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We pioneer new concepts and specialise in the following areas to support our members and partners' work in recreational sport and physical activity promotion.

Placemaking and Sport

Placemaking and Sport Project enables sport organisations to rethink their sport and physical activity offers through the lens of placemaking.

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MOVING for Health

MOVING for Health aims to link physical and health literacy by providing tools and knowledge, connecting people and organisations to promote healthy lifestyles.

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ABCs of Mental Health

Improving mental health and well-being among disadvantaged groups in Europe by expanding the successful, research-based ABC model.

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ChangeMakers

Challenging discrimination in grassroots sport by supporting minority community leaders and building more diverse, representative organisations across Europe.

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Real European Sport Model

Rethinking sport in Europe by grounding policy in the realities of grassroots organisations and promoting more democratic, evidence-based decision-making.

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GenGreen

The GenGreen project empowers local associations adapt and implement educational activities to tackle climate change and support youth-led initiatives.

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ISCA Awards

The ISCA Awards is a biennial celebration to recognise best practices and role models working in health-enhancing physical activity promotion.

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Schools4Health

Schools4Health strives to introduce, strengthen and sustain the adoption of a whole-of-school approach to health and wellbeing.

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Generations Uniting through Movement

The GUM project promotes physical activity and movement that brings younger and older generations together and helps them #StickTogether.

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Active Ageing for Falls Prevention

This project focuses on encouraging participation in sport and physical activity to help prevent falls among the older population.

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Beyond Horizons

Beyond Horizons aims to promote integration and physical activity through outdoor sports to young people at risk of social exclusion.

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FitBack4Literacy

A project aiming to use the FitBack platform for monitoring physical literacy and fitness among children and adolescents in Europe.

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HOORAY

An innovative approach engaging adolescents to develop educational materials for physical activity for better mental health and wellbeing.

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IDI4Sport

Improving accessibility for people with disabilities in and through sport leading up to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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CITY, GREEN, GO!

A directory that provides stakeholders the tools to combine sport and physical activity and environmental awareness promotion in cities.

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MONITORA

Professional capacity building of stakeholders to monitor, document and report discrimination and racism in grassroots sport in four EU countries.

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Parking Day for Fitness

An event concept aiming to transform parking spaces into temporary public places such as parks, social areas and exhibit areas.

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EWOS Denmark

The European Week of Sport promotes sport and physical activity across Europe. In Denmark #BeActive is promoted alongside #DanmarksMotionsuge.

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NEXT Move The Hood

Bringing movement to the places where people live, rather than trying to promote places where they should go.

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European Fitness Badge

An easy and fun fitness test suitable for all ages, including guidelines for implementation, multi-language materials and marketing activities.

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EUPASMOS

EUPASMOS aimed to streamline and align different ways of measuring citizens’ physical activity levels across Europe (self-assessed and objective measures).

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Bike For Europe

Bike for Europe #NowWeBike is a cross-border cycling tour encouraging communities to take action and build networks between different groups.

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IRTS Ukraine

Sharing best practice, materials and piloting initiatives to assist integration efforts for Ukrainian refugee children through sport.

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#DigiFit

The DigiFit project is helping grassroots sport staff develop their digital readiness, resilience and capacities to be fit for the digital age.

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Icehearts Europe

ISCA and the Finnish support programme for vulnerable children, Icehearts, join forces with 10 partners to expand this successful initiative Europe-wise.

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European Grassroots Esports

This project aims to help community organisations overcome stereotypes about esports and include young gamers in grassroots sport’s value-based social structure.

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ISCA Health

ISCA Health is a platform that will show you how to connect the dots between recreational sport, physical activity and the health sector.

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MOVE Congress

The MOVE Congress is one of the most dynamic conferences in the world that focuses solely on recreational sport and physical activity.

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No Elevators Day

No Elevators Day is a free global initiative highlighting a simple way for busy people to add physical activity to their day: #UseTheStairs instead of the elevator.

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MOVE Week

MOVE Week is an annual global event showcasing the benefits of being active and participating regularly in sport and physical activity.

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Semana MUEVE

MOVE Week in Latin America is held from 23-30 September and is known as Semana MOVE e in Brazil and Semana MUEVE in the Spanish-speaking countries.

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European School Sport Day

European School Sport Day® is a school day dedicated to having fun, playing together and promoting physical activity and health for everyone.

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We Play Together!

We Play Together! is an Erasmus+ Youth Cooperation Partnership project with the aim of supporting the social inclusion of displaced Ukrainian youth.

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European Mile

The European Mile is an event celebrating the joy of moving again at your own pace – by running, walking or rolling a mile.

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Open Streets Day

Open Streets Day transforms urban areas across Europe into venues for play, cycling and sport to encourage citizens to find their MOVE and #BeActive.

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#BeActive Beach Games

The #BeActive Beach Games model was tested in Latvia and Portugal to show how to organise beach sports and games on natural and artificial beaches.

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European Week of Sport Denmark

ISCA is a partner of the #BeActive European Week of Sport and is appointed to the role of National Coordinating Body in Denmark.

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Inactivity Time Bomb

Our report and campaign reveal that lack of exercise contributes to diseases that cost Europe over €80 billion per year.

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ActiveVoice

Giving grassroots sport organisations a more “ActiveVoice” in physical activity policy.

