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Erasmus+ sport - Motor Activity Training Program for persons with severe or profound intellectual and multiple disabilities

The central aim of this project is to increase the participation of people (all ages) with severe multiple disabilities (PIMD) in the field of sport, exercise and physical activity, by expanding the number of coaches and organizations who offer a Motor Activity Training Program in a professional and custom way. This aim will be achieved by the following activities:- Creating a more appropriate and varied offer of sport, exercise, and physical activity to increase the choice of the PIMD target group.   - To develop a curriculum for MATP Coaches and Trainers (PE Teachers, Physical Therapists, etc).   - To implement, test and contextualize a PIMD offer in 3 EU countries, this will be done with local stakeholders.  - Strengthening the connection between sport, education and health care organizations to enable participation of the PIMD people in the field of sport, exercise, and physical activity.  - Consortium members create a European network and exchange knowledge, including through best practices  

European Bachelor in Physical Activity and Lifestyle Counselling (co-financed by the European Union Project Number: 510029-LLP-1-NL-ERASMUS-ECDSP Programme: Lifelong learning programme Sub-programme: Erasmus)

From Data to Action: Promoting Active Lifestyle in Wheelchair Users with Spinal Cord Injury or Amputation - SIA

Wheelchair users with a spinal cord injury (SCI) or amputation generally lead an inactive lifestyle, associated with reduced fitness and health. Digital interventions and sport and lifestyle applications (E-platforms) may be helpful in achieving a healthy lifestyle. Despite the potential positive effects of E-platforms in the general population, no studies are known investigating the effects for wheelchair users and existing E-platforms can not be used to the same extent and in the same manner by this population due to differences in physiology, body composition, exercise forms and responses, and risk injury. It is, therefore, our aim to adapt an existing E-platform (Virtuagym) within this project by using existing data collections and new data to be collected within the project. To reach this aim we intend to make several relevant databases from our network available for analysis, combine and reanalyze these existing databases to adapt the existing E-platform enabling wheelchair users to use it, evaluate and improve the use of the adapted E-platform, evaluate changes in healthy active lifestyle parameters, fitness, health and quality of life in users of the E-platform (both wheelchair users and general population) and identify determinants of these changes, identify factors affecting transitions from an inactive lifestyle, through an intermediate level, to an athlete level, comparing wheelchair users with the general population, and comparing Dutch with Brazilian individuals. The analysis of large datasets of exercise and fitness data from various types of individuals with and without disabilities, collected over the last years both in the Netherlands and Brazil, is an innovative and potentially fruitful approach. It is expected that the comparison of e.g. wheelchair users in Amsterdam vs. Sao Paulo or recreative athletes vs. elite athletes provides new insight in the factors determining a healthy and active lifestyle.

Gestion de l'énergie: transport aérien et tourisme en Méditerranée

Client: Blue Plan regional activity centre (UNEP/MAP), subcontracted through TEC Conseille, Marseille As part of a regional workshop organized by the Blue Plan in July 2008, one of the conclusions of the Group "Tourism and Climate Change” was the need for saving energy in tourism transportation and particularly of air transport, as air transport is responsible for the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions caused by tourism. In the period 1998-2005, the share of international arrivals by air in the Mediterranean area rose from 23% to 40%, respectively, or in numbers, from 47 to 122 million tourists. Some countries, particularly islands, almost entirely depend on air transport for their international tourism. For example in 2005 air transport is used by 87%, 78%, 73%, 64% and 51% of international tourists arriving in, respectively, Israel, Egypt, Spain, Tunisia and Morocco. According to Plan Bleu forecasts on international arrivals, assuming that the share of air transport remains the same, the number of tourists travelling by plane will reach over 158 million by 2025. Given the role of aviation in the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), such a development is clearly not sustainable in the light of the necessary reduction of emissions to avoid dangerous climate change. The overall aim of the study is to inform policy makers and entrepreneurs in both destination and in origin countries, on possible options to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from air travel, while at the same time not impairing the economic development of tourism. To do this, CSTT has developed a tourism scenario model for all countries with Mediterranean coasts describing inbound and outbound international tourism and domestic tourism by all available transport modes and giving both contributions to GDP and total GHG emissions. This model responses to global mitigation policies (increasing the cost of carbon emissions) as well as national policies (taxes, subsidies and changes in transport quality per transport mode). Using the model both global and national policies can be assessed as well as the risks of global mitigation policies for specific countries.

