexual education and family knowledge; and that pupils shall have 45 minutes of daily exercise and movement.

After school activities 

After-school programs (SFOs) are part of the primary school, and therefore follow the Primary School Act. It is the municipal council that decides whether SFOs are to be established in connection with one or more of the municipality's elementary schools and they determine the objective and content of the scheme.

The goal and content description must, within the framework of the primary school's purpose, state goals for the interaction between the educational activities of the after-school program, the school's teaching and the cooperation between school and home. The program must involves body, movement and health in everyday life, including to what extent this is done in collaboration with sports associations or the like. The minimum age students can participate is 4 years old but each municipality decides what grade of school the scheme applies to.

Schools in Motion Programme (Liikuma Kutsuv Kool)

The Schools in Motion Programme (ikuma Kutsuv Kool) brings movement to all Estonian students, regardless of parents' opportunities and interests or the availability of organized sports, contributing to the development of children's basic movement skills, increasing daily physical activity, increasing the joy of movement and developing children's and young people's own initiative. The Schools in Motion is an educational innovation programme the aim of which is to make the movement a natural part of the school day and culture. The programme is based on international science, research and development of the movement laboratory of the University of Tartu and the experience of the participating schools. Class exercise can be divided into two: exercise breaks and active learning methods. Exercise breaks are short breaks per hour to interrupt sitting and move for a short time. In most cases, these breaks are not related to the lesson theme, but offer a pleasant change for a sedentary study. In order to add excitement and variety to learning, it is possible to integrate learning content with movement. In addition, learning on the move offers students the opportunity to discover and explore themselves, to practice creativity and teamwork.

Sporty school and Sportier school of the year

The purpose of the school competitions Sporty school and Sportier school of the year is to increase the sports activity of Estonian general education schools in competitions organized by the Estonian School Sports Association. The aim is to encourage schools to engage more broadly by developing more skills in different sports, to motivate school leaders and teachers to take part in various national competitions between schools and to provide students with a sporting outcome. The target groups of the projects are Estonian general education schools (primary schools, basic schools and upper secondary schools).

European School Sport Day

Within the framework of the European Sports Week project, the European School Sports Day took place on 24.09.2021, with young people from general education schools all over Estonia participating in the project. The European School Sports Day, aims to highlight physical activity during the school year in schools and outside school hours. The most attention is paid to the least active young people, because during the last decade there have been drastic changes in the exercise habits of Estonian young people. The main coordinator of the European Sport Week is the EOK and the Association for Sport for All. The coordinator of the European School Sports Day is the Estonian School Sports Association. At the regional level, activities are coordinated by local school sports organizations. Sports Week events are run by mainstream schools and youth leisure facilities and organizations. All Estonian general education schools across Estonia are invited to join the project and celebrate Sports Week. Interactive websites www.spordinadal.ee and www.essd.eu have been created for the campaign, which cover information about all the events of the week and the school sports day.

XII Winter Winter Health Day "Winter Charm"

In February / March of the 2020/21 school year, the nation's XII Winter Winter Health Day "Winter Charm" is planned, with various sports activities in winter outdoor conditions (skiing, skating, tobogganing, snowboard construction, etc.). The aim is to provide the whole school with joint exercise and sports activities and to promote outdoor exercise even in winter. Different sports equipment and prizes will be drawn between all the schools that have organized the Health Day. The most exciting ideas of the schools that participated in the Health Day will be introduced on the EKSL social media and on the website www.koolisport.ee.

XII Spring Hiking Day "Nature Kilometres"

The aim of the spring hiking day "Nature Kilometres" is to invite students to move and collect kilometres on the hiking trails in nature around their home. Movement can be calculated on the basis of walking, running, cycling, roller skating, etc. In total, the kilometres travelled by all participants are counted. It would also be interesting to point out the average mileage based on the participants and the whole school family (including school staff). In the coming years, there would be an opportunity to improve either the number of kilometres travelled, the average number of kilometres travelled or, for example, the number of participants. The movement could take place in an organized way (preferably by the students). Various sports equipment and prizes will be raffled off between all the schools that have organized the Health Day. The most exciting ideas of the schools that participated in the Health Day will be introduced on the EKSL social media and on the website www.koolisport.ee .

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 .

Hobby Week

The Hobby Week takes place on 6 to 12 September 2021 for the fourth time. The goal of the hobby week is for every child and young person to find a hobby they like - be it reading, moving, drawing or walking in the woods. All hobbies are equally important. The hobby week is linked to the Finnish model of hobbies and it starts the autumn hobby season. The idea for the hobby week was originally based on the young people's desire to get hobby opportunities in or around their school to try out in their locality. During the hobby week, students are offered opportunities to try hobbies in the fields of art, culture, science, sports and other fields, taking into account the wishes of the children and the offerings of their own place.

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.

Federal framework recommendations 

(See V- visualise and enact structures and surroundings which promote physical activity and O- offer physical activity opportunities in the workplace and training physical activity promotion across multiple professions)

Panhellenic School Sports Day

In the context of the celebration of the European School Sports Day on September 24, 2021, as well as the 8th Panhellenic School Sports Day, the school units of the country and the Greek schools abroad are invited to proceed, on the specific day, to the organization and implementation of sports activities and events with a common motto for the year 2021: " The School on the Move: We play creatively ".

The above actions / activities and events (e.g. running, walking, skipping rope, dancing, reference events / historical review, etc.) lasting 120 minutes, are implemented exclusively during school hours, with the participation of all students of each school unit. Promoting creativity through sport, promoting health and well-being, encouraging social inclusion and the development of social skills, and connecting with other European countries are the highlights of this celebration.

In this spirit, in each school unit the involvement of all teachers and the development of collaborations between them undoubtedly gives added value to the public with all schools in Europe celebrating school sports and contributes significantly to the promotion of common cultural and social values.

NETFIT®

Within the framework of a project funded by the European Commission’s European Social Fund and the Government of Hungary, the Hungarian School Sport Federation developed a new national fitness assessment test battery for pupils called NETFIT®. This is compulsorily used in all Hungarian schools. By introducing NETFIT®, the Hungarian School Sport Federation is able to provide aggregate data on the health-related fitness of the school-age population by age, gender, and according to 4 fitness profiles (body composition, aerobic fitness, musculoskeletal fitness and flexibility). The NETFIT® online IT software offers a personalized assessment opportunity for each student that also visually illustrates the fitness status and makes specific recommendations for improvement.

Comprehensive Institutional / School Health Development (TIE) programme

In 2015, the Comprehensive Institutional / School Health Development (TIE) programme was implemented in schools to promote physical activity as part of a health development programme. The programme emphasized group activities, teamwork and shared development through physical activity. TIE helped to develop individual and social competences and build community through active participation of students. The programme has now been implemented in 288 schools, reaching 30 903 students, including 9271 students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Be Active After School Activity Programme (ASAP)

The Be Active After School Activity Programme (Be Active ASAP) was established in 2008, coordinated by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and supported by Sport Ireland. The programme introduces children to fun physical activity in a safe, familiar, structured setting, with emphasis on enjoyment, learning and variety of activity. The programme aims to improve the attitudes of both children and their parents towards physical activity and to lay the foundation for positive, lifelong physical activity habits.

The programme takes place after school on school grounds and offers a safe, familiar, convenient setting for an age-appropriate introduction to after-school physical activity. It is designed for 7-8 year olds as this is an age at which children begin to make decisions regarding their likes/dislikes or abilities regarding physical activity. The programme is led by trained teacher leaders who have the knowledge to adjust activities to challenge children appropriately, irrespective of ability.

It also involves parents in their children’s physical activity, as parental support is crucial to improve the adult:child ratio, to support the teacher and to set a good example for the children. Finally, the programme gives children the chance to succeed by concentrating on building confidence across a broad range of activities echoing the Physical Education Curriculum for Primary Schools experienced by children during the school day.

