To celebrate World Health Day on 7 April 2022, ECF highlights the physical and mental benefits of cycling. Cycling for daily mobility is one of the best ways to reduce the risk of health problems associated with a sedentary lifestyle.
In the framework of the European Week of Sport (EWoS) to be held during 23-20 September 2020, the “Healthy Employee, Mobile and Active” (HEMA) will be launching a pan-European “Vital Companies Challenge”. The challenge aims at promoting...
Day two of Velo-city 2019 will start with an engaging discussion on the importance of being happy and healthy! The World Health Organisation is increasingly sharpening its focus on delivering a global action plan that creates urban environments...
The HEMA Project Kick-off meeting was held in Paris, France, on January 14-15. Ten partners from seven countries met to pave the way for an exciting new project that intends to contribute to the European effort to further raise awareness of...
ECF at the MOVING People - MOVING Europe Conference “Strong leadership is needed to make advocacy successful” Dr. Bernhard Ensink, Secretary General of the ECF, stressed to participants from across Europe and the Middle East at the...
Promoting Active Cities Throughout Europe (PACTE) held the first workshop in Liverpool on November 15-16th, 2018. Hosted by the Liverpool City Council, a key project partner, the workshop welcomed participants from across Europe to discuss and...
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...
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...
To enable more people to cycle to work, is one of the objectives of the European CHIPS – Cycle Highway Innovation project. The first step of the project involved a survey of workplaces located near the cycle highways in Northern Ireland (Comber...
The latest ECF report on the Cycling Economy puts the health value at €96.55 billion per year as calculated by the WHO’s Health Economic Assessment tool (HEAT) . Adding morbidity, mental health, children and work absenteeism brings the number up to...
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