Seniors

The initiatives within this action field will be discussed and decided by the working group with the name

Physical activities for seniors 55+

The working group is chaired by Mr. Palle Thomsen, the Executive Committee member responsible for Sport for all and Sport for elderly. The group is composed of representatives from member unions with active interest for co-operation within CSIT (At the moment: ASKOE/Austria, DAI/Denmark, FSGT/France and UISP/Italy).

The main task is to organize events for elderly gathering these following aspects:

• Practice and discovery of specific sports and physical activities
• Exchanges about training and knowledge
• Exchanges about culture, tourism and way of life of each country

Future program:

During a meeting of evaluation of the CSIT World Sports Games in Rimini 2008 some ideas were mentioned for the future:

• Focus on one specific aspect like ‘Physical activities for weak elderly people'
• Courses for instructors
• Participation in workshops or other activities in the unions
• Exchanges about training and knowledge among the unions
• And finally - but very important: To be present with seniors at the next CSIT World Sports Games (in 2010)