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๐“HIRD MSE IN MONTENEGRO

On May 12 and 13, 2025, the third Multiplier Sport Event of the project was held in Montenegro. The event was led by Dr. Stevo Popoviฤ‡, Full Professor at the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education, University of Montenegro in Nikลกiฤ‡, which also served as the venue for the event. The two-day event brought together 46 participants of various age groups and educational backgrounds, all sharing a common interest in advancing the fields of sport, health, and education. Through four thematic working groups, participants actively engaged in interactive workshops, where they exchanged ideas, identified user needs, and formulated recommendations for the projectโ€™s future activities. The workshops focused on:

Second MSE was successfully held in Greece

Second Multiplier Sport Event within the i4EUFITMOS project was successfully held in Greece, organised by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). The event was led by Associate Professor Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, a professor at AUTh and the coordinator of the i4EUFITMOS project. The meeting took place on 9 May at the Olympic Museum in Thessaloniki. Participants were given a detailed presentation of the i4EUFITMOS project โ€“ its key objectives, the countries involved in the consortium, the EUFITMOS fitness assessment battery, and the online platform for data input and analysis. In the second part of the event, attention was directed toward analysing the questionnaire results and discussing potential digital upgrades and solutions aimed at further improving the platform’s functionality and enhancing the overall effectiveness of the project.

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐Ÿ’๐„๐”๐…๐ˆ๐“๐Œ๐Ž๐’ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ

Onย May 7 and 8, 2025, theย i4EUFITMOS projectย proudly launched its firstย Multiplier Sport Eventย at theย ASSA Associationย premises inย Tirana, Albania. The event was officially opened byย Mr. Florian Muca, President of the ASSA Association, who welcomed participants and emphasized the importance of collaboration in youth fitness monitoring and promotion. During the session,ย three renowned expertsย in physical education and sport were invited to share their insights, present key lectures, and provide expert opinions on how to shape a healthier, more active generation. This event brought together physical education teachers, coaches, and stakeholders to (in two groups per each day):โœ”๏ธ Raise awareness about the projectโ€™s objectivesโœ”๏ธ Engage in open consultation to identify national-level needsโœ”๏ธ Support the development of practical, user-centered tools

๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐Ÿ’๐„๐”๐…๐ˆ๐“๐Œ๐Ž๐’ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ

On Monday, 5 May, an online meeting of the internal focus group was held, bringing together representatives from all partner organisations involved in the i4EUFITMOS project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Sport programme. The primary task of the focus group is to define and guide the future direction of the project, with particular emphasis on the development of new digital services, functionalities, and improvements that will significantly simplify and enhance the processing and management of data collected through the EUFITMOS fitness testing protocol. The discussion was guided by the results of a questionnaire distributed by project partners to physical education teachers and sports coaches in the participating countries. The focus of the meeting was primarily on topics related to the input, export, visualisation, and analysis of collected data, as well as other proposed innovations. In the coming two months, the partners will organise practical dissemination workshops involving physical education teachers and sports coaches. The aim of these workshops is to gather direct feedback from participants regarding the beforementioned data processing topics, which will play an important role in shaping the project’s next steps.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐Ÿ’๐„๐”๐…๐ˆ๐“๐Œ๐Ž๐’ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ

The i4EUFITMOS project is carried out by a consortium of seven partner organisations that have united their expertise to successfully achieve the projectโ€™s objectives by the end of 2027. The lead and coordinating institution of the project is ๐€๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐จ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฌ (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), which will ensure the smooth progress and implementation of the process. It is the largest university in Greece with strong research activity, particularly in the fields of sports, kinesiology, and education. Other partner organizations are: โ€ข ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐š๐๐ž ๐๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐›๐จ๐š Portugal’s leading faculty for sports sciences, combining research and practice in sports science, movement, and healthy living. โ€ข ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐š The umbrella organization for sport for all in Slovenia, developing sports programs for all generations and promoting physical activity at the local level. โ€ข ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐š๐ง๐ The professional association of German physical education teachers, committed to high-quality physical education and the continuous training of educators. โ€ข ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ž ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง A regional association of Greek physical education teachers, active in developing and exchanging good practices in physical education. โ€ข ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ The main university in Montenegro, with a Faculty of Sports and Physical Education that develops programs to promote sport and health. โ€ข ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐š๐ง๐ข๐š๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง A professional association connecting sports scientists in Albania, supporting the development of sports science and physical activity.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐จ!

At the first international meeting of the I4EUFITMOS project, funded by the EU Erasmus+ Sport program, held last Friday in Thessaloniki, the representatives of the partner organizations, among other decisions, adopted a new project logo. Out of the several proposed designs, the attendees unanimously selected this one for its connection to the previous EUFITMOS project logo and its simplicity. Attached are two versions of the logo, with different colors. — ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ(๐˜ด) ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ (๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ). ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜Š๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ.

First international project meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece

On friday, February 28th, 2025, the first international project meeting took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, bringing together representatives of all partner organizations involved in the project. Following the opening address, each partner introduced their organization and the experts participating in the project. This was followed by a review of the work completed so far, with a focus on project management, needs analysis, dissemination, and communication. In the next part of the meeting, partners developed a dissemination plan and a quality assurance plan for the project’s implementation. Discussions also took place regarding the organization of multiplier sports events, which will be held in all partner countries. The meeting concluded with the coordination of next steps and tasks to ensure the project’s successful implementation, followed by an enjoyable networking lunch.

Field-Based Health-Related Physical Fitness Tests in Children and Adolescents

Physical fitness is a state of being that reflects a person’s ability to perform specific exercises or functions and is closely related to present and future health outcomes.
In a school context, tests are being used as institutional fitness assessment tools, educational tools to teach youth and their families about the importance of physical fitness, and as communication tools to guide individuals on attainable goals for maintaining fitness and health.