European Commission

One big promise from the European Union is the free movement of people and goods. Therefore, mutual understanding of competences and qualifications is crucial to make labour market mobility in the EU reality. And it has been done a lot in this regard: NQFs, EQF, ECTS and ECVET are so called transparency tools currently used by all member states to support transparency of certificates, diplomas and qualifications.

Ultimately, transparency is necessary to value and to be able to remunerate persons’ work in accordance with their skills, knowledge and competences.

With the SciView project, the European Commission Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) provides new insight on more effective and efficient actions to tackle challenges related to nutrition and physical activity. The pilot project aims toincrease the evidence-base by providing independent, accurate summaries of recent and relevant information and statistics on determinants of diet and physical activity and their impact on health.

A healthy lifestyle includes a healthy diet, regular physical activity, mental wellbeing and drug abstinence. The European Commission recognised the need for a holistic approach to promote healthy lifestyles with the Tartu call for a healthy lifestyle, launched by Commissioners Tibor Navracsics (Education, Culture, Youth and Sport), Vytenis Andrikiukaitis (Health and Food Safety) and Phil Hogan (Agriculture and Rural Development) in 2017.

On Tuesday 5^TH February, EuropeActive attended the Sport Info Day, a fruitful event organised by the European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) to inform potential applicants about the Erasmus+ Sport programme and its funding opportunities.