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NowWeMOVE

NowWeMOVE is a world-wide campaign to promote sport and physical activity and tackle the physical inactivity epidemic.

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MOVEment Pills

The MOVEment Pill is the only medicine in the world that can be taken every day, at any time and in as large a dose as you need!

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Movement Pills 2.0

Movement Pills is a collaborative initiative aimed at promoting physical activity for psychophysical, and social wellbeing and combating sedentary lifestyles.

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Good Governance in Grassroots Sport

The project aims to provide access to a sport specific governance resource that will improve governance practices in your organisation.

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NowWeMOVE Goes to European Parliament

It is about physical activity. It is in Brussels. It is a surprise!

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Learn.isca.org

ISCA’s hub for online professional development especially designed for the grassroots sport and physical activity sector. Browse our expert-led courses.

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CHANGE

The CHANGE project defined the skills and competences of those working in sport for development, focusing on two key roles: the coordinator and the activator.

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S2A Sport

The S2A Sport project developed a course for people working or volunteering in sport administration that is customised to their diverse roles in the sport sector.

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V4V

Analysing and making visible the skills acquired through volunteering in sport in Europe.

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MOVE&Learn

A non-formal training guide for young professionals to deliver Education Through Sport initiatives.

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MOVE Transfer

MOVE Transfers transfer and scale up good examples of grassroots sport initiatives from organisation to organisation.

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MOVE Transfer Europe-China

The project is developing individual skills and organisational networks that drive sport participation and mutual relations forward between China and the EU.

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MOVE Transfer Healthy Club

MOVE Transfer Healthy Club transferred the Slovenian best practice "Healthy Club" model and Quality Mark to Bulgaria and Malta using ISCA’s methodology.

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Grassroots Exchange and Mobility in Sport

The project objective is to use mobilities and exchanges to develop individual competencies and organisational networks.

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Grassroots Sport Diplomacy

ISCA invented the concept Grassroots Sport Diplomacy to highlight how civil society organisations can work across borders.

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Towards an EU Sport Diplomacy

The project is made of a diverse consortium of academic and practitioners from six countries.

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Global IRTS

Global IRTS is a multi-stakeholder partnership that aims to address the dire challenge of including refugee children and adults into their new communities.

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IRTS Networking Platform

The IRTS Networking Platform is the first international knowledge hub and networking platform for people working in integration of refugees through sport.

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Sport Inclusion Network (SPIN)

Promote inclusion through sport and physical activity among disadvantaged groups, in particular ethnic minorities, migrants and women.

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GAP Women

GAP Women project is firmly committed to gender equality in sport and to the inclusion of women belonging to groups at risk of social exclusion.

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Women in Sport

The first international knowledge platform for women in sport.

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Sentry Sport

Develop a common methodology for the surfacing, prevention and mitigation of the discriminatory phenomenon in the places of sport and beyond.

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Physical Literacy for Life

We are working with experts across continents on a common understanding of physical literacy that aligns different countries and sectors.

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HealthyLifestyle4All

A call to action in the European Parliament, requesting a European action plan for prevention of non-communicable diseases and healthy lifestyle promotion.

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Inter-Active Living for Mental Health

Inter-Active Living for Mental Health project focused on developing advocacy and tools for the promotion of physical activity in the context of mental health.

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Moving Schools Alliance

Network of likeminded organisations combining their knowledge and expertise to tackle the inactivity crisis.

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Moving Schools Award (HEPAS)

The Award is for schools to be able to recognise and celebrate their achievements in physical activity, physical education and school sport.

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Move For Fun

A global partnership pilot coordinated with DGI and Novo Nordisk to target kids in disadvantaged communities.

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Youth on the MOVE

60 bright youths from Europe and Latin America brought together to explore community-level campaigns and initiatives for physical activity.

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European Us Girls

Goal is to increase participation levels, and the equality of access for disadvantaged young women (aged 13-30) in grassroots sport and physical activity.

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EU-Pals

The European Physical Activity Label for Schools.

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Active Ageing Festival

The overall objective of the project is to encourage participation in health enhancing physical activity with special focus on older population.

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MOVEment Spaces

ISCA created the concept of MOVEment Spaces to show how urban spaces can be reframed as active spaces.

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MOVE For Sustainable Development

A collection of ISCA initiatives that are designed to contribute to specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and guide the sector’s role.

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Future MOVE

A Danish conceptual framework and curriculum for Sport for Development projects, tested by Gerlev Sports Academy.

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Placemaking for Active Recreation Kit (PARK)

A toolkit to advocate for the “placemaking for physical activity” concept towards local and national authorities, grassroots sport and placemaking experts, and NGOs.

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Sport Without Waste

A multidisciplinary partnership aiming to start a Sport Without Waste movement focusing on six countries in the Balkan region.

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Sports Club for Health

Improve the availability and quality of health-enhancing sports activities.

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SCULT Point: Easy Access to Sports Through Technology

Innovative and socially engaging, technology-based initiative and transnational Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnership Project.

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We believe
in the power of inspiration.


Jacob SCHOUENBORG
ISCA Secretary General

Recent ISCA initiatives

Our initiatives span across decades and this list is not exhaustive



It is very clear
that physical activity
is needed now
more than ever – for our
joy of life and our
personal health.
We are born to move
and be social.


Mogens KIRKEBY
ISCA President

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