Evaluation 

Murtagh et al (2021). A pragmatic evaluation of the primary school Be Active After-School Activity Programme (Be Active ASAP) .Health Education Research. 36(6) p634-645.

Healthy Ireland Smart Start

The Pre-school Health Promotion training programme Healthy Ireland Smart Start is the result of collaborative working led by the HSE Department of Health Promotion and Improvement in partnership with National Childhood Network, to ensure children in the pre-school settings are supported to adopt healthy lifestyle behaviours in early childhood. The Training Programme reflects the aim of the Healthy Ireland Framework to bring all people together into a national movement with an aim to ensure the best possible health and well-being of the nation. The programme duration is 11.5 hours for the 0-3 programme and 11.5 hours for the 3-5 programme. This programme offers baby and toddler and pre-school providers the opportunity to demonstrate and build on existing good practice within their service. All units are easily adaptable into the curriculum and the resources associated with this programme have been given great praise from children, staff and parents. The cost associated with engaging in this training programme is currently set at €50.00 which allows two people from each service to attend the training.

Active School Week (#ASW)

The Department of Education encourages all schools to build an Active School Week (#ASW) into their annual school calendars. #ASW focusses on fun, participation and inclusion, with a different focus each year. It provides schools with the opportunity to introduce young people and their families to new ways of being active, both during the school day and in the local community.

Local and national role models support schools running #ASW programmes as well as national governing bodies of sport (NGBs), local sports partnership (LSPs) and many other national agencies, including Ireland Active leisure centres, the Irish Heart Foundation and Parkrun Ireland.

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.

Scuola attiva junior (11-14 years)

Scuola attiva junior is a multi sport and educational path project for lower secondary schools. This is aimed at schools, children and teachers to promote global motor development, encourage the discovery of the variety of sports available and spread a positive culture of well-being and movement.

Each school offers 2 sports through either whole school weeks dedicated to a variety of sports combined to increase physical education during class time. Students also have the opportunity to take part in the free sports afternoon of each sport one afternoon a week in the school gym. The sports are taught by federal technicians.

In particular, Scuola attiva junior, for secondary schools, aims at

• Enabling pupils to be aware of their sporting orientation, based on their motor aptitudes and preferences, favouring the initiation and continuation of sporting practice.

• Offering services to families including free sports activities for students, also in the afternoon, in schools.

• Promoting the discovery of many different and exciting sports, also offering schools know-how and specific tools to reintroduce the various disciplines, thanks to physical education teachers.

• Promoting the global pysical development of children, useful for practising all sports.

• Promoting the culture of well-being and movement, with innovative multimedia content and tools

Lithuanian Physical Education Badge programme

Every year in the beginning and the end of the school year, all schoolchildren can test their physical fitness and their sports-related knowledge by taking physical fitness and theoretical tests (on healthy lifestyle, personal hygiene and sports history). The program consists of three parts: “Grow and strengthen” (8–11 years), “Move every day” (12–13 years) and “Always improve” (14–18 years). Participants are awarded badges, certificates or elite diplomas according to the test results and performance improvement, signed by the Minister of Education and Science and the Director-General of the Department of Physical Education and Sports.

Active breaks

The general plan for Lithuanian schools states that the administrations of all schools should ensure at least one active break daily of no less than 25 min and provides recommendations for active breaks. Each school community (pupils, teachers, parents) decides on the content and character of the breaks according to the school environment and conditions.

The National Sport School

Malta’s first school dedicated to sporting excellence was set up in September 2012. A recognized National Centre of Excellence, fully supported by the Maltese Government, the National Sport School is providing opportunities for young people in Malta to develop their sporting talents as part of their schooling. Students follow a balanced curriculum of academic studies together with their sports specialization. Their coaching is timetabled around their academic subjects during the school day. Special care is taken to provide pupils with every opportunity to maximize not only their sporting but also their academic potential.

Move It (afterschool program)

Move it is an afterschool program for children aged 7-13 years old as part of active Mauritius which aims to motivate and encourage participation in physical activity. The number of children participating in the move it program has expanded from 2,154 in the first year (2019) to 15,981.The activities carried out by trained and qualified personnel in all schools across Mauritius. A total of 24 sessions consisting mainly of fun games will be provided, i.e. 8 sessions per term.

After school activities include 

• Swimming in schools program 
• Holiday and youth camps 
• Summer school sports camps 
• Embed PE in the school curriculum and build on the current offering
• Deliver educational campaign to shift mindsets & increase participation
• Facilitate inclusive physical activity opportunities for children within communities

Youth on the Move (Give your health a go)

Youth on the move is a continuation of the Move it after school program but aimed at those aged 14-24 years old to support physical activity among teenagers and adolescents in schools and the community. 

Through Youth on the Move, the Mauritius Sports Council offers a range of engaging activities for youth of all backgrounds, preferences and abilities to enjoy, including:

• After-School Sports and Fitness Programme – Secondary
• Winter holiday and youth camps
• Summer school holiday sports camp
• Rehabilitation of Youth Programme
• Support to Physical Education Curriculum

The program further aims to 

• Ensure secondary and tertiary education encourages knowledge and opportunities for an active life, watersports, aquatics and outdoor pursuits 
• Tackle low participation rates amongst older girls and young women 
• Activate and deliver sport for development projects targeting the most vulnerable members of society 

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.

Outdoor recreation in school (Friluftsliv I skolen)

Friluftsliv i skolen (Outdoor recreation in school) is a website for teachers and other staff in kindergartens, schools and after-school clubs. The site helps 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. The goal is to stimulate educational institutions to use active learning methods outdoors so they can reap the physical and mental health benefits while facilitating in-depth learning. The site is also used as a bridge between educational institutions and the voluntary outdoor life organizations. Norsk Friluftsliv is behind this website.

Program Szkolny Klub Sportowy (SKS)

The Sports Club School Program (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 program 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 program 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.

Full time school

'Full-time school' is a governamental programme implemented in 2008 in Portuguese primary schools that have 2 main workstreams: (1) transfer the responsibility of extra-school time management for municipalities, and (2) offer free extra-curricular activities in the school space that complement the school curriculum in a recreational way (these extra-school activities are “Physical activity and sport”, “English” and “Arts and Expression”). Through this programme, primary schools can guarantee kids can be in school all day.

National School Sport Olympiad

The National School Sport Olympiad aims to increase physical activity within schools.

After school physical activity programme

An after-school physical activity programme has been prepared to complement the compulsory school curriculum and to prevent school dropout, increase school performance and accelerate learning through educational, recreational and leisure activities, as well as personal development and social integration.

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.

Kidz On Wheelz

Cycling Vlaanderen and AG Insurance want to teach children between the ages of 5 and 14 to cycle safely. Children are guided by experienced initiators and volunteers on a challenging bike course to improve their technical skills on the bike. Kidz On Wheelz reaches more than 6,000 children every year. Kidz On Wheelz turns the school playground (or sports hall) into an attractive, challenging bike course with a pump track, fake cobblestones and other innovative ways. The course pays attention to fun, safety and cycling skills. The project is for pupils of the third grade of primary school and for the 11+ year old pupils (oldest classes types 1, 3 and 8) in special education. Cycling Vlaanderen guides the course, but the class teacher guides the class group. A full day consists of 2 to 4 sessions with about 25 students participating per session. The action focuses on primary schools.

Local school sport activities on Wednesday afternoons

On Wednesday afternoon students are free of classes. MOEV provides various school sports activities these afternoons where local schools of primary and secondary education meet each other in all kinds of sports such as athletics, ball sports, dance or swimming. These sport activities take place in the municipal sports infrastructure or in the sports infrastructure of the schools and happen as often as possible in collaboration with local sports clubs.

