Catalogue of measures
On this page you will find a wide range of measures and best practices to help you plan and implement your event sustainably. Use the filter options to select specific measures that match your action areas and targets.
Target Catalogue
On this page you will find a wide range of measures and best practices to help you plan and implement your event sustainably. Use the filter options to select specific measures that match your action areas and targets.
Enable employees to work from home.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Offer your employees healthy meals (e.g. in canteens, cafeterias or your own kitchen).
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Sensitise employees to possible physical and psychological risks associated with their work. Training courses on ergonomics, stress management and recognising burnout symptoms can be held for this purpose.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Design workstations ergonomically (e.g. height-adjustable desks, ergonomic chairs or special equipment).
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Plan regular breaks. If sporting events last several days, there should be sufficient opportunities to recover.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Provide access to psychological support or counselling services (e.g. an external number that employees can contact anonymously).
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Develop and communicate clear emergency plans for different scenarios, from medical emergencies to extreme weather conditions.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Offer programmes to promote physical and mental health, such as fitness classes, yoga or workshops on stress management and healthy eating.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Protect employees from physical and psychological risks.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Make sure that there are sufficient food stalls, canteens or cafeterias offering healthy food on the event site. These include fresh salads, wholemeal products, lean proteins, fruit, vegetables and healthy snacks such as nuts or yoghurt.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Promote healthy eating => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Offer healthy food and drinks at favourable prices or work with discounts. If necessary, find sponsors who will provide funds for the pricing or offer healthy food and drinks as sponsored goods.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Promote healthy eating => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Sensitise stakeholders to the topic of nutrition through workshops and presentations. For visitors, these can take place during the breaks or as part of the supporting programme of the sporting event.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Promote healthy eating => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Inform all stakeholders that free drinking water is available and that water can be drunk from the crane if necessary (e.g. by means of stickers or posters at the washbasins or water stations or information sent to the stakeholders in advance).
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Provide accredited persons and visitors with free drinking water => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Ensure that there are sufficient drinks stands on the event site offering sugar-free, alcohol-free and reduced-sugar drinks (e.g. unsweetened teas, freshly squeezed juices and smoothies, zero drinks, alcohol-free beer).
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Promote healthy eating => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Use clear labelling at food and drink stands to highlight healthy food and drinks and provide nutritional information, for example.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Promote healthy nutrition.
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Action area Catering - Target: Promote healthy eating => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Award special honours for exceptional achievements (e.g. "best young athlete – female" or "best young athlete – male") or special qualities such as fair play and team spirit.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Allow the athletes free access to other competitions or games of the sporting event.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Intensify the depiction of emotional moments (e.g. the jubilation after a goal or the tension before a decisive moment) by using slow motion and close-ups.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Integrate interactive elements such as live polls into your event, where viewers on TV or the audience on site can give their opinion on athletes (e.g. "Player of the Match") or on the outcome of the match.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Show live comments or tweets from viewers on TV on the screen.
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Action area Health and Well-Being - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Strengthen the communal and emotional experience of the sporting event => Health and Well-Being (AA12)
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Create an opportunity, e.g. on your website, where everyone can submit sustainable ideas for future events. Publish and share these ideas on your channels or the TOK (Transfer or Knowledge) platform.
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Develop, utilise and expand innovations to achieve the sustainability targets.
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Action area Commitment from society - Target: Participation and involvement of the (local) population is facilitated.
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The use of innovative, environmentally friendly means of transport is made possible at the sustainable sporting event. This includes introducing the population to new technologies (e.g. self-driving buses) as well as testing business models such as on-demand transport. This can attract attention as part of a lighthouse project.
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Develop, utilise and expand innovations to achieve the sustainability targets.
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Offer the scanning of flyers, information, brochures etc. using a (bar)code to forego printed versions of these products (e.g. in media centres or at sponsors' stands).
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Expand digitalisation as a driver for sustainable development.
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Action area Waste - Target: Minimise the volume of waste.
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Action area Resource cycle - Target: Minimise the need for new purchases and thus the consumption of resources.
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Use existing apps. Examples include apps for audio description, for measuring the carbon footprint of means of transport, for route optimisation, audio systems for the visually impaired and Zwift (cycling).
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Expand digitalisation as a driver for sustainable development.
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Use or promote apps that track the carbon footprint of each person attending or participating in the event and provide tips on how to reduce it.
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Expand digitalisation as a driver for sustainable development.
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Action area Energy and climate - Target: Determine and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Use digital feedback tools to record participants' opinions on the sustainability of the event.
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Action area Innovation and Digitalisation - Target: Expand digitalisation as a driver for sustainable development.
