The motivation of the project “kidsTUMove” is primarily to create the awareness of the importance of health-enhancing physical activity for children with chronic diseases (CD) and post traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) and thus to effectively enhance the times of physical activity. Especially in these times with children having to escape from war zones like the Urkaine, it is important to treat this PTSD as soon as possible. The knowledge about the positive health effects of physical activity on CD is not only lacking in the patients themselves, but also in their social environment. The project focuses on the higher participation of children and adolescents with CD in sports and especially on the appropriate access to it. The innovative approach will be that the activities will focus on individual and team sports to find a suitable sport. Another goal is the social inclusion, through physical activity, offering a variety of sports. Voluntary activities with children with CD should be encouraged in various sports, as access to sports with these patients is still lacking. Due to the high number of refugees in Europe, it is necessary to create programs that have qualified trainers, but also programs that can be easily implemented in European countries. Children with CD often have reduced levels of physical activity, mainly due to overprotection of parents and caregivers, teachers and health care professionals, and also due to misperceptions regarding the relative risks versus benefits of participation. Only specifically trained coaches can clear up these misunderstandings and provide clarification. They help to keep the compliance of children and adolescents high and to improve the compliance of parents. The main goal is to make the great and powerful effects of sports accessible to the group of children with CD. Increasing sport participation of this vulnerable group will have a great benefit within the European health care system.

Water scarcity and food production are some of the greatest challenges of our times. Fresh water resources in many countries are vulnerable due to their biogeographical and climatic characteristics. Moreover higher water consumption and higher human impacts in the downstream water bodies is leading to a higher eutrophication with increased incidence and intensity of cyanobacteria blooms and their toxins. The scarcity of clean water resources leads to the compulsory use of water containing cyanobacteria and their toxins in agriculture. This project aims through Research and Innovation Staff Exchange to map agricultural risk areas of cyanotoxin occurrence in consortium member countries, to access the fate of cyanotoxins in crops as also bioaccumulation in crops and food contamination related to the use of eutrophic waters in irrigation. Environment-friendly, low-cost techniques of water treatment will also be developed, and methods to detect and assess toxicity of cyanotoxins improved. This project seeks to integrate the activities already developed by the partners, and develop new multidisciplinary activities which could lead to the maximization of the research and foster the creation of knowledge in the domains of water toxicology, food safety and eco-technologies of water treatment. The main innovation aspect of this project rely on the multidisciplinary approach to the subject under study, which is expected to contribute to the elucidation of the minimum quality requirements applied to the irrigation waters. The integration of countries with different weather regimes and agricultural practices in one single project will constitute a unique approach to this subject and to consolidate the transnational collaborations. The expected results will be delivered as guidelines for water management and treatment and will contribute to the implementation of a more sustainable and safe agriculture in Europe and worldwide.

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.