ACTIVE AGEING FESTIVAL

The applicant is the Sports Union of Slovenia, the main national umbrella organisation of local recreational sport clubs. The partners are local sport club from Slovenia Sportno drustvo Udarni list, AJSPT Suceava from Romania and the International Sport and Culture Association, an international umbrella organisation of sport-for-all organizations.The project has these main focuses: to encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport, capacity building, awareness raising, encourage participation in health enhancing physical activity with special focus on older population and strenghthening cooperation between sport organisations, senior organizations and health stakeholders.The physical inactivity in the elderly population is of major concern not only in Europe but across the globe. It represents a massive part of all financial and health issues faced by our society. Besides physical health benefits participation in physical activity has significant influence on social life and psychological health of older people as well. Project specific objectives, activities, deliverables and output of the project are:- Literature review and Identification of Good practices- Capacity building: Development of the Concept of event Active Ageing Festival- Creation of transnational network and strenghthening cooperation between sport organisations, senior organizations and health stakeholders on local, national and international level- Capacity building: Development of Event Manual for Active Ageing Festival- Awareness-raising activities: brochure- Awareness-raising activities and skills development: Communication campaign - Implementation: Organisation of Active Ageing Festivals on national level- Encourage participation in health enhancing physical activity - Dissemination online and offline