EU on the Move

Background The project was created as an extension of an idea that was developed in the city of Rijeka. RSA, as an umbrella sports organization in its city, aims to promote sport activities, especially for children and youth. Considering the generally known lack of organized physical activity and professional staff for its implementation in primary schools, RSA has designed a work model in which sports experts will come to school sport halls to offer children learning the basics of various sports. Objectives The main goal of the EU on the Move project was to create an innovative model of work with primary school children. Raising the level of physical activity and awareness of the importance of physical exercise and healthy nutrition in children, as well as additional education of coaches and school staff. Experts from various sports, ecology and healthy nutrition brought their knowledge to the children in their schools for free and thus contributed to their education and development. Implementation The implementation phase began with a survey on the existing capacities of elementary schools and sports organizations on the implementation of extracurricular sports activities in order to find the best work model. After the survey, cooperation with selected schools was agreed upon, a training module was developed and presented to trainers and experts in ecology and healthy nutrition who implemented the model in the pilot project implementation phase. Achievements As the main results of the project, we can single out the results of a survey conducted in 61 primary schools and 98 sports clubs, a training module that served coaches in the implementation phase in primary schools, and Eu on the Move Guide as a final product that offers a systematic overview of the benefits of our project and guidelines for use to future interested parties. The pilot project included more than 10 elementary schools and over 300 children in 7 different European countries.