Within the project with duration of one year (from July 2010, until June 2011) activities promoting sport aimed youth in LV LT Border region of Kurzeme, Zemgale, Latgale and Panevežio, Utenos, Šiauliu, Telšiu will be carried out.

Two NGO's from LV and one from LT will combine skills and knowledge to raise awareness among youth about healthy lifestyle through moto sport to diminish raising problems within LV and LT border region (alcohol and tobacco usage among youth). Project main objective is to involve youth from Lat Lit border region in sport activities where in comparison with large towns youth have very limited options to realize their talents, dreams and become a professional athletes in moto sport with healthy lifestyle. As indicated in EU Youth Strategy for 2010 - 2018, EC White paper on sport, BSR Strategy and LV and LT national planning documents, social well-being of youth should be facilitated and sport can serve to reach this target.

Project sub-objectives include: Youth motivation and attraction through seminars, work groups, moto sport CAMPS and contests. Professional and practical information through promotional and educational materials, videos with real LV and LT moto sport stars, youth contests, attractive website as a place for youth from border region to meet and communicate, publications of LV and LT success stories about moto sport talents will be disseminated among project target groups.
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Within the project with duration of one year (from July 2010, until June 2011) activities promoting sport aimed youth in LV LT Border region of Kurzeme, Zemgale, Latgale and Panevežio, Utenos, Šiauliu, Telšiu will be carried out.

Two NGO's from LV and one from LT will combine skills and knowledge to raise awareness among youth about healthy lifestyle through moto sport to diminish raising problems within LV and LT border region (alcohol and tobacco usage among youth). Project main objective is to involve youth from Lat Lit border region in sport activities where in comparison with large towns youth have very limited options to realize their talents, dreams and become a professional athletes in moto sport with healthy lifestyle. As indicated in EU Youth Strategy for 2010 - 2018, EC White paper on sport, BSR Strategy and LV and LT national planning documents, social well-being of youth should be facilitated and sport can serve to reach this target.

Project sub-objectives include: Youth motivation and attraction through seminars, work groups, moto sport CAMPS and contests. Professional and practical information through promotional and educational materials, videos with real LV and LT moto sport stars, youth contests, attractive website as a place for youth from border region to meet and communicate, publications of LV and LT success stories about moto sport talents will be disseminated among project target groups.

Throughout the Project more than 4200 youth from 70 schools and Children's houses will be attracted to Project activities by different contests about health and sport related issues from which about 1600 youth will be directly involved in seminars, workshops and trainings gaining practical skills, knowledge and practice about healthy lifestyle and physical condition needed to start professional career and realize dream by becoming a moto sport talent. Attractiveness and motivation from youth will be reached through mutual competition. After two step selection process youth from schools and Children's houses will be involved in moto sport workshops and trainings (approx. 1600), from whom the most motivated youth (160) will be further promoted to participate in Project height - CAMPS and moto sport CUP, with chances to obtain their own skills with real moto bikes in off road tracks. As it is proved by an youth survey year 2009, (200 participants from border region schools) aprox. 86% youth are interested to try moto sport activities from which almost 60% approved that they would like to gain real moto sport training. As the main problems youth described: no access to any interesting sport activity in their locality, like moto sport, minimal understanding of moto sport and no experienced athletes (success stories) from whom to learn. All PP have considerable previous experience in sport project organization therefore Project activities will be organized considering needs of youth. Read less

 

SK Elkšņi

"Elkšņi", Ikšķiles countryside territory, LV-3023, Latvia Tel.: +37129178947 Contact person: Ilmārs Justs E-mail: guntis@multimarka.lv

Aukštaitijos sporto klubas “PORTERIS”

Aušros 65-79, Utena, LT-28181, Lithuania Tel.: +370389 51222 Fax: +370389 51222 Contact person: Nerijus Šeduikis E-mail: nerijus@porteris.com