Lack of physical activity among the general population is reported to be an increasing trend in Europe with 6 in every 10 people above 15 years who never or seldom exercise or play a sport (WHO, 2016). Such an inactive and sedentary lifestyle poses considerable health risks, especially in relation to diabetes and needs to be tackled in order to reach the overarching objectives of EU Sustainable Development policy, as well as the EU Workplan for Sports 2021-2024.Within the scope of “Sports is better than Cure” project, we aim to promote Cycling as a traditional European sport to combat/ prevent diabetes and improve health. Lasting 24-month, the project shall achieve 4 set objectives: (1) adopt a holistic approach that will integrate diverse aspects such as Health awareness (training and diet) – Cultural enrichment – Social connections into the Sports dimension(2) promote Cycling not only as a type of Sports but an optimal learning tool for cultural and social enrichment(3) design a preliminary Training program customized for specific target groups with defined health parameters (4) contribute with empirical insights to Sports policy and Sports Training programme.The project will produce two major deliverables: a. A Holistic Training Manual that integrates Sportive – Health – Cultural elements into Training practicesb. “The Cure” Manual that provides empirical insights into the whole Training process, methodology, achieved benefits, and policy suggestions in an evidence-based manner.The primary beneficiaries are people accustomed to sedentary and inactive lifestyle, especially those over 35 that carry more risks towards developing diabetes.The consortium will bring together 3 geographically diverse partners from Italy, Spain, Macedonia and Serbia over 24 months under the coordination of New Horizons (IT). The partners' profiles vary from community organization, health consulting agency, and local sport clubs - a mix desirable to get the sought Results.

"<< Objectives >>There are many challenges European societies face and priorities have been planned by the European Commission regarding these challenges and problems. One of the most important of these is the marginalization of disadvantaged youth, as well as healthy living and obesity are among the problems addressed in our project. Young people with conduct disorder and problematic backgrounds often lose their self-confidence and doubt themselves, while at the same time they face discrimination, negative stereotypes and increasing social barriers. One way to help them is to make them feel more confident with Capoeira. Capoeira is an African-Brazilian martial art that combines play, music and dance. It has previously been used as a therapeutic activity, proven to increase the self-confidence of people with problems and bring the community together.To solve this problem of social exclusion, youth organizations from Spain, Czech Republic, Italy, Macedonia, Lithuania and Turkey came together for the project ""Capoeira Can Do All Things"". The purpose of this project is to enable youth workers to practice the art of Capoeira with the aim of healing. A training course was held in Rize on November 23-December 1 (+2 travel days) to address the main theme of the above-mentioned project (social exclusion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds), the following objectives were set:To promote capoeira as an inclusive and therapeutic activity;To provide youth workers with appropriate information about capoeira and its philosophy, physical and musical aspects of capoeira;Developing capoeira games that everyone can participate in;Creating tools for sharing competences and capoeira therapy tools among youth workers in different countries; By drawing attention to the importance of sports and movement and obesity, directing young people to active activities in order to have an active life;The project also aims to help participants increase their social awareness, skills and multilingualism.<< Implementation >>The following activities were carried out in order to achieve the previously mentioned goals:Providing youth workers with appropriate information about capoeira and capoeira tools for use in youth work:Learning about capoeira from visiting experts (EIG Youth worker Görkem and METU Capoeira, Rize Grupo Ax) - workshop on understanding capoeira;Capoeira movement workshops - participants learned basic capoeira moves that they can mix and match;Capoeira music workshops where participants will get to know the musical side of capoeira;World Cafe Discussions on ways to involve young people with fewer opportunities in dance, acrobatics and music.Interactive session with a psychologist (Simay Yılmaz, one of the EIG volunteers): on social inclusion of those with less opportunity.Documentary night - attendees will watch documentaries about capoeira's impact on communities; and followed by discussions on the documentary.Creating inclusive capoeira methodsSimulations and discussions determining how to solve various challenges while playing capoeira games;Creating capoeira games: brainstorming and team preparation - each team had to come up with a comprehensive capoeira game and shoot a short video or make a poster or another way to present the rules, goals and benefits of the game. All of the participants successfully completed these activities. This will then be used for results dissemination activities as well.To conduct a Youth Center applied therapy session. This has helped to see what works and what doesn't in capoeira activities.The visiting expert (Grupo AX Rize - METU Capoeira Society) gave a workshop on the safe implementation of physical activities. This has helped ensure that created games are safe.Introducing Capoeira as an inclusive hobby:Creating short motivational videos for young people with fewer opportunities to join Capoeira;Creating and applying capoeira games to disadvantaged youth (described earlier). This has promoted capoeira among disadvantaged youth in real time. In addition, local media were invited to cover the event;A public capoeira event for those with fewer opportunities. Again, participants publicly tested the knowledge they had learned