Monday Sep 05

Project „To work on foot or by bike“

Croatia
  • Where Ivana Gorana Kovačića 1E Čakovec ,
    Croatia
  • When Event Start
    05.09.2016

Project „To work on foot or by bike“ has been conducted for eight years, with the aim of encouraging Health-Active and environmentally – friendly transportation among the working population. By getting involved in the action „To work on foot or by bike“ our Institute joins the marking of European Mobility Week, dedicated to sustainable mobility. Therefore, through this project we appeal to Međimurje residents to participate in the competition but also to choose healthy means of transport for other purposes (not only during this campaign, but throughout the year), so that responsibility awareness is raised for ones health and environment. Project is organised in the form of a prize competition, always in month of September as contribution to European Mobility Week (16.-22. September) and from 2012 as a part of NowWeMOVE campaign. Project is intended for employees with residence in Međimurje County. Competition always takes place in September and lasts for 3 weeks. Basic rules are very simple – registrants have to go to work on foot or by a bicycle for at least 3 days during every workweek, distance to work has to be at least 1 km and during the whole action they should pass the distance of at least 20 km. Registering results is enabled upon the end of the competition through an application form which can be sent through a post system or by using Institute of Public Health of Međimurje County website. Filled application forms (as a part of an educational leaflet aiming to promote health-enhancing physical activities) are distributed to kindergartens, schools, pharmacies and primary health care centres throughout the whole County, and to Čakovec City Pools. For credibility confirmation of registered results we ask for names and contact information of witnesses. Participants who satisfy basic rules enter the lots for prize choosing (separately for walkers and cyclists). Lottery is conducted by a commission comprised of organizers and sponsors. First prize in each category (walkers and cyclists) is a bicycle, the second one is a cyclist’s helmet and the third one is a pedometer (device that counts each step a person takes). All participants who fulfil the rules of the competition are rewarded with a one day ticket for using Čakovec City Pools, while around 10 participants can win safety equipment for walkers and cyclists (reflective tape and vest, lights and bicycle bells). So far, during eight competitions through project „To work on foot or by bike“, in total 846 persons (278 men and 568 women) participated, passing more than 121.000 kilometres in total.