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Preparatory Actions and Special Events 2009 - 2013 Sport 2 2009 Promoting health and physical activity EUROPE DIRECT is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Free phone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed Image credit: mandygodbehear – 123RF Banque d'images P15: Image credit: stockbroker – 123RF Banque d'images P25: © Dusan Kostic – Fotolia.com P27: © cycling: Mika Kanerva EYOF, athletics, judo: Carlos Matos/EYOF, basketball, athletics: Tytti Nuoramo P31: © ugocutilli – Fotolia.com P37: © VIDC-FairPlay P56: Photo by Adam Nurkiewicz/Mediasport P81: © nito – shutterstock.com LEGAL NOTICE By the Commission of the European Union, Information Society & Media Directorate-General, ICT for Sustainable Growth Unit. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on its behalf is responsible for the use which might be made of the information contained in the present publication. The European Commission is not responsible for the external web sites referred to in the present publication. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official European Commission’s view on the subject. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2014 ISBN 978-92-79-43703-8 doi:10.2766/8818 © European Union, 2014 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. 2009 3 Promoting health and physical activity Foreword by Commissioner Navracsics Dear Reader, I intend to build on the experience gained from these projects. The EU's innovative new pro- As the new EU Commissioner responsible for gramme for education, training, youth and sport, sport, it is my honour to present you with this Erasmus+, will continue to support excellent pro- booklet summarising the key achievements of the jects and will provide a stable financial frame- sport projects supported by the European Com- work for new networks and partnerships in sport. mission between 2009 and 2013. I am confident that Erasmus+ will mark a new era of cooperation between the EU and the world European sports policy is still in its infancy. It was of sport. not until December 2009 that - with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty - Member States For example, I will ensure that Erasmus+ supports legally recognised the added value of developing projects led by grassroots sport organisations. Low a European dimension in sport. levels of physical activity pose a serious threat for the health and the wellbeing of many Euro- The Commission consequently adopted a "Com- pean citizens. I intend to tackle this by developing munication on Developing the European Dimen- the newly created network of Health Enhancing sion in Sport” in early 2011. This Communication Physical Activity focal points and also by ensuring defined the EU's first priorities for sport and iden- that the upcoming European week of sport will be tified concrete actions to support them, and we focused on long term effects. This is not about have helped European networks of sport organi- replacing the excellent work already being done sations and public authorities to promote the by public authorities and sport organisations – we exchange of experiences and good practices in intend to give EU support where we can add value sport. to national, regional and local efforts. I am grateful to the European Parliament, which I would like to thank the project leaders and their has understood the significance of the European 675 partners who have collaborated in these Pre- sport policy and driven it forward. The European paratory Actions I also wish to express my grati- Parliament initiated the Preparatory Actions tude to the many applicants whose projects could and Special Events in the field of sport imple- not be selected - the high level of interest in these mented between 2009 and 2013. The budget actions has shown that there is a real demand of EUR 37 million funded 88 projects aimed at for EU support in this area. I am convinced that tackling cross-border threats such as doping, the money spent on these Preparatory Actions is match-fixing, violence and intolerance; promot- money well spent, contributing to the promotion ing grassroots and traditional sports; encouraging of the positive values of sport and encouraging good go vernance, volunteering, gender equality, the practice of sport and physical activity all over mobility and dual careers of athletes; and at sup- Europe. I look forward to building on these actions porting social inclusion and health through sport. in the coming years. The first results presented at the 2011 EU Sport Forum in Budapest were impressive and the new, Tibor Navracsics high quality projects launched each year confirm European Commissioner that we are on