The European Network Cities for Sports
In the framework of the EU project ‘You need exercise!’ a platform was established to support the municipalities Athens, Innsbruck, Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Stuttgart in their interchange on cross-sectoral approaches. The project with its aim to promote children’s physical activity showed the necessity of such an exchange, especially among municipalities in order to learn about successful measures. With the help of the project’s online database municipalities were able to get to know the best ideas in Europe and to participate in the exchange. The project cities of ‘You need exercise!’ agreed that the professional exchange has to be continued and further expanded. Herewith the notion of a city network ‘Cities for Sports’ on the basis of the established structures as well as additional contacts from various other networks was being reinforced.
The city network within the project ‘You need exercise!’ was the first and important step towards a European cooperation of municipalities in the field of exercise promotion. This work shall be continued in the network ‘Cities for Sports’. This network will also deal with additional communal spheres of activity like elder's or youth physical activity promotion. The more cities join, the more fruitful the interchange on practical experiences and ideas will be.
A letter of interest for a network participation sent out to European municipalities subsequent to the conference resulted in 60 positive responses after only 4 weeks.
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