Innovation Lab Exercise Friendy Environment

Exercise-friendly Environment Public SpacesOur physical and social environment have a great influence on how people move, whether they are aware of this or not. A public environment in which it is easy to move around can have a preventive effect on people’s health and this way it can make an important contribution to Healthy Ageing. An attractive park is an invitation for people to take a walk or go for a run. A beautiful cycle route through nature is an invitation to go cycling.The way a space that is easy to move around in can affect socialisation also contributes to the quality of life in a neighbourhood and its surroundings. By allowing people to exercise and meet each other, healthcare costs can be cut back and social problems can be reduced. In addition, a dynamic and exercise-friendly natural area makes for an attractive tourist destination, which can contribute positively to a region’s economy.The innovation lab ‘Exercise-friendly Environment Public Spaces’ is aimed at an optimal use of public spaces in order to stimulate an active lifestyle, and with this the economic and social impact on the environment of this space. In the innovation lab knowledge institutions, institutions for healthcare and wellbeing, governments (municipalities, provinces) and housing corporations together with various partners from sports, the catering industry and recreation.

Larven transport van kweekunit naar leghennenstal

De insectensector is nog kleinschalig, maar verwachting is dat deze sector komende jaren een enorme groei gaat doormaken. Insecten staan in de belangstelling vanwege een verscheidenheid aan toepassingsmogelijkheden in de industrie, farmacie, en in food en feed. Er worden op dit moment verschillende kweeksystemen ontwikkeld voor verschillende insectensoorten. Binnen dit project wordt gewerkt met een kweekunit voor larven van de zwarte soldaatvlieg (BSF) die naast een pluimveestal is geplaatst. In deze kweekunit komt dagelijks 200-250 kg larven beschikbaar om levend gevoerd te worden aan leghennen. Om de kweekunit toepasbaar te maken voor de praktijk is automatisering van het verstrekken van de larven noodzakelijk. Een transportsysteem om larven van de kweekunit naar de pluimveestal te verplaatsen moet worden ontwikkeld en vervolgens moet het gelijkmatig verstrekken van de larven door de stal geautomatiseerd worden. Voor het transport van larven van de kweekunit naar de leghennenstal worden twee ideeën getest, 1) via een transportband, en 2) via een zuigsysteem. Hierbij wordt het welzijn van de larven in acht genomen. Het transportsysteem moet uitkomen op een voersysteem waarmee de larven gelijkmatig over de stal verdeeld kunnen worden. Ook dit systeem moet nog ontwikkeld worden, waarbij binnen dit project getest zal worden of larven in een hopper terecht kunnen komen die vervolgens via een rail door de stal kan gaan en waarbij een doseersysteem voor een gelijkmatige verspreiding moet zorgen. Gedrag en welzijn van de leghennen rondom voeren van de larven zal worden gemonitord. Het onderzoek zal bijdragen aan de praktische toepasbaarheid van het kweken en voeren van larven op het pluimveebedrijf. Het practoraat dierenwelzijn en -gezondheid, Team Veehouderij van Aeres MBO Barneveld, Team Agrotechniek & Management en het lectoraat Duurzame Pluimveehouderij in een Circulaire Bedrijfsvoering van Aeres Hogeschool Dronten zullen het transport- en voersysteem ontwikkelen in samenwerking met ketenontwikkelaar RavenFeed en Pluimveebedrijf Beek.