with those with less opportunity. In this way, the public saw it as a good example of non-formal education. The Public Event and the professional flash-mob show were attended by participants and assisted the public to experiment;Planning for the future – how can participants introduce capoeira to youth in their area and lead capoeira therapy sessions? In addition, the creation of a guidebook for other youth workers. Other activities include team building exercises, cultural nights, assessments, meditation and more. All this helped the participants to get to know each other, create a relaxed atmosphere, build stronger bonds, get to know different cultures and better understand what they learned during the training course. By conducting this training course for youth workers, we will address current issues of capoeira therapy and make the application of this treatment in the daily lives of youth workers in the project partner countries easier.<< Results >>Participants have learned the basic skills needed to teach capoeira therapy classes and are able to integrate these newly acquired skills into their professional life as youth workers. In addition, all participants improved their teamwork skills. They had to work in groups to accomplish various tasks and learned how to effectively generate ideas in teams, develop their ideas and put them into practice. To create capoeira games, posters, vidoes and communication tools that explain these things, participants had to be creative and reach consensus within their groups, which improved their leadership and decision making abilities.Of course, the participants became more socially aware as they learned about the social problems experienced by troubled youth, the reasons behind it, and ways of coping with them. Skills such as cultural awareness have also been acquired, as people from different backgrounds will come together and learn. One of our goals was to make the participants more tolerant not only in their professional lives but also in their personal lives. The project also strengthened the solidarity of youth workers. They have seen how Erasmus + projects are implemented and have reached the capacity to do something similar in another country. Finally, they also learned how to use YouthPass effectively in their work with young people, setting goals, assessing personal information and reflecting.This training course developed the expertise of participating organizations in hosting projects on physically active therapies and projects aimed at working with youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. Participating organizations learned new non-formal education methods that can be used in their future activities and developed their own competencies. At the same time, stronger ties were formed with the other members of the consortium and confident steps were taken to develop more projects together in the future.The project has increased the capacity of organizations to take part in similar projects in the future and the capacity to organize similar projects. As a result of the project, the international activity dimension of the joint organizations has expanded. The primary target group of the ""Capoeira Can Do All Things"" project was youth workers working with youth from problem backgrounds. Throughout the project, a specific guide has been prepared with information on how to lead safe and enjoyable capoeira therapy sessions which is to be shared online. Another way the project was disseminated among its target audience was by making videos showing how to conduct comprehensive capoeira games. These videos have also been shared online. Youth workers are encouraged to use these resources to learn about different treatments and to apply this knowledge to their professional lives.In addition, the project aimed to expand the role of physically active treatments for troubled youth. The aim was for capoeira therapy to be more recognized and used more widely in the practice of youth workers in Europe. We think that this reduces the emotional and psychological trauma of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.In addition to these, it was aimed to show that therapeutic sports such as Capoeira - Tai Chi can be applied to these methods in order to be adopted by the local people and to lead a healthy life. One of the sub-goals of our project was obesity and healthy living and encouraging people to take action. In this context, public invitations were made with striking posts on social media."

The project Football makes the difference – social inclusion through networks and beyond borders creates a consortium of 5 sports organizations from Bulgaria, Romania, Portugal, Former Yugoslavik Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia to address the topic of social exclusion and equal opportunities in sport with the aim to increase the participation, to improve the quality of life, to offer opportunities to people in the less developed areas and create a methodology and an easy to use toolkit “Social inclusion through decentralization of sports activities”. The project also aims to support the socialization and the reformation of networks of people following the isolation caused by the COVID-19 crises. The project aims to collect good practices from managers, staff, coaches, mentors, sports teams’ members, research and analyse the situation in each of the participating countries and make football a game without borders. The summarized priorities as part of the project are identified as follows: promote employment, social and cultural inclusion, provide equal opportunities for everyone, integrate young people and vulnerable groups from less developed areas, promote volunteering activities in sports, increase motivation for physical activity through providing a competitive and team element.The project will consist of six transnational meetings. Throughout the project, the participation of local volunteers, other interested NGOS and government bodies will be encouraged in order to achieve higher visibility and achieve more sustainable results. The project aims to act as a catalyst for future projects in the area of football for social inclusion.