SportKompas

SportKompas is an orientation tool that helps children from 8 to 10 years old to choose the right sport. Based on what a child likes and on the basis of movement exercises, each child can learn which sport suits him or her best. SportKompas can be organized by municipalities and primary schools for children of the 3rd and 4th grades. SportKompas consists of 3 parts:

1.    I DO: 14 movement exercises to determine which sports are best for a child.

2.    I LIKE: An interactive web application with which children go on a quest for the sports they enjoy.

3.    I AM: A digital questionnaire to gain insight into a child's personal context and motivation.

Sports Incentives

Sport Vlaanderen and the MOEV are organizing the Sports Incentives for the 28th time. This promotion is targeted to pupils of the third stage of secondary education. Sports incentives are sports happenings that take place in universities and colleges for physical education. One of the objectives of the Sports Incentives is an introduction to higher education in the field of sports. In higher education, physical education is no longer structurally provided in the timetable. Each student is therefore responsible for his or her physical fitness. Based on this information, sports information is offered to each participant. It explains the following items: How do you maintain your physical condition? Do you need sports in the block period? What are the duration and frequency? Which sports do you do best? Furthermore, the opportunity is given to the students offered to obtain ample information about the possibilities of continuing to practice the sports offered during the Sports Incentives in a club context.

(K)eileuke Paasbingo

Sport Vlaanderen and Wandelsport Vlaanderen have developed the programme (K)eileuke Paasbingo, which tries to motivate people to go out and walk during the Easter holidays. People can plan their own walking route or use an existing walking route and let the children search for the Easter items that are included in the Easter Bingo. Participants can share their experience on social media for the chance to win a voucher.

Bicycle Training Programme 

The bicycle training programme is conducted in primary schools and institutions that provide education and training for children and young people. The programme is primarily intended for students of the primary school fifth grade who have been chosen for it.

Walking towards health

Walking Towards Health Policy is set to encourage regular physical activity in leisure time. The Croatian Institute of Public Health within the National programme “Healthy Living” in collaboration with public health institutes initiated and implemented the activity “Walking towards Health” in all of the 21 Croatian counties. The Croatian Institute of Public Health had organized the group walking initiative with expert leaders on arranged and marked walking trails.

The activity was modelled on the idea of the global international project “The Walk of the World”, which organizes a 4-day walk (The Four Days Marches). With this action in community, the goal is to inform and inspire the citizens of Croatia of all ages about the positive aspects of physical activity. In addition, the aim is to establish cooperation with already active countries that are implementing the same or similar projects that promote walking as a healthy lifestyle.

Move for life

Move for Life is a website that promotes various ways of being physically active. There is advice for what counts as movement, types of movement you can do at home, when away and at work. It also gives a link to an app which you can train yourself and different offers on physical activity in your municipality.

Hobby Schools Act

The Hobby Schools Act, in place since 2007, supports and promotes programmes that provide hobby activities for young people, including those with disabilities. It involves improving the availability and quality of hobby activities and providing opportunities for participation. Cities and rural municipalities participating in the programme are required to report on implementation of their plans.

Cycling training

The Transport Agency supports cycling training for students in all classes. They support each student who completes full-time training and at least passes the theory exam. They support the training of the same student once. The grant amount is EUR 12.50 per student (estimated at 50% of the actual cost of the training). Schools that offer students free access to cycling training can apply for support. Exceptionally, they support 5-9 cycling training for students in all classes. The minimum training volume is 20 academic hours (per student), of which at least 7 academic hours are practical driving instruction. The volume also includes 2 academic hours for the theory and driving test. The trainer must be at least 21 years old and have a driving license for any motor vehicle. He can be a teacher in his school or hired from outside.

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.

IN FORM - Germany's initiative for healthy eating and more exercise 

Community-based interventions for older adults Άθληση για όλους 

The General Secretariat of Sports, in collaboration with municipalities, offers centres for protection and exercise programmes for adults aged ≥ 65 through the Sports for all Programme. The programmes are offered 3 days per week and include low-to-moderate-intensity aerobic workouts (e.g. walking, dancing), body-weight and resistance-band workouts, flexibility and stretching workouts and balance exercises.

Sports for allΆθληση για Όλους

The Aim Of The Sports For All (Άθληση Για Όλους) Programme In Greece Is To Provide Opportunities For The Entire Population To Be Physically Active. It Includes Programmes For People With Disabilities, Pre-Schoolers, Children And Older Adults And Also In Mental Health Facilities, Prisons And As Part Of Drug Rehabilitation. The Programme Is Funded By The General Secretariat Of Sports And Is Being Implemented Nationwide.

Community Games

Community Games was founded in 1967 to provide young people with the means and the opportunity to utilise their leisure time in a healthy and productive manner. It aims to provide opportunities for children and young people aged 6-16 years to develop active healthy lives in a safe environment through experiencing a wide range of sporting and cultural activities. Community spirit and co-operation is fostered and encouraged. The organisation believes that every young person should have the opportunity to take part in sports and art in their local community and grow up understanding how good it makes you feel when you are active and healthy. The activities are divided into two categories - individual and team. Individual events include Art, Model Making, Cycling, Gymnastics, Swimming, Judo, Athletics track and field events- specifically Shot Putt, Discus, Javelin, Hurdles, Ball Throw, Long Jump and Cycling.

Parkrun Ireland

Parkrun began in the Republic of Ireland on 10 November 2012 with the first running of Malahide parkrun. They are free, weekly, community events all around the world. Saturday morning events are 5k and take place in parks and open spaces. On Sunday mornings, there are 2k junior parkruns for children aged four to 14. Parkrun is a inclusive experience where there is no time limit and no one finishes last. Everyone is welcome to join, whether they walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate.

FitLine

FitLine is a volunteer-led telephone-based motivation line which encourages callers to get more active. FitLine is a way to help people who want to feel a bit healthier but just don’t have the time or information on where and how to take that first step. Callers to FitLine can find out about clubs, groups, and facilities in their area. They will also be able to get ideas about how they can do simple physical activities as part of their day-to-day routine to suit their lifestyle.

Physical Activity Leaders (PALs)

PALs (Physical Activity Leaders) is an initiative which trains older people how to lead sport and activity sessions in their local groups and communities. Once someone become a PAL, they will be trained to lead activities like short exercise routines, fun games, simple dances and sports, like pitch and toss and bowling – in active retirement or community groups, like Irish Countrywomen’s Associations, Men’s Shed as well as local sports clubs or community centres. Anyone training to become a PAL will need to attend nine different workshops (five hours each) and engage in both practical and theory work to ensure they receive all the knowledge and skills to lead their local group in physical activity. This initiative is free to participants and is delivered in partnership with Local Sports Partnerships or the HSE.

Physical Activity Pathways in Healthcare Model 

This initiative will strengthen capacity to effectively address physical activity as a risk factor for chronic disease and support implementation of the Making Every Contact Count and the Self-Management Support Frameworks, which both aim to maximise contacts between health service professionals and patients to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours. The HSE and Sport Ireland will collaborate to manage and monitor projects that develop, trial, and evaluate approaches to increase capacity and access to appropriate physical activity opportunities in the community in a number of designated areas aligned to the Sláintecare Healthy Communities programme.

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.

National programme to teach children to swim

The main purpose of the long-standing national programme is to teach schoolchildren to swim and to behave safely in and near water. The programme is based on the principle of cooperation, involving school administrations (municipal general education institutions), sports NGOs and higher education institutions. Teachers are invited to integrate topics related to safe conduct in and near water into lessons and extracurricular activities. The duration of one lesson is 45 minutes. The swimming training programme is implemented by a co-financing mechanism both by the state and municipality budget. It is coordinated by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport in cooperation with the Lithuanian Swimming Federation. 

