Objective
To manage sports and health events and projects in a vibrant neighbourhood/municipality/city, tailored to the different target groups.
Content
- How can a vibrant city/municipality/neighbourhood create policy for sport, exercise, and preventive health, and within which boundaries?
- How do we capitalise on administrative, social, and sports-related developments?
- How can local infrastructure policies, active environments, and public spaces contribute to health and exercise? How can we develop an urban vision related to plazas, skate parks, and so on?
- How can we bring together different local stakeholders from the fields of sports and preventive health? How can we develop a network with sports clubs, community organisations, and other (care) providers?
- How can we make use of existing tools and methodologies (e.g. ISB, Vigez, Gezonde Gemeente, NISB, etc.)?
- How can citizens get involved in local sports and health policy (= civic commitment)?
- How can we translate and tailor complex sports and health topics for diverse target groups?
- How can we deploy sports and exercise as a means for social innovation?
- How can cities/municipalities use sports and sports events to raise their profile, such as with urban trails (= city marketing)?
Task
By carrying out an extensive Exercise Scan in your own neighbourhood, city, or municipality, you will:
- Gather data that can be used to map the activities of a city.
- Carry out a neighbourhood-level analysis of factors that could spur more people to exercise in public spaces.
- Provide inspiration with recommendations and practical examples.
Practically
This module starts every year after the Easter holidays. Courses are organised 1.5 days per week for 5 weeks at the Sport Innovation Campus in Bruges.
Job opportunities
Policy officer at the Sports, Leisure, Health, Well-being, or similar departments of local administrations (cities, municipalities, PSWCs, Buurtsport, and others), as well as nonprofits.
Staff officer Preventive Health or Health Promotion in ‘Logo's’ (= Flemish local health coordination organisations), neighbourhood health centres, mutual health organisations, and more.
