Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme – Sub-Action 3.1 – Training and Networking
Funded by: Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Project duration: 01/08/2013- 15/01/2014
Activity dates: 27/10/2013 – 04/11/2013
Summary:
Training course “Youth in healthy action!” aimed to empower our youth workers willing to develop and organise sport and health-enhancing physical activities with youngsters in their communities. It gathered 27 participants from 8 countries (Serbia, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Croatia, Turkey, Italy, and United Kingdom), it lasted 7 days and was held in Novi Sad, Serbia in October/November 2013.
The themes of the project were: Sport and health policies in the EU and candidate countries, education and youth work through sport methods, physical and mental health of youngsters, new EU youth programme from 2014 and European level projects in youth field with using sport and health-enhancing physical activity.
Objectives were:
- Share realities about sport, exercise and nutrition of youngsters in our communities
- Explore connection between physical (in)activity and health
- Discuss different Sport and health policies in the EU and candidate countries
- Promote and explore concepts “sports for all” and “healthy lifestyle” in relation with youth work
- Share different sport methods useful for every day youth work with youngsters
- Encourage further promotion of “sport and health-enhancing physical activities” (S&HEp.a.) in our communities and discuss policy base for it in EU and our countries
- Define quality “sport for all” activities
- Understand challenges in implementation of quality S&HEp.a.
- Recommend how to plan goals and targets of participation in S&HEp.a.
- Learn how to use new EU youth programme for promotion of S&HEp.a. and develop new projects and European level cooperation
Training course was based on approach and principles of Non-Formal Education (NFE) with regular NFE methods and sport activities.
Project’s activities were: preparation activities (including the participants, venue and travel, etc.), the training course with active participation of participants and the evaluation of the participants and the partners, with meeting on the spot of the team and online evaluation meeting of all the partners.
Annex:
*Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.