Non-formal sport education

Physical activity after school is provided by the informal education financing system, whereby allocations are distributed from the national budget to municipalities according to the number of schoolchildren at schools of general education. Informal programs are offered by sports clubs, free-lance teachers, municipal sport centres and others. Municipal budgets also provide for sports services and activities for children.

#OnTheMove

#OnTheMove offers a dynamic programme in over 50 different sports in over 10 localities in Malta and Gozo. The programme runs from October to May and is open from babies of 6 months up to adulthood. Activities are divided in the following:

• Parent and child: 6 months to 3 years
• SportsFUN: : 4-6 year olds
• StartSPORTS: 7-9 year olds
• Sports: 9-16 year olds: A choice of a variety of different sport disciplines where young people learn the skills, tactics and rules of the respective sport. Disciplines include: Athletics, Badminton, Ballet, Baseball/Softball, Basketball, Bowling, Dance, Football, Gymnastics, Handball, Hip-Hop, Karting, Rugby, Sailing, Squash, Swimming, Table-Tennis, Tennis, Traditional Karate and Volleyball.
• Adult Programme: 17+: A choice of fitness activities for adults in all the different venues catering for all levels of fitness and ability. Activities include Aerobics, Aqua Aerobics, Dance Fitness, Physical Fitness, Swimming, Zumba and for the first time a Programme of different sport and team games.

Summer on the Move

The Summer on the Move programme was launched in 1999 and is held during the summer months where young people are able to participate as many times per week as they wish. This is normally an eight-week programme and has a variety of themes – generally oriented towards aquatic sport and other indoor sport.

Swimming Promotion Unit

The Swimming Promotion Unit (SPU) is an ongoing activity operating from the National Pool Complex. The SPU offers its services to the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) and organizes a National Swimming Nursery apart from providing on a daily basis swimming lessons to primary school children.

Sports Facilities Scheme

SportMalta in collaboration with the Directorate for Educational Services, offers the use of outdoor School Sport Facilities and gyms after school hours to sport organisations registered with SportMalta. Assistance:

1. SportMalta will take care of costs relating to day to day up keep of these facilities.
2. The rate will be subsidised by 75% of the commercial rental rate of the facility in question and will be charged on a 90-minute basis.

SportMalta offers subsidised rates for the use of Cottonera Sport Complex, Marsa Sport Complex, Kirkop Sports Complex and Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex to registered sports organisations in order to: (i) Organise local national competitions/Championships; (ii) Organise a one-off activity including meetings (AGM/Committee monthly meetings); (iii) train their athletes / teams; (iv) Host an international activity.

Ageing well program

The Ageing Well Program is aimed at those aged 25-64 which aims to help the adult population stay in good health and prevent non-communicable and other lifestyle diseases.

Activities of the program include 

• Exercise at Workplace – 12-Hour Run
• Health Clubs at the Ministry of Health and Walking Clubs,
• A 12-week walking programme for women with trained walk leaders. 

The ultimate aim is to promote better physical functioning, vitality, and general health among adults in Mauritius by empowerment, encouraging a change in habits, incentivised schemes and targeted inventions, creating opportunities to continual recreational sport as an adult and delivering programs targeting women. 

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 ...).

Community Focussed schools - Wales 

The Welsh Government to invests in the learning environment of Community Focused Schools, co-locating key services, and securing stronger engagement with parents and carers outside traditional hours with the aim of tackling the impact of poverty of education attainment. As part of community engagement opportunities are offered to use the school facilities for adult learning, well-being, play, sporting, cultural and other community activities and Signposting to other support or advice services.

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.

Croatian Walking festival

Since 2018, the “Croatian Walking Festival” takes place regularly every year on the first weekend of September. The Tourist Board of Lika-Senj County, as one of the partners of Croatian Institute of Public Health (CIPH) in the implementation of the National programme "Healthy Living", organizes and implements the “Croatian Walking Festival”. The walking festival lasts two days, in two locations and with several routes.

The festival emphasizes the role and benefits of walking as the basic and most accessible form of human movement. In 2022, the festival became a member of the non-profit organization International Marching League (IML) Walking Association, which aims to promote walking as a valuable and healthy physical activity. The CIPH, as the initiator of this festival, actively participates and continues the promotion of the National programme "Healthy Living" and of walking as part of a healthy lifestyle and raising the number of regular walkers in the Republic of Croatia.  

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.

Go For Life Games

Go For Life Games is a national day of sport when teams from all over the country come together for one day in June to take part in a festival of physical activity and a celebration of sport. The Games are run with the support of the Local Sports Partnerships (LSP’s) and the Health Service Executive (HSE). They include the National Games event (held annually on one day in June) as well as local leagues and friendlies at a local and county level with some areas running regional games events against other counties. The Go for Life Games include sports that can be played in Singles, Pairs and Teams. The aim of the Go for Life Games is to involve older people in recreational sport. The emphasis of the Games is on participation and fun – played in a non-competitive way – with all participants encouraged to umpire their own game.

World Movement to Health Day

The aim is to draw attention to the current seventh way of life and sufficient physical activity as a risk factor for many chronic non-communicable diseases. On this occasion, the Regional Public Health Authorities carries out educational activities in the form of presentations and discussions for adults and young people connected with counseling.

Guide to physical exercise and activity for people with dementia

The “Guide to physical exercise and activity for people with dementia" has been developed as part of the National Dementia Action Plan 2025 as a help to municipalities, volunteers, relatives, coaches in associations and others who support citizens with dementia in staying and not least continue to be physically active. The training guide provides inspiration for physical activity in five well-known everyday environments. The activities are for people with dementia in both mild, moderate and severe degrees.

(See O- Offer physical activity opportunities in the workplace and training in physical activity promotion across multiple professions.)

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.

Physical activity and exercise training for adults in sickness and in health

The purpose of the guideline is to promote physical activity in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases. In this guideline, the following diseases are discussed: endocrinological, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and respiratory diseases, as well as depression and cancer. In addition, physical activity during pregnancy and in senior citizens is review. Exercise counseling should be included as part of disease management and lifestyle guidance.

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.

The Golden Age Gym Festival

The Golden Age Gym Festival is a week-long series of gymnastics and athletic events for people aged ≥ 50 offered by the Hellenic Federation of Gymnastics, in collaboration with the European Gymnastics Federation and the support of the Region of Crete, the municipality of Rethymno and the General Secretariat of Sports (Be Active Hellas). The event includes team competitions and the opportunity to experience sports and culture in a group, with no discrimination.

Preventive Health Development of the Adult Population through Leisure Sports

On March 1, 2018, the Hungarian Leisure Sports Association will launch the EU-funded project entitled “Preventive Health Development of the Adult Population through Leisure Sports”, in the framework of which about 850 sports programmes will be implemented nationwide in the next 36 months. The aim of the project is to improve the quality of life of the population in the less developed regions of Hungary, to implement a health-promoting exercise and leisure programme in accordance with uniform professional principles. 

Sports Festival for the Elderly (Szépkorúak Sportfesztiválja)

The Sports Festival for the Elderly is a free event aimed at the elderly, the aim of which is to introduce the widest possible circle of the retired population to the beneficial effects of exercise on health, the importance and love of regular exercise. Currently, there are few events on offer in sports programmes that are specifically targeted at retirees. The Sports Festival for the Elderly is trying to fill this gap in the field of sports events. Admission to the programme is free of charge. Moving with others and trying out new sports opportunities, inviting a sympathetic participant to a dance, laughing together, getting tired together by the end of the day, returning home rich in experiences, is what the Sports Festival for the Elderly is about.

