What is Make a Move?
Physical literacy - Collaboration - Multiple arenas
Make a Move is aimed at municipalities that want to increase movement among their residents in a long-term and sustainable way. The initiative is based on physical literacy as an approach, cross-sectoral collaboration and promotion of movement in several different arenas.
Make a Move is led by RF-SISU Västra Götaland and is run with financial support from Region Västra Götaland.
I am more permissive and trust children's ability to cope with risks.
/ Early childhood educator
Physical literacy
Physical literacy is about finding the real reasons why we like to move.
/Dean Kriellaars, world-leading expert in physical literacy
We want more people to feel that they can, dare and want to be active in different contexts throughout their lives.
/ Emelie Lilja, Make a Move
The rotary engine
Collaboration
Regional collaboration - Local collaboration - Cross-sectoral collaboration within municipalities
Collaboration is one of the pillars of Make a Move. Through cross-sectoral collaboration at both regional and local level, conditions are created for increased consensus, modified working methods and new initiatives with physical literacy in focus.
Regional cooperation
To promote collaboration at regional level, Make a move has created the Movement Council in Västra Götaland. This enables strategic collaboration between the municipality, region, business, academia and civil society. The Movement Council currently includes 9 different organizations and is coordinated by RF-SISU Västra Götaland.
The purpose of the Movement Council is to:
- Contribute to moving movement higher up the agenda
- Exchange ideas and experiences across organizational and sectoral boundaries
- Develop and synchronize different actors' activities/efforts
- Help each other to apply Physical literacy in different arenas
- Enable research and use academic expertise for evaluation and impact measurement
For more information about the Movement Council and the actors involved, read here
Local cooperation
Make a move also paves the way for cross-sectoral collaboration at local level. For municipalities working with Make a move as a model, it is recommended to establish a local movement council. This includes representation from the municipality, activities under the auspices of the region (e.g. BVC, BUMM, youth clinic), Fritidsbanken, local businesses, local associations/civil society actors, RF-SISU Västra Götaland and representatives from the target group (young people, older people, guardians), etc.
The purpose of the local movement council is to identify the needs and wishes of different target groups, facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences, and enable joint efforts to promote movement.
Cross-sectoral collaboration within the municipality
The third dimension of collaboration is collaboration within the municipality's various activities. In order to succeed in promoting physical activity in the municipality, collaboration between administrations/sectors is key. The methods and tools used by Make a Move therefore pay particular attention to enabling and improving cross-sectoral collaboration within the municipality.
Multiple venues
No single organization can achieve a society that encourages movement and participation on its own: work needs to be done across sectors and at all levels of society. Make a Move aims to get more actors to recognize the importance of physical literacy and contribute to a movement-rich society in a wide variety of arenas. This is in line with the final report, SOU 2023:29, from the Committee for the Promotion of Physical Activity.
