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Healthy Lifestyles for Europe (HL4EU) is an Erasmus+ co-funded project that aims to explore and promote cross-sectoral approaches to healthy lifestyles through physical activity.



HL4EU Mission

A consortium of lead​ing NGOs and sector representative bodies from the physical activity, outdoor, sport, mobility, health, patient and caregiver communities, we are united to collaborate on active and healthy lifestyle promotion and access across policies and sectors with the view of tackling NCDs, of improving quality of life and well-being and, of building healthier and more sustainable societies and economies.  

Project Overview

During the project’s 30-month duration, partners will raise awareness about cross-sectoral healthy lifestyles promotion, foster collaboration through a stakeholder platform, share best practices, and provide input for future policy developments on the topic through a set of policy recommendations.

Through these actions, HL4EU will strengthen the sustainability and legacy of the European Commission’s ‘HealthyLifestyles4All’ campaign and provide support to future European policy initiatives in this direction. 

A variety of actions will be developed to reach the project’s objectives, including the publication of a Call to Action, the identification of good practices through both desk research and active outreach, the development of a stakeholder platform listing good practices, focus group sessions to capture practice-based feedback that will contribute to the policy recommendations, as well as a community building conference and a final conference.  

The HL4EU project aims to be the start of a structural collaboration between consortium partners and to bring the different sectoral networks closer together to facilitate the implementation of cross-sectoral healthy lifestyles and to spark new collaborations, long outlasting the duration of the project.

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Objectives​

Strengthening the sustainability and legacy of the HL4A campaign.

Enabling further sectoral change by identifying and sharing good practices.

Facilitating cross-sectoral collaboration on healthy lifestyle promotion by developing a dedicated stakeholders’ platform.

Contributing to future healthy lifestyles related policy development through policy recommendations.

Raising awareness on the importance of healthy lifestyles with governments, civil society and the general public.

Deliverables

Call for Action

The Call for Action will be a concise document encompassing the main arguments for the need of a more cross-sectoral approach to healthy lifestyles, and to using physical activity as a preventative measure and ideal medium in achieving so. 

Community Building Conference

Held in Brussels in November 2024, this first event is foreseen as an activity to strengthen and grow the HL4EU’s Call to Action and general support. The event will present the project’s vision and mission, and its objectives. It will likely include panel discussion(s) on cross-sectoral cooperation for healthy lifestyles. 

Final Conference

Event held in Brussels on May 2026, ideally during and as part of the European Public Health Week. Principal opportunity to disseminate project results, good practices, and the HL4EU supporters, discussion about HL4EU sustainability.

Cross-Sectoral Healthy Lifestyles Platform

The online HL4EU platform will serve as a tool to collect and disseminate information and to foster collaboration. The platform will be continuously updated throughout the project and will be a hub for all project related activities. It will also play a key role in attracting organisations outside of the consortium who want to work on promoting healthy lifestyles. 

Policy

Guidelines

As the main legacy of the HL4EU project, the policy recommendations will be at the centre stage of the final dissemination conference and final dissemination efforts.

Partners

EuropeActive

The leading not-for-profit organisation representing the European fitness and physical activity sector with the mission to get more people more active more often. It serves over 67,7 million club users, generates over €31,8 billion in revenues and consists of 64 970 facilities.

Greek Carers Network (EPIONI)

National non-profit organisation in Greece, established in 2017, with the aim of supporting informal caregivers. This organisation has been actively working to enhance the quality of life for caregivers and their loved ones by providing various forms of support.

European Initiative for Exercise in Medicine (EIEIM)

The independent centre founded in 2015 in Germany as a non-profit and non-governmental organisation for Europe, under the umbrella of the Exercise is Medicine (EIM) initiative. EIM is a global health initiative that focuses on encouraging primary care physicians and other healthcare providers to include physical activity when designing treatment plans for patients.

European Liver Patients’ Association 

Emerged from a desire amongst European liver patient groups to share their experiences of the often very different approaches adopted in different countries. ELPA currently represents over 30 members from 25 countries and aims to promote the interests of people with liver disease.

European Network of Outdoor Sports

Non-governmental and not-for-profit network organisation acting for the sustainable and responsible development, promotion and management of outdoor sports across Europe. The network is supported by 72 member organisations from 19 different European countries.  

Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI)

The pre-competitive platform representing the interests of the sporting goods industry in Europe, advancing its members’ priorities and promoting initiatives that benefit the sector, EU citizens and society as a whole. FESI represents some 1800 sporting goods companies, with a total annual turnover of about €81 billion.

It’s Great Out There Coalition

Unique not-for-profit collaboration launched by the outdoor industry in 2017 to increase public awareness of the benefits and positive impact of outdoor activities for individuals and for society. Little over 5 years after its incorporation, the Coalition counts over 30 full members, representing a turnover of over 250,000 EUR in membership fees.  

POLIS Network

The leading network of European cities and regions working together to develop innovative technologies and policies for local transport. POLIS strives to provide decision makers with the necessary information and tools for making sustainable mobility a reality.