CityMove Results
Discover the progress and emerging results from each of the six cities that are part of CityMove, including stakeholder mappings, contextual analyses, intervention documentation, performance data and other city level outputs.
Stakeholder Mapping
and context elements
Here you will find the stakeholder maps and context summaries prepared by each city. This document shows the key persons involved in the CityMove actions, how different actors work together and which social, environmental and governance conditions shape local decision making. Together they offer a clear picture of the settings in which the 13 actions are being developed.
Living Labs
How to Create a Living Lab
Living Labs form a core part of CityMove’s approach to understanding how physical activity actions work in real urban settings. In each of the 6 cities, these spaces bring together communities, researchers and local partners to explore needs, test ideas, collect evidence and support the implementation of the early stage actions. Living Labs also help identify what is feasible, acceptable and sustainable, generating insights that contribute to cross-regional learning.
A summary document with the progress from all 6 Living Labs will be available soon!
Description of Late Interventions based on the TIDieR framework
For our late stage actions, we have prepared a description based on the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide, which helps explain each intervention in a simple and structured way. It outlines how these actions were created, what they involve, who leads them and how they work in practice across the six CityMove cities.
Scientific Results
Explore the scientific papers and presentations created by CityMove and each city team. These materials highlight the research taking place around the 13 actions and show how the cities are contributing new knowledge about physical activity and healthier urban environments.
Scientific Papers
Project General: CityMove Project
Title: How can cities accelerate, support and evaluate actions for active movement for health: protocol for CITY-MOVE, a multicase implementation research study in six cities in three continents.
Description: This protocol paper outlines the CityMove multicase study across six cities, describing how the project adapts the WHO Global Action Plan on Physical Activity into locally relevant strategies. It details the 13 actions studied at early and late stages, the mixed methods used, and the cross contextual evaluation approach designed to support scalability and transferability.
Keywords: CityMove, physical activity, urban health, implementation research, active mobility, non-communicable diseases, Living Labs, city-based interventions, GAPPA, scalability, transferability.
City: Antwerp
Title: Adolescent girls and physical activity in public spaces: insights from the city of Antwerp.
Description: This study explores stakeholder perspectives on teenage girls’ engagement in physical activity in two disadvantaged districts of Antwerp. It identifies interconnected policy, environmental, sociocultural and individual barriers, highlighting reduced access to safe and inclusive spaces and the need for participatory, gender sensitive urban planning.
Keywords: adolescent girls, physical activity, public spaces, socioecological framework, gender inequality, inclusive urban design, youth services, participation barriers, urban health, Antwerp.
City: Ljubljana
Title: Stakeholder mapping and evaluation of the ‘Walk along the wire’ intervention: a step to enhancing physical activity and community engagement in Ljubljana
Description: This study examines the Walk Along the Wire event in Ljubljana, using stakeholder mapping and a SWOT analysis to understand current strengths, challenges and collaboration opportunities. It highlights a diverse stakeholder network, strong community engagement and the need to support long term participation to enhance the event’s contribution to urban health.
Keywords: physical activity, stakeholder engagement, urban health, health promotion, public health, Ljubljana.
City: Ljubljana
Title: Gamification elements in mobile applications to promote physical activity among adolescents – systematic literature review.
Description: This review analyses mobile applications with gamification elements designed to promote physical activity among adolescents. From 1.065 articles screened, four randomized controlled trials were included, identifying elements such as progress tracking, points, badges, challenges and leaderboards. The findings highlight potential benefits while noting the need for further research on long term behaviour change.
Keywords: adolescents, gamification, mobile applications, physical activity, mHealth, Ljubljana.
Posters
Project General: CityMove Project
Title: Mapping routine data for physical activity: implementing GAPPA across six cities.
Description: This poster presents CityMove’s work on mapping routine administrative data to assess physical activity interventions across six cities. It outlines the identification of GAPPA data domains, the selection of potential indicators and the review of more than 25,000 variables to understand data availability, gaps and opportunities for improving policy evaluation
Keywords: physical activity, routine data, GAPPA, data mapping, urban health, indicator development, machine learning, policy evaluation, active mobility, CityMove.
City: Bogotá
Title: Beneficios y desafíos de la Ciclovía como estrategia de promoción de la salud – Scoping review
Description: This poster summarises a scoping review on the health benefits and challenges of Ciclovías. It examines 41 studies published between 2004 and 2024, highlighting evidence on public health impact, replicability and current challenges, and showing how Ciclovías support safe, recreational and healthy spaces for physical activity.
Keywords: Ciclovía, Bogotá, physical activity, healthy cities, public health, open streets, urban mobility, non-communicable diseases, community programmes, scoping review, active living.
City: Ljubljana
Description: This poster presents the Walk Along the Wire intervention in Ljubljana, as shared at the EFPC 2025 Conference. It generated discussion on long term behaviour change, the role of healthcare providers and inclusivity in once a year events. The poster received the Best Poster Prize for its focus on community engagement and inclusive approaches to support physical activity and long term health.
Keywords: Ljubljana, walking along the wire, stakeholder mapping, physical activity, participatory planning, urban health, SWOT analysis, community engagement, active mobility.scoping review, active living.
Podcasts
Blogs
