Objectives
- To share current good (evidenced based) practice of the implementation and promotion of an Urban Active Environment (UActivE) to increase population (community) physical activity levels
- To establish working groups in five EU member states to develop an UActivE Action Plan with a focus on creating environments to support physical activity for the creation of a more physical active environment
- To develop and embed the UActivE Action Plan into policy/practice in each designated city/town
- To develop competencies in the assessment of value of the UActivE Action Plan through training in the use of the Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT)
Activities
- Carry out scoping exercise of evidence and good practices
- Deliver Learning and Sharing of Good Practice Symposium and Workshop in Palermo (Italy) to facilitate the sharing of practice, experience and knowledge across partners and workshop on UActivE Action Plans
- Plan, prepare, develop and implement the UActivE Action Plans for 5 implementation sites (Greece, Italy, Latvia, Romania and Spain)
- Plan, design and deliver HEAT training to patterns and designated staff from each of the implementation sites (2 per partner = 10 trained staff, plus partners)
Results
- EU UActivE Summary of Evidence and Good Practice document
- Guidance document ‘How to Create and Evaluate an UActivE’ including 5 case studies from partners
- ‘How to’ guidance on measuring value of an UActivE, including a complementary media clip
Partners
- Coordinator: University of Gloucestershire (UK)
- University of Oxford (UK)
- University of Thessaly (Greece)
- University of Zurich (Switzerland)
- LIKES Foundation for Sport and Health Science (Finland)
- Castilla La Mancha Regional Government of Education (Spain)
- Tukums Municipality (Latvia)
- Brasov Metropolitan Agency (Romania)
- Municipality of Trikala (Greece)
- CESIE (Italy)
