<< Background >>The European Mile was created to help Europeans re-engage in physical activities in the wake of covid-19, with a focus on running, walking and rolling events of a one-mile distance. A great need and demand for low-barrier events that were social, fun, and accessible was identified, and this pan-European brand and event concept answered that need.<< Objectives >>The overall objective of The European Mile was to enhance participation in health-enhancing recreational running all across Europe, celebrating the joy of moving together and promoting equal access to be physically active through 1000 local running events.Specific objectives A.Raise awareness post Covid-19 about the benefits of participation in local-led running events B.Engage a network of national and local event organisersC. Promote the use of local running initiatives year-long<< Implementation >>The European Mile was delivered with a strong network of National Coordinators, and by delivering a social media campaign, PR support to national and local level, Toolkits and capacity building, and more than 49 national flagship events all over Europe. Partners such as The Daily Mile Foundation and Erasmus Students' Network were engaged to expand the reach, and policy impact was furthered through engagement of key MEPs.<< Results >>An impressive 1742 European Mile events in 32 countries were staged and registered on www.europeanmile.org, engaging an estimated 587823 European citizens. 1101 articles and 8686 engagements/mentions reached more than 2,8 million people. 55868 visitors generated 127301 page views on europeanmile.org, and the online mile donation module recorded 549759 miles from 10051 participants, enabling a cash donation of 10000 euro to The Daily Mile Foundation, getting children moving year-long.

There is a significant difference in the sports industry between men's and women's federation licences in 90% of sports in most European countries. It is not easy to pinpoint the factors that influence this (financial issues, gender stereotypes, etc.), but what is clear is the looming influence and pressure exerted by the patriarchal discourse on gender equality in sport, not to mention the influence of the media.IIt is not the case that modern sport has managed to do away with sexism and it is still essential to design an equal perspective that allows for the elimination of the gender gap in federated sport, while also tackling the role played by the media as an informative and co-educational tool that needs to be nourished by the presence of women role models who also reflect achievements, efforts and, sports habits and offer new sports examples based on equal, diverse and multilateral participation. GAP WOMEN is geared towards achieving a primary objective centred on promoting women’s participation in sport in order to increase the number of women’s federation licences while also promoting inclusive and sustainable sport. To this end, it will take as its starting point a preliminary study about the current situation of the gender gap in sport and will empower federations and other organisations by offering training (online to drive digitalisation in the industry) and tools to further good practices. Effective communication strategies and inclusive and sustainable gender-parity sport events will be set up to raise awareness, sensitise and stimulate women’s involvement in sport while encouraging the community to dismantle preconceived sexist mindsets and stereotypes.GAP WOMEN is aimed at adult women aged 18-50, including ones from vulnerable groups, and also organisations, federations, clubs and public authorities which need to take on board the commitment to promoting sport for equality, social integration, sustainability and economic development.

In WHO’s publication “Towards more physical activity in cities” there is a number of studies, in which the built environment has consistently been shown to affect the level of physical activity among the population. The EU Physical Activity Guidelines further call on to create a safe environment for the practice of physical activity by the local population. The project “Placemaking for Physical Activity Toolbox” thus seeks to bring together the experience of experts in grassroots sport and placemaking sectors and develop a new concept of promoting physical activity and sport in urban settings. Placemaking as a solution tackling physical inactivity is in the core of the project with an aim to further develop and share it with both community organisations and stakeholders. The project is based on the expertise of 7 partner organisation and is designed to have 3 large stages within a 2-year period – overview of existing tools and assessment of their applicability, conceptualization and development of the toolbox, and adaptation and pilot of the toolbox in various target environments. The project partnership consists of a lead organisation (BG Be Active), two expert European organisations in grassroots sports (International Sport and Culture Association) and placemaking (Placemaking Europe), and implementing organisations (MOVE from Malta, DES from Spain, Power Jump from Bulgaria and Association Sport for All Suceava from Romania). At the end of the project, the partnership aspires to deliver an elaborated concept of placemaking for physical activity, tested tools on reframing urban areas in a way that they inspire healthy lifestyles, and online course to disseminate the knowledge.

Generations Uniting through Movement (GUM) project is following the E+ priorities: encouraging healthy lifestyle for all, encouraging participation in sport and physical activity and promoting activities encouraging the practice of sport and physical activity including traditional sport and games and intergenerational sport. The project aims to increase quality in the work, activities and practices of organisations and institutions involved and together we will create the Generations Uniting through Sport (GUM) programme and tools for new actors from different sectors (sport, health and education). The GUM project aims to use traditional games and sports as one way of promoting inter-generational relations and increased physical activity by setting up an innovative and sustainable GUM programme including the creation of an European IT platform and network on EU Generations Uniting through Sport, training modules, Diary of my health app, e-learning platform, advocacy tools and policy recommendations for the future of Generations Uniting through Movement. Specific objectives of the project: O1. Prepare the foundation of developing the GUM programme for inter-generational physical and sports activities O2. Build capacity to deliver inter-generational physical and sports activities and create an e-learning platform O3. Disseminate the GUS programme to a wider audience and enhance sustainability The project design is based on: - 3 project objectives, - 11 activities and - 5 Work package - 4 meetings - 1 international conference Key outcomes: - GUM European networking (with theoretical and practical basis) and IT platform - GUM Training module for practitioners - Diary of My Health app for young and elderly people - GUM e-learning course - GUM Advocacy tools - GUM Policy recommendations - GUM Promotional campaign

Given the increasing change and diversity in European cities, encouraging social inclusion, and social cohesion more broadly, is of utmost importance for the stability, growth and solidarity of European cities. Acknowledging the critical importance of social cohesion, over the last decade, sport and physical activity have become increasingly recognized and implemented as tools to foster social cohesion in neighborhoods, cities and communities around Europe.However, in spite of this boom in the field of sport and social cohesion, there remain some “wicked problems” to be addressed: (1) There is a lack of evidence, transparency and understanding of these programmes. (2) Practitioners in the field often lack the skills and tools necessary to measure, evaluate and improve their programmes(3) Despite the numerous theoretical definitions of social cohesion, these definitions do not necessarily reflect the needs, expectations or understanding of practitioners and participants. The Living Lab concept provides an innovative approach to address these gaps in knowledge and implementation. As such, the Sport for Social Cohesion Lab (SSCL) project will implement a Living Lab approach to directly engage programme participants, generate understanding of the elements that promote social cohesion in a sport setting and to develop relevant tools to allow for the exploration, measurement and improvement of social cohesion outcomes in highly diverse but vulnerable urban neighbourhoods. Through this, the SSCL project aims to increase social cohesion in diverse, vulnerable urban neighbourhoods and support practitioners in delivering high quality sport for social cohesion programmes. We do this by creating tools and disseminating knowledge based on a greater understanding of social cohesion at the neighbourhood level. In the end, the SSCL project will facilitate greater social cohesion for the neighbourhoods and individuals who need it most.