Go for Life Programme

The Go for Life programme was established in 2001 and is funded by Sport Ireland. It encourages older adults to continue exercising for at least 30 minutes per day on 5 days per week. It is an initiative by the association Age & Opportunity, in collaboration with the Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) and the Health Service Executive Health (HSE) Health Promotion Unit. The programme is run by over 1,200 volunteers called PALs. A PAL is a Physical Activity Leader who is already part of a group or club and is willing to lead activities. PALs lead their local group in things like short exercise routines, fun games, simple dances and sports like pitch and toss. Groups may be an Active Retirement group, a sports club, an ICA group or some social group that meets regularly. There is an annual Go For Life Grant Scheme for community groups to allow them to develop activities.

Women in Sport

This policy expresses Sport Ireland’s commitment to women in sport. It seeks to build on the work which has already been undertaken in this area within the sport sector to date and, in recognising the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of women through their involvement in sport, it provides a blueprint for Sport Ireland’s future work. It is aligned with the Government’s National Sports Policy 2018 – 2027 and forms a key element of Sport Ireland’s new corporate strategy. Throughout this policy, ‘women’ encompasses women and girls of all ages; all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds; and is inclusive of all abilities. Established in 2005, the Women in Sport Programme has funded a wide range of initiatives delivered by National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs) and LSPs to further the agenda of gender equality in sport. Sport Ireland is committed to increasing women’s sustained involvement in sport as coaches, volunteers, club members, athletes, advocates, leaders, and participants from grassroots to the podium.

Sports Inclusion Disability Programme (SIDP)

The Sports Inclusion Disability Programme (SIDP) promotes greater participation & inclusion in sport and physical activity for people with disability. This is done by: 

• Providing training programmes to volunteers, coaches, care staff etc. to improve access to sport for people with disabilities.
• Delivery of a wide range of inclusive events and sessions annually.
• Provision of information and links on activities for people with disabilities.

The 29 Local sports partnerships have appointed a Sport Inclusion Disability Officer (SIDO) to focus on increasing opportunities for people with disabilities to participate at local level in sport and physical activity. Through the programme opportunities to participate in a variety of sports and physical activity opportunities were made available. Currently, every Local Sports Partnership throughout Ireland has a remit to assist with and support developments for the inclusion for people with a disability in sport and physical activity in their county. This has lead to the strengthening of the Sports Inclusion Disability Programme in becoming a national programme focused upon by all Local Sports Partnerships.

Easy Exercises Programme

The Health Service Executive Easy Exercises Programme is a chair-based programme for older adults that encourages inactive people to develop healthy activity habits through a series of low-intensity exercises. The aim is that it will be within their capabilities but also offer the many benefits of physical activity. The National Physical Activity Guidelines recommend at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity at least 5 days a week, however this may not be appropriate for adults who are currently inactive or have limited movement. These chair-based exercises in, although low-intensity, will still encourage inactive people to develop healthy activity habits. Participating in these exercises will help individuals with limited movement to carry out the everyday activities that are essential to living as independently as possible.

Activities for All

Developed by Sport Ireland and it's network of Local Sports Partnerships, the Activities For All Physical Activity Plan and the Adult Home Exercise Plan aim to support people with a disability and older people respectively, to be more active on a daily basis. The Physical Activity Plan contains a Physical Activity Planner and a Home Exercise Activity Cards. The planner helps people to plan, schedule, account for and reflect on their exercise activity. There is also a sense of satisfaction in looking at the tracker at the end of each day or week and seeing what has been achieved. The activity cards contain 8 exercises that can be done at home using minimal equipment. All activities are fully adaptable and can be performed seated or standing depending on ability.

PPALs

The aim of this project is to design and pilot a programme to enable people with intellectual disability (ID) to become physical activity leaders (PALs) in their community. This is a cross country collaborative project funded by the European programme EIT Health. The three locations, Ireland, Germany and Spain, have been selected to enable cross-country comparisons. It allows for the delivery of a practical programme in three different service contexts, cultural contexts and languages, providing a different perspective for all three countries – with, however, a shared vision of access to and participation in sport, leisure, art, cultural and other activities as a central component of how citizens with ID engage in society and achieve a sense of community belonging. Phase one consisted of a collaboration between the Irish parters and Spain. Over the course of 2018, PPALs developed the skills and confidence of 15 people with ID in Ireland and 15 people with ID in Spain to lead activities. These people now lead and encourage sport and activity back in their services.

Local Sports Partnerships

There is a network of 29 Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) across Ireland. These LSPs undertake a wide range of actions with the aim of increasing sport and physical activity participation levels in their local communities. The LSPs in particular target disadvantaged areas, older adults, young people, people with disabilities, women and girls, ethnic minorities, and the unemployed.

Sports Capital Programme

The Sports Capital Programme was established in 1997 and is operated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. The programme aims to foster an integrated and planned approach to developing sports and physical recreation facilities throughout the country.

Another objective is to assist voluntary and community organizations, national sports governing bodies, local authorities and educational institutions to develop high-quality, safe, well-designed, sustainable facilities in appropriate locations and to provide appropriate equipment to help maximize participation in sports and physical recreation. The programme also aims to prioritize the needs of people in disadvantaged areas in the provision of sports facilities and encourage the sharing of local, regional and national sports facilities by clubs, community organizations and national sports governing bodies.

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.

National guidance or programme for community-based interventions to promote physical activity in older adults

The public health bureaus implement programmes specifically to promote physical activity among older adults. A Ministry of Health order came into force in 2021, which provides clear guidelines and requirements for implementation of interventions in all municipalities.

Movement and Physical Activity Programme

The Movement and Physical Activity programme promotes generalised exercises to decrease stiffness and prevent falls due to lack of balance, mobility and strength. These classes will keep senior citizens mobile and active as well as enabling them to prevent falls which is a major health hazard. The programme will also empower the clients and their carers to take initiative in their own care. The client will be given an appointment to assess their level of mobility and fitness. If client is eligible and suitable for the classes he will be invited to join the programme. The programme will comprise of 6 morning sessions which will be delivered in groups of 10 clients over the span of 6 consecutive weeks. The exercises are carried out in sitting and in standing postures and will address flexibility, strength, balance and cardiovascular health. Each session will be around 45 minutes to an hour long.

Elderly fitness program

Ageing well is a program developed by active Mauritius for those aged 65 and above to promote physical activity. 

Physical activity promotion is done through the ‘Elderly fitness program’ which includes swimming in addition to developing and delivering the ‘walking football program’ among communities. 

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.

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).

Grab a ball, not drugs  (Zober loptu, nie drogy)

The Grab a ball, not drugs (Zober loptu, nie drogy) project has been in place since 2012 and is led by a nongovernmental organization. The goal is to involve children and adolescents in team ball sports in collaboration with 12 sports clubs in Slovakia. It also organizes informational and educational campaigns, competitions and other sporting events.

To support the greatest possible participation of children in events, they use the association of schools from around cities. In the case of economic demands for the participation of children. This project is supported by The Ministry of the Interior of the SR, a government ministry in Slovakia.

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.

My plan

My plan is an online tool providing tailored support for citizens in action planning for physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour (SB). Users of the digital platform can, first of all, test their PA and SB levels through an online survey, and activity profiles are illustrated by 4 animal characters. Second, based on self-regulation theory they can make up a personal activity plan, allowing for goalsetting, self-planning guidelines and prompts through email.

Points Verts ⸺ Green Points

The Green Points (Points Verts) are walks that take place every Sundays and public holidays in all the provinces of Wallonia and Brussels. They are free, accessible to all and offer walks of 5, 10 and 20 km (often a 15 km is also offered). Participants, need to introduce themselves to the reception secretariat and indicate the route they want to perform in order to receive a participation card of the corresponding colour. They can then start walking following the arrows of this colour. The Adeps Green Points are also accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Faut que ça bouge  ⸺ We have to move

The idea of the We have to move! (Faut que ça bouge!) challenge is to encourage people to maintain a minimum of sporting activity and to practice it by being part of a common project with their circle. Individually or in groups, people are invited to practice any physical activity, whatever it is, during this month of May. The principle of the challenge is to perform any physical activity (walking, cycling, etc.) and indicate it on the dashboard received at the start of the challenge.

