Promoting physical activity in the sports sector: current status and success stories from the European Union Member States of the WHO European Region (2020)

This report presents the results of a collaboration between WHO, the European Commission and European Union Member States. Information was collected by a network of physical activity focal points using a questionnaire with 23 indicators established to monitor implementation of the European Union physical activity guidelines.

In addition, success stories or examples of good practices in the promotion of physical activity through sport were compiled through a follow-up brief survey related to two indicators in 2019. The background, methods and complete results of this exercise are presented in the publication Physical activity factsheets for the European Union Member States of the WHO European Region, published in 2018.

The definitions, operationalization and the data used to define the indicators are available in a European Commission working document that also describes the monitoring framework.