the right track. for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport 4 2009 Promoting health and physical activity Table of contents 2009 Promoting health and physical activity 6 S²-PORT — Healthy Children in Sound Communities — Euro Sport Health — Becoming the Hub — SANTE — NET-SPORT-HEALTH — Sports Club for Health (SCforH) — YOU NEED EXERCISE! — ATHLE-SANTE 2009 Promoting education and training in sport 16 DC-SPORT — ATHLETES 2 BUSINESS — FIFPro online Academy — INTECS Network Building 2009 Promoting European fundamental values by encouraging sport for persons with disabilities 20 All for sport for all — Youth Unified Sports® 2009 Promoting gender equality in sport 22 WILD — Closing the Leadership Gender Gap in European Athletics — OLYMPIA 2009 SPECIAL EVENTS 26 The XVI Mediterranean Games — The X European Youth Olympic Summer Festival 2010 Fight against doping 28 Fitness against Doping — The European Anti-Doping Initiative — Strategy for Stopping Steroids 2010 Promoting social inclusion in and through sport 32 Join in! — Prisoners on the move — Creating a Level Playing Field — MIMoSA — Sport Inclusion Network (SPIN) 2010 Promoting volunteering in sport 38 European Cities for Volunteering in Sport — Dynamo Project — EuroVolNet — Training 4 Volunteers 2010 SPECIAL EVENTS 42 Changing Lives — European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2011 2011 Prevention of and fight against violence and intolerance in sport 44 ELYS — Prevention of sexualized violence in Sports — Pro Supporters — Pride in Sport 2011 Promoting innovative approaches to strengthen the organisation of sport in Europe 48 Sport 4 Good Governance — Good Governance in Grassroots Sports — CoachNet — European Rugby League Governance Foundation Project — Improving Football Governance through Supporter Involvement and Community Ownership — Better Boards, Stronger Sport — Action for Good Governance in International Sports organisations — European Academy for Billiard Champions on the way to sport excellence 2011 SPECIAL EVENTS 56 Changing Lives — RESPECT 2009 5 Promoting health and physical activity 2012 Fight against match-fixing 58 Keep Rugby Onside: Promoting Integrity in Rugby — Educating European Elite Athletes about match-fixing — Don’t fix it! An education & prevention programme — Building national networks to fight against match-fixing — Staying on side: How to stop match-fixing 2012 Promotion of physical activity supporting active ageing 63 Active Age – Capacity building for physical activity programs for aging people — Fit for Life Europe a local HEPA Framework for elderly in European cities & regions — Get Physical - Get up, get out, get moving — WAP - walking people, it is never too late to start 2012 Awareness-raising about effective ways of promoting sport at municipal level 67 Promoting urban sports for all — Sports for all: European Cities of Sport for promoting sport activities for citizens — Active network: European Municipalities and Sport Organisations in partnership — SportCityNet — Promoting social inclusion through sport 2012 Trans-frontier joint grassroots sport competitions in neighbouring regions and Member States 72 Fireball Europe — Running competitions in the cross-border region — Let’s Pull Together! — Football² - international youth football and education — European Para Snow Sport Youth Circuit — European Street Soccer Cup 2012 SPECIAL EVENTS 78 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOWF) — EPC Youth Games — 5th TAFISA World Sport for All Games Siauliai 2012 2013 Strengthening of good governance and dual careers in sport through support for the mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organisations 82 Make a European Splash by educating the staff of Swimming Federations — European Leadership Devolution Project — Improving player association support for dual careers — North-East parasport Exchange: effective management, good governance and human resource development in parasport — Networks of Knowledge — World Cup 2014 International Volunteer Camp 2013 Protecting athletes, especially the youngest, from health and safety hazards by improving training and competition conditions 88 “Safeguarding Youth Sport” — Pro Safe Sport for Young Athletes (PSS) — “Healthy of young athletes main goal of sport training and competitions” — ARISTO: a European Monitoring Protocol of Young Athletes’ health and training conditions — Health & Injury Prevention for Young Athletes (HIP Ya!) 2013 Promoting traditional European sports and games 93 Strengthening European Traditional Sports (SETS) — European Medieval Sport & Street Games Network — Europe is our playground — Recall: Games of the Past – Sports for Today 2013 SPECIAL EVENTS MOVE Week 2013 — Special Olympics