Pacte + project
Promoting active cities
throughout Europe
We are designed to move.
Our cities should be too
235 million. The number of inactive European today.
Sedentarity has become a major challenge for individuals and the European Union over the past decades. With 70% of Europeans living in cities, we know they have a decisive role in stimulating physical activity.
Funded by the European Union and led by Sport and Citizenship Think tank, PACTE+ project (Promoting Active Cities Throughout Europe) strives to transform cities into Active Cities.
City of the month
Drove by her Vision 2040 “A Stockholm for everyone”, the Swedish capital identified multiple targets to be able to deal with the various challenges faced by dense urban areas. With a growing population of 1.6 million people, which should see an increase of 25% by the year 2030, the city has designed several programs and plans of actions, notably to ensure that Stockholm will become a so-called “Walkable city”. An ambition that also belongs to the assessment that “Stockholmers need to be more physically active” as mentioned in the City’s Sport policy programme.
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Workshop : the Limerick example
On 13 and 14 September 2023, the City of Limerick, with the support of Evaleo, organized a workshop on the perspectives and approaches of active cities.
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Stockholm
Drove by her Vision 2040 “A Stockholm for everyone”, the Swedish capital identified multiple targets to be able to deal with the various challenges faced by dense urban areas. With a growing population of 1.6 million people, which should...
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Become an Active City! Unveiling the PACTE project’s Matrix for Change
Presentations
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