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An expedition of the City Council of Las Torres de Cotillas, with the Councilor of Physical Activity and Sports, Ginés Pérez, at the head, participated a few days ago in the first face-to-face meeting of the European project "DO-U-SPORT".
Included in the Erasmus + program, the main objective of this initiative is to explore the role of local authorities in promoting sport as an activity for all, free of barriers.
In it, besides the Consistory Torreño collaborate those of the municipalities of Mielec (Poland) and Tábua (Portugal), where the first working meeting was held.
With a budget of almost 31,500 euros for the Torreño municipality, this project is subsidized by almost 75% and will be carried out between January of this year and December 2018. "There are multiple objectives that we pursue with this project, but one stands out on the The rest: sensitizing the general population on the importance of sport as the basis of a healthy lifestyle, which is achieved by allowing citizens to engage with a physical-sport activity that fits their needs, "explains the councilman Physical Activity and Sports, Ginés Pérez, who emphasizes that it also seeks "to provide new strategies to ensure that sport is an activity for all groups, free of barriers."
"In this way, through physical and sports activities, we intend to favor the personal and social development of our neighbors," says the mayor.
Important role of athletes
The project will feature a total of five partners' face-to-face meetings, and debates at European level, where experts will discuss local policies to promote sport.
Among other activities, this initiative will propose in each municipality workshops and activities, both information and awareness of the population and sports actions, to publicize new sports accessible to all society, beyond the most competitive and demanding.
"We also want to sensitize athletes about their important role both in motivation and in the information of other neighbors, so that they see the sport as something more complex, as a responsibility - for example - in the social dynamics of the municipality or in education Of children, "says Pérez.
Strengthening the role of local authorities in promoting sports for all, increasing the number of people and organizations involved in sports activities at the local level or promoting a deeper understanding of how sports are seen and lived in municipalities are other The objectives of this project that is already underway.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas
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