EUMOVE (2020)

EUMOVE (2020) -  PROJECT CARD 622242-EPP-1-2020-1-ES-SPO-SCP

Project Title

Let’s move Europa: School-based promotion of healthy lifestyles to prevent obesity

Acronym

EUMOVE

Coordinator

Universidad de Extremadura

Country

Spain

Programme

Erasmus+

Key Action

Sport

Action Type

Collaborative Partnerships

Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals 2020 - EAC/A02/2019 (2019/C 373/06)

Project Reference

622242-EPP-1-2020-1-ES-SPO-SCP

Project Duration

From 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2023 (36 months)

EU Grant

399.379,00 €

Topic

Physical Education and Sport

Partners

Spain

Universidad de Cádiz

Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha

Agencia Española de Protección de la Salud en el Deporte

France

Université Côte d'Azur

Azur Sport Santé

Italy

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università Di Bologna

Moving School 21 Scuola In Movimento Dopo Agenda 21 Locale Onlus

Portugal

Faculdade de Motricidade Humana

Universidade Do Porto

Sociedade Portuguesa de Educação Física

United Kingston

Ulster University

The Nothern Ireland Council For The Curriculum, Examinations And Assessment

Belgium

Europeactive

Erasmus+ Project Results Platform

EUMOVE

Summary

Physical inactivity is a worldwide public challenge and a leading risk factor for overweight and obesity. Despite the well-recognized benefits of physical activity (PA), only 29% of European youth meet recommended guidelines of at least 60 minutes of daily moderate-to-vigorous PA. The school setting provides an ideal environment to promote healthy lifestyles among young people as initiatives can target all students and the whole school community.

The main goal of this project is to design and implement a comprehensive set of strategies and resources to enable the educational community to promote healthy lifestyles in order to reduce risk factors for non-communicable diseases. This is a 3-year project delivered by a collaboration between academic and non-governmental institutions from Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The direct beneficiaries of the project will include school leaders, teachers, and parents, and indirect beneficiaries will be primary and secondary students. EUMOVE project will develop a set of strategies and resources such as Physically Active Lessons Toolkit, Real Time Active Breaks Platform, Active School Commuting Toolkit, Learning Units about healthy lifestyles promotion, School Leaders toolkit, Parents Toolkit about promoting healthy lifestyles, and Mobile phone APP. Project dissemination will be implemented across each partner region and includes: Online dissemination through a Learning Platform, Scientific Seminars aimed at teachers and researchers, Workshops with teachers including training on how to use the teaching resources, and Workshops with parents providing recommendations for promoting healthy lifestyle in their children. Thus, the EUMOVE project offers evidence-based and innovative resources to be applied by the educational community in the real-world setting to promote PA levels, appropriate diet and sleep habits, and reduce sedentary time amongst children and adolescents across a number of European countries.