The second meeting of the #W4AL project in Greece

From the 10th to the 12th of April, EGVE, the Greek partner, hosted the second meeting of the W4AL project at the "Municipality of Ambelokipi" with the other country partner representatives from Italy (CSI, SCF), Germany (CJD) and Spain (Generalitat de Catalunya).

The working group was able to discuss the project activities that started after the kick off of Rome. In particular: the research and the collection of good practices of the Walking activities in the partner countries and the revision of the survays to be distributed to young people of ages between 14 and 25, to identify activity and sedentary levels.

During the meeting it was organized the program of the training event of the operators / trainers / coaches of the project, which will take place in Trento from the 8th to the 10th of July, to deepen, both in theory and in practice, the discipline of Walking. Furthermore, the first version of the APP that is being developed will be presented. In Thessaloniki the prototype of the APP was shown which will be available on smartphones and tablets, and it will be a support tool for operators / trainers to organize and manage the walking activities as well as a monitoring and sharing tool for the users.

On Friday 12th April, on the occasion of the 22nd International Congress on physical education and sport, the first project conference was held, in front of an audience of technicians and experts in physical education from all over the country.

The next meeting is scheduled for November in Barcelona, ​​guests of the Generalitat De Catalunya.