On the occasion of the Austrian presidency of the EU Council, the ECF has analyzed the impact of the newest WHO plan promoting physical activity (GAPPA 2018-30). What does GAPPA offer a well-developed country like Austria in terms of guidance and...
Telling success stories of cities reducing congestion by walking and cycling at TRA2018 ECF brought FLOW to TRA2018, telling success stories that show how cities are using walking and cycling to reduce congestion. “From Munich to Dublin...
235 million. The number of inactive Europeans today. Inactivity has become a major challenge for individuals, and the European Union, over the past decades. We know cities have a decisive role in stimulating physical activity, for instance via...
Stop prioritising the car to tackle childhood obesity, governments and planners urged UK governments need stop prioritising the car if they are serious about tackling childhood obesity, insist clinicians and transport experts*. The...
The sixth edition of the Winter Cycling Congress, held this year February 8-11 in Moscow, was the largest-ever gathering devoted to year-round cycling. Organized by the Russian cycling advocacy group Let’s bike it! together with the Winter Cycling...
Here’s a quick round up of items cycling around in the ECF health arena. The EU seeks your input on how to make cities healthier places to live with more walking and cycling, how much of the EU budget should be spent on health, and your views on the...
Led by the Sport and Citizenship think tank, TAFISA and ICSSPE, PACTE aims to sensitize municipalities, Europe-wide, on the crucial role they can play promoting Health-Enhancing Physical Activity. Being a partner in this project, ECF is involved to...
A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that expanding designated cycling networks in cities could provide considerable health and economic benefits, with a rate of return of up to 70 € for...
There is a huge opportunity to promote a greater culture of walking and cycling. We reported in July about a brilliant initiative by Healthy Stadia, World Heart Federation and UEFA to develop and pilot an app promoting walking and cycling to host...
UPDATE 22/09/17: ECF was pleased to be given the opportunity to comment on the WHO Draft Global Action Plan on Physical Activity (GAPPA). The ECF submission can be found HERE. We are committed and willing to assist in its ongoing development,...
New approach to promoting physical activity moves cycling and walking to head of the pack. WHO launched a process developing a new Global Action Plan for the promotion of Physical Activity (#GAPPA). ECF was invited to contribute our expertise...
We've long been fans of cycling for tranSPORT, cycling to sport, and even now and then cycling as a sport, as long as you're doing it yourself! As ECF’s health policy officer I'm not really a big fan of major sports events. That’s first and foremost...
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