At the start of the challenge, participants will receive a dashboard in which they can indicate, day after day, the sports practiced, the duration of the effort, the level of difficulty and the feeling. The éneoSport team will also invite them to perform small events throughout it. The challenge is open to all clubs affiliated with éneoSport, regardless of the disciplines practiced, and to all its sports members. Each éneoSport member is free to register, participation is voluntary (and free) and must be a source of pleasure.

The Physical Education and Sports Act

The Physical Education and Sports Act requires that all State-owned sports facilities provide access to people with disabilities and provide programmes and activities free of charge for a certain period to promote sports for all at national and local levels. The Ministry of Youth and Sports have provided opportunities to people with disabilities to practise local and elite sports through the Sports Development Programme for people with disabilities, and the Sports for Children at Risk, which supports children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Sports Act 

The key objectives are of this policy are to provide regulation on sporting activities and ensuring that sport is equally accessible to all people in Croatia. In order to preserve, maintain, improve and advance psychological and physical abilities and health, and to fill their free time with physical exercise and sporting activities, all citizens are encouraged to be more physically active and invited to join sport associations as societies of sporting recreation and physical activity.

National Sports Programme 2019 - 2026 

The National Sports Programme seeks to encourage the implementation of health-oriented physical activity programmes into the lives of all Croatians regardless of age, ethnicity and level of fitness. Its aim is to incentivize the population to exercise more regularly and increase the number of beneficiaries of free-of-charge physical activity programmes for children and young people. Implementation is carried out through educational campaigns, programmes and promotional activities that provide the conditions for recreational sport activities in people ́s daily life activities. It involves collaboration and working in partnership among regional, national and local governing bodies.

Sport Support Concept 2016-2025

The Sport 2025 concept is based on the premise of the need to optimize the institutional provision of sport in the Czech Republic, .The basic goal of the presented concept of sports policy of the Czech Republic 2016 - 2025 is to improve the conditions for sport in the Czech Republic so that they correspond to the importance of sport for society and individuals, respect the tradition and sports policy of the EU.The basic condition for fulfilling the goal is, in addition to the targeted distribution of subsidies, a fundamental strengthening of the institutional provision of sport in the Czech Republic, without which the necessary transformation of the sport system cannot take place.

The plan is based on the principles of sport as a tool for health prevention, self-fulfilment and development of social relationships for all ages and social groups. Its aims are to facilitate intercultural education and reduce social inequalities, build space for local sports activities and foster a culture of sports in schools and universities. A programme for school sports clubs will be developed. The plan includes 2 h of physical education and 3 h of physical activity per week. Further, it seeks to improve social accessibility and facilitate a barrier-free infrastructure for people with disabilities. An annual report is submitted to the Government.

In addition to the development of sports for all, the document addresses the development of sports clubs, physical education and gymnasiums, regional and local sports centres, creating conditions for increasing membership in organized sports, supporting the promotion of sports events, creating conditions for harnessing the integration potential of sport for all social groups. children and young people also support the base of performance athletes and the development of school and university sports. 

Health promotion and preventive package 

The purpose of the physical activity health promotion package is to support the municipalities’ work to provide the citizens with great opportunities for being physically active throughout their life in order to prevent disease retain functional capacity and support good well-being. This is done in this publication trough recommendation on a base level (G) and development level (U).

Initiatives at base level can often be implemented within the existing municipal services. The municipality will often have access to the target group and arenas for initiatives at base level. Conversely, initiatives at development level are areas in which municipalities have less experience, and where there is a need for development of new competences, or partnerships to address recommendations.

The prerequisites, needs, opportunities and interests of the public for physical activity differ. Therefore, it is an advantage if the measures to promote physical activity are broadly based so that everyone has the opportunity to be physically active throughout life.

Get 2 Sport

DIF get2sport has existed since 2005 and has continuously developed and added new cooperating municipalities and associations. In 2021, DIF get2sport supports 75 associations in 55 vulnerable residential areas, located in 28 different municipalities. The purpose of DIF get2sport is to ensure a well-functioning sports association life by relieving the voluntary forces in sports associations in exposed residential areas. There is a focus on children from all backgrounds particularly vulnerable residential areas.

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

Physical activity recommendations for adults with disability

The applicable weekly mobility recommendations are for adults who have a reduced ability to function due to illness or injury, or who use mobility aids such as a walking stick, rollator or wheelchair. There are a total of three applicable mobility recommendations: for adults with some difficulty in mobility; for adults walking with an aid and for adults in wheelchairs. The applicable exercise recommendations indicate a sufficient amount of weekly exercise for health and provide examples of increasing exercise in everyday life, taking into account one's own ability to function. At the same time, the applied exercise pie, which has been in use for ten years, has become an applicable exercise recommendation.

Strength in Old Age Programme

The national Strength in Old Age Programme aims to launch evidence-based health exercise for independently living older adults (75+ years of age) who are at an increased risk of functional decline.

The aim is achieved by developing and increasing the following services:

• exercise counseling

• guided strength and balance training

• opportunities for daily exercise and outdoor exercise

The programme’s activities are organized in cooperation between NGOs and the public sector by implementing the good HEPA practices developed in the programme. The implementation is carried out in the municipalities that have been selected to the 3-year programme period. Age Institute provides the municipalities with tailored mentoring support, coordination, and evaluation. The programme has undergone three time periods, with NGO participation in the first period of 2005–2009, 38 municipalities in the second period of 2010–2015 and 48 municipalities in the third period of 2016–2021. The programme receives most of its funding from the Finnish gaming company Veikkaus.

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.

Sports for all  Άθληση για Όλους

The aim of the Sports for all (Άθληση για Όλους) programme in Greece is to provide opportunities for the entire population to be physically active. It includes programmes for people with disabilities, pre-schoolers, children and older adults and also in mental health facilities, prisons and as part of drug rehabilitation. The programme is funded by the General Secretariat of Sports and is being implemented nationwide.

More than a Club

The aim of the EFOP-5.2.1-17 project, More than a Club, is to make the approach of Hungarian Sports Associations more open, so that clubs provide health-promoting, disease-prevention-focused sports services to the Hungarian population. The More than a Club project aims to develop and disseminate an innovative model based on a health-promoting exercise approach. Applying the openness-based model, sports associations offer a wide range of health-conscious exercise opportunities to a wide range of the local population, while also providing opportunities for organizational renewal.

National Nordic Walking Programme

With the support of the Ministry of Human Resources, the National Nordic Walking Programme, has been implemented for more than 10 years. Nordic walking is a sport started in Finland, the essence of which is that with the help of a pair of special sticks and special walking techniques, endurance, muscle strength and movement coordination can be developed in an efficient, yet gentle way. Nordic walking combines the benefits of walking or running. An important difference compared to walking is the use of sticks, through which people walk longer, so that the natural opposite movement of the hands and feet, essential for walking, is maintained.

NOWATHLON

With the support of the Ministry of Human Resources, coordinated by the Hungarian Leisure Sports Association, NOWATHLON is a series of events implemented within the framework of the National Nordic Walking Programme, which has been implemented for more than 10 years. The programme provides the opportunity for its member organizations, as well as instructors and trainers, to organize orientation tours under the name NOWATHLON in many areas of the country. On the NOWATHLON, the designated distance and routes must be completed together for individual and group starters by touching the points marked on the map. Touching a total of ten points is mandatory - and at five of these, tasks add colour and make the tour more difficult. In this programme, using the nordic walking stick can make hiking much more varied. 

