The Zagreb Sports Sports Association "Sport for All" started with the implementation of the project "Nordic walking - healthy living" co-financed by the European Commission from the Erasmus + sport program
The project will last 12 months, from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, with a total value of 48,300 euros.
In addition to the Zagreb Sports Sport Association "Sport for All", which is also the project's owner, the partner organizations from the project include:
Austria (Allgemeiner Sportverband Österreichs - Landesstelle Salzburg - an independent and impartial sports umbrella organization, an advisory and service center with around 400 members of sports clubs in the Salzburg region)
Poland (Polska federacja nordic walking - Polish National Association of Nordic Walking).
Collaborators on the project are:
The Public Health Institute "Andrija Štampar"
Croatian Nordic Walk Federation
Society for Sports Recreation Center
The general objective of the Nordic walking - healthy living project is to increase the participation rate in Nordic walking in partner countries and to encourage the mobility of volunteers, trainers and professional and administrative staff of non-profit sports organizations.
The specific objectives of the project are:
Strengthening the capacities of Nordic walking trainers to develop and implement an improved methodology of Nordic walking training through participation in informal educational workshops
Strengthening the capacity of administrative staff of non-profit sports organizations from partner organizations on good governance of sports associations and the development and implementation of new innovative programs
Promotion of new Nordic walking programs by strengthening, motivating and educating volunteers already involved in the activities of project partner organizations
As part of the project activities (four meetings during the year), the focus will be on the exchange of information and the application of good practice, and the development of new training methods, the application of activities in the ZUTA programs (Health Oriented Physical Activity), the elaboration of the marketing plan. This will result in the publication of a Training Manual for professional staff that will consist of presentations / recommendations from all involved experts.
The project envisions the exchange of trainers / trainers of Nordic walking through the organization of workshops for the exchange of best practices, which is very important because our population is still largely unaware of the use of this recreational activity. This will enable the development of the network between partner organizations and increase public awareness of all the benefits of Nordic walking as sports and recreational activities and in a health-preventive manner (suitable for all generations, especially for middle-aged and elderly people, socially acceptable, no previous experience in dealing with sports and most importantly, it works to improve and preserve human health.)
In addition, the project also aims to increase the capacity of partner organizations to act at the transnational level, to exchange good practice examples through the good governance of sports organizations at all levels (national and local levels), can lead to the popularization of activities (increasing the number of clubs and persons dealing with this activity).
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
