Project Summary 

 “GoOutThere! Outdoor Challenge” is a project aiming to facilitate and nurture outdoor physical activity for adults, through experiencing the wonders of European mountains.

 It revolves around creating adventures and challenges for adult people (18-69) to motivate them to venture into the open nature. A series of events will be organized in 4 European countries – Bulgaria, Italy, Serbia, and Greece.

Project Overview

•  Project number: 101050672
•  Project name: GoOutThere! Outdoor Challenge
•  Project acronym: GOT OUTDOOR
•  Call: ERASMUS-SPORT-2021-SSCP
•  Topic: ERASMUS-SPORT-2021-SSCP
•  Type of action: ERASMUS 
•  Granting authority: European Education and Culture Executive Agency
•  Grant managed through EU Funding & Tenders Portal: Yes (eGrants)
•  Project starting date: 01.07.2022
•  Project end date: 30.06.2023

 Project duration: 12 months

Key Principles

• Design and creation of adventure/challenge materials

• Design and development of an online platform.

• Adventure and Challenge Events

Project Partners

1. Coordinator – Expert Pool Bulgaria
2. Eprojectconsult – Istituto Europeo di Formazione e Ricerca
3. UDRUZENJE GLAS GRUPA LIBERALNIH AMBICIOZNIH I SOLIDARNIH (GLAS)
4. EVROPAIKI POLITEIA (“Kallipolis”)

What it is about:

Whether it’s a quick hike in the park, or multi-day trekking in the mountains, going outdoors is good for everybody. It brings people together, strengthens communities, and helps to keep us healthy. In 2017, the Commission launched the Tartu Call for a Healthy Lifestyle, as a roadmap to strengthen coordination across different EU policy areas to tackle the societal, health, and economic challenges of unhealthy lifestyles, in particular physical inactivity. In line with that, our project’s main goal is to offer and promote activities that bring people together and create new, inclusive opportunities for getting outdoors.

Mountaineering, hiking, rafting, and cannoning–all nature-related sports, are some of the best and most accessible tools to tackle stress, and obesity and provide adventure and unforgettable, integrating experiences.

The project has the following specific objectives:

– Promoting a healthy lifestyle through grassroots outdoor sports and spending active time in nature.

– Increasing the physical activity levels of the target groups in the partnering countries, via motivation and promotion of outdoor life.

– Promote equal, inclusive, and diverse opportunities for access to outdoor adventures to all audiences.

Involving hiking, multi-day trekking, geocaching, and other activities, “GoOutThere! Outdoor Challenge” contributes to the Programme’s efforts to address health problems, reduce social and economic barriers, and establish sustainable and responsible mindset, via quizzes and tailored information on these topics, during the organized outdoor experiences. The project is also involving novel digital tools, such as “smart challenge tags”, digital adventure maps, unlockable digital achievement badges, and others.