<< Objectives >>Rapidly increasing obesity in our age is a very important health problem considered the plague of our age. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines obesity as the accumulation of excess fat that occurs in adipose tissues that can disrupt human health. In normal body structure, healthy people should have a certain amount of adipose tissue. While this rate is between 20-30% in women, it is between 12-20% in men. When the body fat rate exceeds 25% in men and 33% in women, a health problem called obesity arises.The formation and development of obesity is a stage where many variables such as age, gender, education, genetics, psychology, hormonal changes can affect, and people easily bow to this ailment.The causes include immobility, stressful lifestyle, unbalanced and irregular nutrition, alcohol and cigarette consumption, increasing life to a more difficult stage day by day, hypertension, respiratory distress, paralysis, some types of cancer, asthma, musculoskeletal disorders, mental It causes diseases and problems that threaten human life at a high level, such as problems and social incompatibilities. For this reason, obesity is a disease that must be resolved and overcome with psychological and physiological support-expert support in any case.The overall objective of the project is to contribute to reducing the health problems, psychological problems, and healthcare costs of young people due to obesity.The specific objective of the Obecity project prepared by Midia Youth is to reduce the obesity rate by increasing the capacity of 32 young and 6 group leaders that come from Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy, Greece, The Republic of North Macedonia and Italy in obesity, healthy and balanced nutrition, physical activity and psychology.Project Objectives:- To ensure that young people are aware of adequate and balanced nutrition, the definition of obesity, the causes and consequences of obesity,- To develop the knowledge and skills of young people on the number of adequate and balanced meals, the relationship between food and calories, determining the number of tastes and the glycemic index,- To raise the awareness of the participants about physical activity and health, physical activity in life, nature sports, yoga, and breathing exercises and to gain healthy habits,- To provide a better understanding of the problems faced by obese individuals in daily life,- To increase the participation of young people with limited opportunities by providing an environment of equality.25 of the young people will be fewer opportunities and they need to benefit from learning opportunities, gain international experience, develop professional competencies, improve their employability (transverse skills) and increase social skills. These profiles completely overlap with the goals of our Erasmus + and our project.<< Activities >>The activities, methods-methods and reflectors to be implemented in the Youth Exchange Mobility included in our project, which will take place between 22/05/2021 and 29/05/2021, have been designed to meet these goals, taking into account the clear learning objectives.The activities to be implemented during the Youth Exchange Mobility are grouped under 5 main headings:A1- Obesity,A2- Balance, health and nutrition,A3- Our body and sport,A4- Self motivation,A5- Other activities.32 participants and 6 group leaders, 38 people in total, will participate in the mobility. Among these participants, there are 25 young people with limited opportunities due to geographical, economic, social barriers, cultural differences, health problems and disability.Participants will be selected among the youth within the institutions and / or target groups whose target audience profiles match the objectives of the project. Thus, the project will be ensured to carry out a more sustainable impact policy and to achieve its goals. In addition, analyzes were made on the potential profile participants, and the needs of these young people were determined:• To have information about obesity and healthy diet,• To meet new and suitable sports types that will encourage physical activity,• To gain healthy eating habits in accordance with the budget,• To develop key and cross competencies,• Getting experience abroad and meeting different cultures,• To evaluate the opportunities offered by Erasmus +, to learn more about EU Values, Youthpass and Erasmus + opportunities.Additional needs of participants with obesity:• To be in an environment where he / she cannot be judged and move freely because of their weight,• To be in a motivated and conscious environment to gain a healthy and sports lifestyle habit.<< Impact >>With our project, young people will become conscious about obesity, the most common non-communicable disease of our world. Participants will learn about obesity education, physical activity, nutrition relationship, stress reduction and obesity struggle. The project will help future generations to be healthier by revealing that obesity is a major health problem. It is planned to obtain 4 main outputs after the activities. These are online obesity, nutrition, physical activity and stress reducing modules.With online obesity training with A1 activity, young people will increase their abilities regarding obesity, causes of obesity, body mass index, results of obesity and treatment of obesity. In addition, non-participants can benefit from the online trainings to be created. Young people will notice the behaviors that harm their health more easily and take the necessary precautions before it is late. It will recognize the physical and psychological problems experienced by obese individuals, understand the wrong points in their behaviors and turn them into a positive attitude. This will enable obese individuals to participate more in society.With the healthy nutrition handbook to be created under A2 activity, they will increase their knowledge about healthy and balanced nutrition by learning the nutritional-calorie calculation and portion control of young people. It will increase the interest of the participants to produce natural products, which will contribute to their health.With the interview of physical activity to be created under A3 activity, young people's interest in physical activity will increase. Young people who try different sports will increase their physical activity levels. With