Pentathlon Programme

The aim of the Pentathlon programme is to encourage citizens to participate in different sport events (running, cycling, hiking, canoe, swimming and triathlon). Participants of registered events are collecting points that can be exchanged for gifts. Currently 25.000 people participate and more than 120 events join the programme every year.

Bike Week

Bike Week is a celebration and promotion of all that's great about bikes and cycling. Held over an extended week each year, with bike themed events organised by local authorities, community groups and cycling groups throughout Ireland.

Bike Week is a Department of Transport initiative, under the broader Active Travel initiative, and will be delivered by the National Transport Authority in cooperation with the various local authorities from 2021 onwards. The Week offers something for every age and ability, from free bike checks, fun cycles, lunchtime city rides, heritage cycles, electric bike races, school cycling events, bike festivals, road races and more.

Aistear – Early Childhood Curriculum 

Aistear is the curriculum framework for children from birth to 6 years in Ireland. It provides information for adults to help them plan for and provide enjoyable and challenging experiences so that all children can grow and develop as competent and confident learners within loving relationships with others. Aistear celebrates early childhood as a time of being, and of enjoying and learning from experiences as they unfold. It is underpinned by 12 interconnecting principles presented in 3 groups:

• Children and their lives in early childhood

• Children’s connections with others

• How children learn and develop Each principle is presented using a short statement.

This is followed by an explanation of the principle from the child’s perspective. This explanation highlights the adult’s role in supporting children’s early learning and development. The framework uses the following interconnectedly to describe children’s learning and development:

• Well-being

• Identity and Belonging

• Communicating

• Exploring and Thinking.

They describe what children learn—the dispositions, attitudes and values, skills, knowledge, and understanding. Each one includes aims and broad learning goals for all children. The aims and goals outline the dispositions, values and attitudes, skills, knowledge, and understanding that the adult nurtures in children to help them learn and develop. The promotion of physical activity in children, including through play, is an integral component of Aistear.

Active Healthy Me 

Active Healthy Me, a health and wellbeing programme that is delivered directly to people with disabilities in adult day care services. The programme was developed in partnership with the HSE and Sport Ireland to support the adoption of a positive culture and capacity among people with disabilities and adult day services towards the awareness and understanding of the health benefits of physical activity.

Woodlands for Health Programme

In 2018, Get Ireland Walking in partnership with Coillte and Mental Health Ireland received funding to pilot a national dissemination of the Woodlands for Health Programme. Woodlands for Health offers a recovery focused eco-therapy programme which complements traditional mental health treatment. It involves social inclusion of people who experience mental health difficulties. The concept of the programme is taking a walk in a green space such as a local park or woodland area.

This programme was adopted successfully in Laois, Roscommon, Limerick, Wexford and Sligo. The programme is coordinated at a local level by the Local Sports Partnerships, with local level steering groups including Mental Health Ireland’s Development Officers, Mental Health Associations, HSE mental health services, HSE Health Promotion and Improvement and Coillte.

The key features of the programme are:

• 12 weeks of activity.

• All levels of fitness are welcome and the walks are adapted to the participant’s abilities.

• Walks are led by experienced volunteers, staff and rangers.

• Walk locations differ each week, starting in parks and progressing to mountain trails. Different locations are used to keep the walks interesting, familiarise the participants with multiple locations and opportunities for activity within their community, and advance to more challenging walks as the participant’s progress.

• The programme aims to develop social and networking skills.

(See V- Active design guidelines for open/green spaces)

 All Ages program

The program of Active Mauritius aims to target the entire population through

• Ensuring those with physical and mental disabilities have the opportunity to be physically active
• Building a culture of volunteering in sport 
• Enabling Active Travel and build Active Places 
• Building out the exercise prescription programme
• Delivering a calendar of physical activity events focused on increasing physical activity 
• Supporting Rodrigues in ensuring inhabitants are sufficiently active

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.

National sports policy Sports for All — 3rd Millennium Romania — a different lifestyle

The core objectives of this Sports for All policy are to guarantee everyone’s right to free access to sporting and recreational activities, foster a positive approach to keeping active, create the right structural environment for physical activity and make programmes locally responsive and sensitive to local traditions and needs, rather than taking a top-down approach. The policy has several other interesting focal points, such as the “Baby sports” section, which promotes activity in toddlers from as young as possible, and the “Pro natura” section on tourism for all, which encourages the development of active tourism, such as trekking and mountain climbing, in an attempt to synthesize cultural exploration and physical activity.

Physical activity recommendations for seniors (Pohybová Aktivita Seniorov)

The Public Health Office of the Slovak Republic has developed physical activity recommendations for senior people, which promote walking, swimming and cycling among other types of physical activity that older people can do to have health benefits.

European Sports Week

Slovakia participates in the European Sports Week and in 2021 many activities were organised within the main events #BeActive Village and #BeActive Night attracting more than 60.000 people across the country. As part of the #BeActive inclusion, a total of 22 schools and more than 500 athletes with intellectual disabilities from all over Slovakia took part in the events. The Week takes place from the 23rd to the 30th of September every year. The campaign also has an inclusive scope and supports children with mental disabilities.

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.

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.
 

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).

Financial support for attending school events

According to § 1 para 2 of the School Events Ordinance 1995, student in need at general higher schools, vocational middle and higher schools as well as middle and higher institutions of teacher and educator training, can receive financial support in order to participate in a school event of at least five days duration (sports week, project week, student exchange, etc.) currently applicable version.

e-mobility funding campaign for private individuals 2020-2021

The E-mobility promotion campaign for private individuals, vehicles for the transportation of persons and for the transportation of goods is part of a joint funding campaign by the Federal Ministry for Climate Action Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK). As part of the campaign, car importers, two-wheeler importers and sports retailers, the acquisition of electric vehicles for private use will be supported in 2021.

The support consists of:

• E-mobility bonus share ""of the vehicle importers when purchasing the vehicle, which is granted regardless of any additional discounts from vehicle importers.

• ""E-mobility bonus portion"" (e-mobility funding) from the federal government from BMK funds. As part of this funding campaign, which is limited in terms of budget and time, vehicles with electric, fuel cell and plug-in hybrid drives and (e) transport bikes (“cargo bikes”) are supported.

Funding for e-bikes and (e-) transport bikes for companies, municipalities and private individuals

The climate protection initiative klimaaktiv mobil of the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) supports the purchase and operational use of electric bicycles, electric transport bicycles and transport bicycles that are operated exclusively with electricity from renewable energy sources. All companies and other entrepreneurial organizations, public authorities, associations and denominational institutions are eligible, for transport bikes also private person.

The funding is provided for the purchase of electric bicycles and electric transport bicycles, which are operated exclusively with electricity from renewable energy sources, as well as the purchase of transport bicycles. The purchase of (e) transport bikes and electric bikes (at least 5) by companies, associations and municipalities is subsidized with a flat rate of up to EUR 850. The funding amounts to a maximum of 30% of the investment costs. 

SNS Sport Na School

With the Sport Na School (SNS) secondary school students can purchase the SNS pass which allows them to choose what, where, when and how much they want to exercise for a year. There is also an option to purchase a pass that allows them to exercise for 12 weeks. They can choose from a range of activities such as hip hop, badminton, aerobics, fitness, spinning, tennis, wall climbing, squash and more.

Jme bouge pour mon club 2.0

In August 2020, a “J'me bouge pour mon club” challenge was created to encourage the practice of physical and sporting activity to support financially the sport clubs. The Jme bouge pour mon club 2.0 challenge is open to all clubs affiliated to a federation recognized by Adeps and to all, athletes, parents, volunteers or supporters.

Registration is free and those interested need to select the sport club for which they will participate. The objective is to achieve by walking, running, swimming or cycling, a number of kilometers which will be donated to the benefit of the selected club to enable it to reach the set objective of 1000 kilometers. Everyone is free to do as they see fit. This collective achievement will entitle the club to financial support of € 1,000 from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

Purchase of sports equipment

The Government of the French Community offers a subside for the purchase of sports material intended for psychomotricity activities for the purchase of sports material for school use. The Decree refers to organizing psychomotricity activities in nursery education.