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Monitor the use of the areas during the event and ensure that areas in need of renaturalisation are restored after the event.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Minimise the use of land in natural habitats
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Minimise the newly sealed area for the sporting event. => Natural habitats and biodiversity (AA2)
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Before the event, take the necessary measures to relocate endangered species to ensure their safety.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Carry out a site analysis in the early planning phase to identify sensitive areas and potential impairments.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Minimise the use of land in natural habitats
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Minimise the newly sealed area for the sporting event. => Natural habitats and biodiversity (AA2)
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Reserve "green zones" within the event area that remain untouched.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Minimise the use of land in natural habitats
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Plant green strips or hedges around the event areas to protect nature.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Minimise the use of land in natural habitats
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Use modern sound systems to focus the noise specifically on the audience and minimise disturbance to wildlife.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Minimise the newly sealed area for the sporting event. => Natural habitats and biodiversity (AA2)
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Identify and demarcate retreat areas for animals that remain undisturbed during the event.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Minimise the newly sealed area for the sporting event. => Natural habitats and biodiversity (AA2)
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Create a biodiversity survey before and after the event to assess the impact on wildlife.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Avoid drone flights in sensitive areas so as not to disturb breeding sites and nests.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Avoid vehicle traffic in the vicinity of nature reserves by opting for bicycles or electric mobility.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Action area Traffic - Target: Increase use of environmentally friendly means of transport to and from work.
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Only use native plants for temporary structures or decorations to prevent the introduction of alien species.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Minimise the newly sealed area for the sporting event. => Natural habitats and biodiversity (AA2)
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Offer guided tours by experts in the field of environmental protection to make visitors aware of the local flora and fauna.
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Action area Natural Habitats and Biodiversity - Target: Avoid any disruption of species when holding sporting events.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Reduce paper consumption by defining double-sided printing and an eco print setting as standard printing. Sensitise the team to print only what is necessary, to choose small text sizes or to print several pages per sheet. Misprints printed on one side can be reused as note sheets and proofs.
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Action area Resource cycle - Target: Minimise the need for new purchases and thus the consumption of resources.
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Action area Waste - Target: Minimise the volume of waste.
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Use building materials made from recycled or renewable raw materials for temporary structures.
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Action area Resource cycle - Target: Implement sustainable procurement and supply chain management.
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Action area Sports facilities and infrastructure - Target: Carry out refurbishment, extension and general construction measures in accordance with sustainable building requirements.
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Use second-hand platforms or local networks to purchase used material. Include a review of this option in your procurement guidelines or communicate this to your team.
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Action area Resource cycle - Target: Implement sustainable procurement and supply chain management.
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Include principles for packaging in your procurement guidelines. Reduce packaging to the necessary minimum. Where products do not require packaging for protection or presentation, leave them unpackaged. Use reusable transport packaging. If this is not possible, the supplier should take back disposable packaging. Avoid or minimise composite packaging to facilitate recycling. If possible, use packaging made from recycled materials and favour renewable raw materials over fossil fuels. In this way, you make a decisive contribution to reducing packaging waste and using materials more sustainably.
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Action area Resource cycle - Target: Implement sustainable procurement and supply chain management.
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Action area Waste - Target: Minimise the volume of waste.
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Action area Waste - Target: Use reusable systems wherever possible.
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Donate leftover volunteer clothing to ensure sustainable reuse. In addition, a take-back system can be established so that people who have no use for surplus equipment can return it (e.g. four out of five volunteer shirts are donated). In this way, you avoid unnecessary waste and promote the sustainable use of resources.
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Action area Resource cycle - Target: Maximise the life cycle of purchased products and ensure the long-term use of other resources.
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Action area Waste - Target: Minimise the volume of waste.
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Organise projects such as autograph sessions or workshops with top athletes. The aim of the projects is to present role models who draw attention to the special features of their sports or sustainability issues.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Convey knowledge for a critical and contextualised understanding and promote awareness and agency with regard to actively shaping a sustainable future.
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Organise an educational workshop on substance abuse and anti-doping in sport.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Organise workshops on sports values such as fair play, tolerance, team spirit, match-fixing, healthy eating and anti-discrimination.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Promote the development of school sports.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: #NV
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Create posters on values in sport such as fair play, tolerance, team spirit, match-fixing, healthy eating or anti-discrimination and then publish them.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Carry out information programmes that focus on the values of sport.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Action area Education for Sustainable Development - Target: Communicate and promote the values of sport.
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Clarify with the sports clubs involved that they offer reduced membership fees or similar incentives for the first year or a few months to stakeholders in the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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Action area Diversity and Participation - Target: Sports clubs are expanding their programmes for marginalised population groups. => Sport and club development (AA10)
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Clarify with the sports clubs involved that they offer taster courses for their programmes. Persons who have attended the sporting event may be granted access, e.g. upon presentation of the ticket.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: People are encouraged to exercise and do more sport.
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Have the stadium/hall announcer promote local or regional sports clubs and their programmes during the sporting event.
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Action area Sport and Club Development - Target: Contribute to securing and further developing the structures of participating sports clubs and associations.
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