local sports activities, young people will begin to see sports as a means of inclusion beyond languages.With the stress reducing module to be created under A4 activity, the skills of young people to cope with stress and change habits will be increased. Young people will feel more courageous about decision making and getting rid of bad habits.The short-term consequences of the activities carried out are preventing the decrease in diseases observed due to obesity in young people and the isolation of young people from the society. The long-term results of our project are the reduction of the risk of death caused by the disease, health expenses and psychological problems in young people.In addition, the participants will interact with the local community during the project. Thanks to the interaction between the local people and the participating youth, a tolerance approach to the differences between countries will develop. European Union will be adopted and emphasis will be placed on the concept of European citizenship.This project will have prepared an infrastructure for our ongoing projects by ensuring the discussion of obesity, physical activity and healthy life information at an international level. It will also increase the reputation of partners and organizations. Our work will be a tool in future studies. Institutions and group leaders will learn new methods to combat obesity, and the quality of their work will increase as a result of their own bodies developing similar practices.Kıyıköy Town, where the project will be realized, is at a disadvantage regarding opportunities for youth. Although its socio-cultural level is low, lack of activities and activities for young people leads young people to consume alcohol. The project will highlight the local obesity problem and will contribute to the development of a project-based thinking system through collaboration with local legislators.As a result of collaboration with local legislators and schools, Erasmus + visibility and awareness will increase, and sustainable cooperation will be established with institutions. This will result in young people living in the region recognizing and participating in opportunities. European citizenship awareness will be created and interest in foreign languages will increase among the young people who will probably meet with people from different cultures for the first time.As a result of the internal agreement, the partners will hold a seminar in which the results of the projects will be expanded in their locals. Sharing quality project outcomes will create an opportunity for young people to learn about Erasmus + opportunities, and their interest in the program will increase. In addition, with the multiplier effect, more people will be encouraged to participate in the program. Institutional capacities of the institutions participating in our project will increase and will ensure the development of project portfolios.Our Project Europe 2020 Strategy - is in compliance with the Education and Training Framework and Erasmus + program objectives, cultural/social, and promoting linguistic diversity, by contributing to the promotion of European values.

<< Background >>The presented project is based on the diagnosed educational needs of all the partners. All the organizations have been working for many years to promote tolerance, multiculturalism, anti-aggression and xenophobia. Some interesting partners, who share the same values, but using different methods and tools in their projects, were invited to take an active part in the project. The aim of the project is to prepare educational tools aimed at young people, showing the multicultural traditions of 3 European cities, basing on the traditions of local and regional sport. As sport has always been an excellent educational medium, we want to use it to prepare exciting classes about tolerance, the history of the region and the joint work of all the inhabitants for the city development.<< Objectives >>Thanks to the project, we want to achieve a lasting change in the attitude of young people. Not only of the group participating in international mobility. First, we want to prepare an attractive educational tool and use it permanently in the educational activities of the organizations participating in the project.We plan to make the training and materials prepared attractive also to the young people who are not willing to participate in such activities. Most often, it is the target group itself which is the most important for the purposes of the project: young people with nationalist and xenophobic views. By linking educational content to sport, to their local club, we want to show them that their attitude is not the standard - that their city, as well as their club, have been built by people from different parts of the world, often quite different.<< Implementation >>In the course of the project next activities, we plan to work with the Italian and Macedonian partner to prepare a set of educational packages for the purpose of teaching on tolerance and combating racism and xenophobia for young people at 3 large European stadiums. In order to fulfil this task, we will prepare 3 international youth meetings - in each of the participating countries. During the workshop, participants will familiarize with the culture of the city in which they are staying, the history of local sport and will prepare preliminary materials for the authors of the results.As a propagation activity we are planning:- an international conference for youth workers, educators and coaches. - a series of workshops for young people showing xenophobic tendencies undertaken by partners in 3 stadiums.<< Results >>The results of the project are 3 sets of educational tools and materials: a classroom scenario, working methods, a compendium of knowledge, multimedia materials allowing workshops to be held in 3 stadiums, in the 3 cities involved in the project: Wrocław, Milan and Bitoli.Working package names:. 1 Sporty Wrocław - always on the border. 2. Balkan elements. 3. Milan - Piazza Duomo and San SiroThe project will result in a modern training program implemented in 3 countries. Aimed at young people who tend to be aggressive, xenophobic. Thanks to the use of the stadium and the world of football, we want to reach the target group and change their sensitivity to issues of tolerance, immigration and multiculturalism.