ADEPS can participate in the financing of equipment intended for psychomotor skills and sports equipment, up to a limit of € 2,500 per year. Schools with differentiated supervision as well as school establishments with a number of nursery school pupils of less than 26 receive 90% of the amount of the invoice; other schools, 75%. A document must be completed and returned to ADEPS before purchasing the equipment.

Decree granting a subsidy for the purchase of a bicycle or an adaptable electric kit

Wallonia offers a bonus for the purchase of a bicycle or an adaptable electric kit to anyone aged at least eighteen, or any emancipated residence is in the territory of the Walloon Region. Almost all types of bicycles are eligible for a premium, whether new or used, with or without electric assistance. The amount of the premium is a maximum of 20% of the purchase price with ceilings ranging from 50 euros to 400 euros depending on the type of bike. For unemployed citizens, the amount of the premium is set at 40% of the amount of the invoice including VAT. The purchase must have been made between July 1, 2020 and December 31, 2022.

The bicycle (or adaptable electric kit) covered by the bonus must be used:

• For at least 40% of trips between home and work

• Or for at least 40% of trips related to the search for a job Only cargo bikes do not necessarily have to be used for commuting or when looking for a job. Daily use is however required for this type of bicycle (driving your children to school, shopping, etc.).

Distribution Act

Based on the Distribution Act of December 2017, the profits from Danske Lotteri Spil A/S and dividends from Det Danske Klasselotteri A/S are distributed to the recipients, with the majority of the Ministry of Culture's share of the distribution funds going to sports purposes. The funds go to the three major sports organizations in Denmark, the independent sports institutions under the Ministry of Culture and other sports policy purposes. In addition to the above institutions, the Ministry of Culture's share of the distribution funds also goes to other sports policy purposes. The funds are implemented each spring in a document that is submitted to the Folketing's Finance Committee.

Danish School Sport Association

Danish School Sport Association Danish School Sport Association supports schools in implementing the 45 minutes-policy and in strengthening physical education as a subject in school. From 2020 to 2024, their funding from the Ministry of Children will gradually increase, reaching 10 million DKK in 2024. (See M- Make opportunities and initiatives that promote physical activity in schools, the community, sport and recreation).

The Act on Non-formal Education and Democratic Voluntary Activity (Consolidated Act No. 854 of 11/07/2011)

CYKELPULJE 2020

In the Finance Act for 2020, 50 million was set aside in a pool to promote cycling in connection with public transport. 30 cycling projects throughout the country have been allocated money from the pool to finance cycle parking. The purpose of the finance was to make it easier to cycle to and from public transport ultimately promoting cycling and the use of public transport.

EOK goes to school 

In 2010, the Estonian Olympic Committee started the project EOK goes to school (EOK tuleb kooli) with the aim of promoting physical activity in schools. The project supports general education schools with sports equipment inventory. During the first three years, 136 local governments from 15 counties joined the EOK initiative. The project reached 873 football, 1487 basketball, 135 indoor hockey sets, 131 handball and 1254 volleyball schools. Ski equipment for children and young people was rented free of charge by general education schools or regional health sports centers selected by county sports associations. In the next four-year period 2018-2021, EOK plans to donate children's skates to the counties. The project EOK goes to school is being implemented with the support of the supporters of the Estonian Olympic Committee.

Coaches Staff Allowance

In order to be enough coaches in Estonia to involve people in the best possible and safe way to engage in physical activity, a support for coaches' labour costs has been created. From 2015, sports clubs, sports schools and sports federations can apply for up to 50% of labour costs support for coaches with 5th and higher professional levels.

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.

Bike Park and Running Track Programme

The Bike Park Programme provides financial support for municipalities, NGOs or sport clubs to build pump tracks, BMX tracks, single trails, freeride/dirt parks, skate parks and trial parks. The aim of the programme is to offer safe facilities for kids to practice and improve cycling skills. Running Park programme is also available for municipalities, NGOs and clubs in order to build running tracks in settlements. All facilities are free to use for the public

Healthy Ireland Fund

The Healthy Ireland Fund was established in 2017 and has an allocation of €10m in 2021. The majority of the Fund is managed by Pobal on behalf of the Department to fund Local Authorities to deliver local actions in key national policy areas such as obesity, physical activity, healthy eating, sexual health, mental health and smoking cessation, with a particular focus on disadvantaged communities, and strengthening the Healthy Cities and Counties Network nationwide.

The Fund also supports a number of key national initiatives, including the Active School Flag, a ‘Healthy Ireland at Your Library’ initiative, Age-Friendly Ireland. The National Strand also supports strategies for the development of walking, swimming, cycling and running, and co-funds a number of other key initiatives, in partnership with Sport Ireland.

Dormant Accounts Funding Scheme

The Dormant Accounts funding scheme is based on unclaimed accounts in credit institutions and unclaimed life assurance policies in insurance undertakings. As part of an annual Action plan, details are provided on the programmes and projects that can funded under the scheme. Priority target groups are persons who are economically or socially disadvantaged, those who are educationally disadvantaged and people with a disability.

Under the 2020 Dormant Accounts Fund, the following projects are being funded in the area of sport and physical activity:

- Community Sports and Physical Activity Hubs

- Active Cities Fund - Innovation for Sports Inclusion

- Sports Inclusion Disability Programme Capital Supports

- Urban Outdoor Adventure Initiatives

- Volunteer Training & Support Programme

- Youth Leadership

- Child Centred Clubs

- Coaching Girls Module

- Consulting with Young People Teenage Girls (in disadvantaged areas) Get Active

Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme

The Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme is a grant aid from the State, made available to local authorities and bodies supported by local authorities, towards the cost of providing new swimming pools or refurbishing of existing pools.

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.

Sport basket

Since 2015, Lithuania has implemented an informal education financing mechanism for children based on funding per capita. Financial allocations are distributed from the national budget to municipalities according to the number of schoolchildren in certain schools. The recommended amount is 15 €/month, per person. 10% of all Lithuanian schoolchildren attended sport programmes financed by this mechanism in 2016–2017. This informal mechanism is used by sport clubs, independent teachers, municipal sport centres and other bodies.

Sports Support Fund

These are state funds that support sports projects that promote the physical activity of the Lithuanian population. When planning the state budget appropriations for each year, funds for the implementation of sports projects are allocated from the actual revenue from excise duty on alcoholic beverages and manufactured tobacco. At least 10 percent of the Sports Support Fund budget is allocated for the implementation of projects promoting the development of sports for the disabled.  The objective of the fund is to increase the physical activity of the Lithuanian population. Sports projects co-financed by the Sports Support Fund relate to:

1.    acquisition of sports inventory and equipment;

2.    organization of sports events;

3.    professional development;

4.    physical activity activities that promote the development of physical activity;

5.    development, maintenance and repair of existing sports facilities.

The procedure for financing sports projects financed by the Sports Support Fund, the proportions of the distribution of the Sports Support Fund and the share of funds allocated for the administration of the Sports Support Fund shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

Scheme 9

The Ministry for Education and Employment sponsors sports and physical activity programmes for children whose parents cannot afford to send them to classes. The process is simple and discrete, whereby the head of the school fills in a form that the parent can present instead of paying. For these courses, parents are also assisted in buying clothing, footwear and specific equipment, the cost of which might otherwise prevent participation. As the scheme is managed through schools, uptake and reach are high.

Senior Citizen Swimming Programme

The Senior Citizen Swimming Programme offers free membership to 60+ individuals at the National Pool Complex allowing swimming from Monday to Friday from 8am till 3pm.

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. 

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.

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.