Be Active with Hiking

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In the EU, obesity and sedentary behavior have become in the 21st century a problem of public health and continues to develop within the younger generations. In the context in which the 21st century comes with more and more technological and digital changes and a labor market in which a large majority of jobs do not require high physical activity, young people and adults develop behaviors that lead to obesity and sedentarism. The main problems identified: low awareness of the importance of an active lifestyle and not including movement in the daily behaviors of young people and adults. Be Active with Hiking wants to increase young people's interest in hiking and build non-formal methods that can be carried out during hiking, through which they can learn about the importance of active lifestyle, connecting with nature, mental health and the importance of developing green behaviors. Be Active with Hiking will: - Develop a toolkit that will contain necessary information for preparation for hiking, trails for hiking. - Developing card games on the topics of healthy lifestyle, connection with nature, green behavior and mental health that can be used during hiking. - Train 18 Youth Workers for organizing easy to medium hikings and develop skills for facilitating games during hiking activities in an International Mobility. - Create a Training Format to support organizations to develop skills for organizing hiking trails and facilitating non-formal games. - Local Activities where the 18 Youth Workers will organize hiking activities for a minimum of 180 youngsters.