The MOVE Congress is set to return to Copenhagen, and it promises to be our biggest event yet! Taking place at the Danish capital’s Tivoli Congress Center, the twelfth MOVE Congress will place strong focus on best-practice knowledge sharing from Denmark and across the world, and offer unrivalled access to a network of over 600 professionals from the NGO, health, sport, education, urban planning, environment and political sectors.
The theme of the MOVE Congress 2025 is #Activating. What are the best strategies to #activate people and communities and promote participation? What are the most inspiring practices of grassroots sports associations, urban planners, municipalities, local communities and other stakeholders? And how can people be best-motivated to engage with their local communities and sport organisations as volunteers?
The MOVE Congress 2025 will tackle head-on the challenges faced by sport, physical activity, play and health organisations and sectors in today’s fast-moving world. How can they remain up-to-date and relevant? And should we be rethinking the future roles of advocacy and cross-sector collaboration?
Under the #Activating theme, topics will include mental and physical health, social inclusion and refugee integration, volunteering, health literacy, active schools, safeguarding and children’s rights, active ageing, and the prevention of gender-based violence.
“We believe in the power of inspiration. And we have seen that sharing practical, real life solutions can achieve more in reality than any theoretical construct. Therefore, we constantly look to create opportunities for our members and partners to get involved in piloting new initiatives, scaling up successful ones, organising events, influencing decision-makers and learning from each other.”
Health goes beyond physical health. Recreational physical activity intersects with physical, mental and social health, enhancing people’s wellbeing.
Grassroots sport can foster social inclusion and create welcoming communities for everyone, but it needs to be used intentionally.
An active lifestyle is important throughout life. Recreational physical activity helps older adults maintain mobility, feel connected to the local community, improve independence and quality of life.
Volunteers are the backbone of grassroot sports organisations. Volunteering enriches people’s lives by providing a sense of purpose, new skills and social connections in the local community. How can we motivate and engage volunteers?
Just as we teach reading and writing, we must teach physical and health literacy to equip people to access and maintain an active lifestyle.
Schools and kindergartens play a significant role in creating healthy habits from childhood. Physically active learning increases participation, and overall well-being by embracing movement throughout the school day.
Engaging children and youth in grassroots sport associations empowers them to shape the future of movement, sports, and society. Beyond viewing them as a target group, we need to amplify their voices in all stages of decision-making and programme design.
Local sports associations can be catalysts for climate action through education, mobilisation, and adaptation efforts. They can promote sustainable behaviour by linking physical activity and well-being with environmental sustainability.
Physical inactivity and childhood obesity are deepening crisis, how can we ensure that appropriate political priorities are invested in physical activity and grassroots sport so that everyone has a chance to practice their Human Right to MOVE.
If you chose to stay at one of the hotels recommended for the MOVE Congress participants, you got there! Both recommended hotels are located on either side of Tivoli Hotel and Congress Centre on Carsten Niebuhrsgade.
If you’re joining the MOVE Congress from a different location, you can find the instructions on our website or use the information on the venue’s website.
“We empower organisations worldwide to enable citizens to enjoy their human right to move”
Organised by ISCA with Spanish partners Fútbol Más and DES, this edition was held to coincide with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The line-up included 52 speakers from 24 countries across five continents.
After two years of meeting via computer and mobile screens across countries and continents, 250 physical activity promoters from 40 countries reconnected in person in Brussels.
More than 470 participants, 40 speakers, and 40 Innovation Alley presenters and exhibitors gathered in Budapest for learning, networking, exchanging ideas and trying out the latest technologies in our new Innovation Alley.
This conference edition put the spotlight on local and international initiatives that are removing the barriers that typically stop people from being active in the communities: from social, to socio-economic, to urban planning, distance and cost.
The event gathered 270 delegates from 41 countries to exchange best practices and discuss further cross-sector collaboration that can motivate more people to be physically active.
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More than 300 participants were invited to think global and MOVE local under this year’s event to foster the vision of getting 100 million people active in sports by 2015.
A strategic partnership between the Sport for All and Health sectors were the theme in 2010 to address critical issues and strategies for obtaining maximum benefits for organisations and citizens.
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ISCA launches World Congress on Sport for All in Copenhagen (19-23 May). The World Congress on Sport for All is renamed Move World Congress in 2009.
The International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) invites you to experience one of the world’s most dynamic conferences dedicated to sport and physical activity, the MOVE Congress, in Madrid, Spain, from 15-17 November 2023.
Organised by ISCA with Spanish partners Fútbol Más and DES, this edition was held to coincide with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The line-up included 52 speakers from 24 countries across five continents.
After two years of meeting via computer and mobile screens across countries and continents, 250 physical activity promoters from 40 countries reconnected in person in Brussels.
More than 470 participants, 40 speakers, and 40 Innovation Alley presenters and exhibitors gathered in Budapest for learning, networking, exchanging ideas and trying out the latest technologies in our new Innovation Alley.
This conference edition put the spotlight on local and international initiatives that are removing the barriers that typically stop people from being active in the communities: from social, to socio-economic, to urban planning, distance and cost.
The event gathered 270 delegates from 41 countries to exchange best practices and discuss further cross-sector collaboration that can motivate more people to be physically active.
ISCA launches World Congress on Sport for All in Copenhagen (19-23 May). The World Congress on Sport for All is renamed Move World Congress in 2009.
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