Bike Encounters

The Bike Encounters Erasmus Sport project was aimed to promote amateur cycling sport as a means of social inclusion and social tourism.In particular, the project involved research and good practices exchange within the consortium, through transnational meetings and local activities, and led to the creation of the following products:- research on the use of amateur cycling sport in partner countries;- collection of good practices on cycling as social inclusion;- definition of social cycle tourism routes in partner countries.The project has been realized according to several work packages.A – PREPARATION AND PROJECT START UPA1- Preparatory actionsA2 - “BikE” PortalA3 - Communication and dissemination tools.B – REALIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS This WP was aimed to create the project results and particularly:- B1 - BikEncounters - Research on amateur cycling sport in the project countries. - B2 – BikEncounters - Good practices about amateur cycling as social inclusion.- B3 - BikeEncounters - Social cycle touring routes - Description of cycle touring paths in the countries of the consortium. C – SUSTAINABILITY ACTIONSIn this WP, the partners set up all the necessary actions for the project’s sustainability.D – TRANSVERSAL ACTIONS These actions took place throughout the entire lifespan of the project, and included:- D1 – Management- D2 – Dissemination - D3 – Evaluation IMPACT ON PARTICIPANTS AND PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS DURING THE PROJECT LIFETIMEThe impact on participants and partner’s staff concerned:•increase of knowledge about the different cycle-context in country member;•improve skills and knowledge about cycling as way to foster social inclusion;•improve and adquire competences to promote cultural heritage by cycling;•increase of abilities to create networks with other organizations;•acquisition of new ideas and good practices to promote in new and different way cycling in their own country.The impact on partner organizations concerned:•increase of organization skills inherent Cycling for social inclusion and cooperation;•increase of network capacity with other organizations at European level;•increase of organization skills inherent Cycling for social tourism;•improve abilities to engage new volunteers and participants;•extent the reach of organizational goals and good practices at european level (by the portal);•improve capacity to create awareness about importance of cycling for different aspects: health, inclusion, tourism, sustainable environment, etc.The impact on citizens, professionals and volunteers who will participate in project’s activities, reached by dissemination activities, concerned:•increase of knowledge on cycling as a important way to community development by tourism;•development of greater sensitivity about the importance of practice a physical activity like cycling.IMPACT ON PARTICIPANTS AND PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS AFTER THE PROJECT LIFETIME•After the project’s end, the partnering organizations will continue to improve on their expertise in the field of Social Inclusion through sports.•The realization of this network will represent a permanent result of the project and the basis to create future events together.•The partnering organizations skills, concerning the planning and realization of EU projects, will be strongly improved.•There will also be an improvement in the skills concerning interaction with institutions and political decision, both at a national and a European level, in order to influence positively the politics concerning the field of social inclusion through sport