Background We propose a holistic view of interrelated frailties: cognitive decline, physical frailty, depression and anxiety, social isolation and poor sleep quality, which are a major burden to older adults and social and health care systems. Early detection and intervention are crucial in sustaining active and healthy ageing (AHA) and slowing or reversing further decline. Aims and Relevance The main aim of my-AHA is to reduce frailty risk by improving physical activity and cognitive function, psychological state, social resources, nutrition, sleep and overall well-being. It will empower older citizens to better manage their own health, resulting in healthcare cost savings. my-AHA will use state-of-the-art analytical concepts to provide new ways of health monitoring and disease prevention through individualized profiling and personalized recommendations, feedback and support. Approach An ICT-based platform will detect defined risks in the frailty domains early and accurately via non-stigmatising embedded sensors and data readily available in the daily living environment of older adults. When risk is detected, my-AHA will provide targeted ICT-based interventions with a scientific evidence base of efficacy, including vetted offerings from established providers of medical and AHA support. These interventions will follow an integrated approach to motivate users to participate in exercise, cognitively stimulating games and social networking to achieve long-term behavioural change, sustained by continued end user engagement with my-AHA. Scale and Sustainability The proposed platform provides numerous incentives to engage diverse stakeholders, constituting a sustainable ecosystem with empowered end users and reliable standardised interfaces for solutions providers, which will be ready for larger scale deployment at project end. The ultimate aim is to deliver significant innovation in the area of AHA by cooperation with European health care organizations, SMEs, NGOs.

H2TRAIN proposal is funded on the sixth edition of the Electronic Components and Systems (ECS) Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (ECS-SRIA) topics and major challenges for enabling digital technologies in holistic health-lifestyle supported by artificial intelligence (AI) networks. Biosensors for e-health and smart tracking of sport and fitness are a class of devices that is dominating the consumer and professional market with an unprecedented growth. Despite the impressive capabilities of recent approaches, several prospective revolutionary improvements are still open points, mainly in relationship with four factors: sensing new biosignals and tracking new activity patterns; improving battery lifetime and energy management for continuous use; and secure, reliable and efficient data analysis with AI algorithms and connectivity with the IoT. H2TRAIN aims at advancing the state of the art in this respect, taking profit from the remarkable properties and synergistic potential of one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) materials (1DM and 2DM), enabling more sensitive, efficient, and miniaturized biosensing capabilities within the established CMOS technology framework. This will contribute to the growth of e-health services assisted by AI and will fortify the development of Internet of Things (IoT) applications in health & wellbeing and digital society. H2TRAIN not only facilitates digital technology but also involves the development of new 1DM and 2DM-based devices for sensing, energy harvesting and supercapacitor storage. These innovations serve to integrate sport and health activities into IoT applications, making them accessible as wearable technology. H2TRAIN combines mature CMOS technology products for health and sport sensing with embedded intelligence as a cross-sectional technology. This combination offers a broad spectrum of technology demonstrators (TD) based on advanced sensors, such as tattoo sweat, C-reactive protein, cortisol and lactate.

ISA initiated the project 'Take it to the Street'. The project is about the value and use of street sports to promote the positive engagement of young people in society. The project was initiated on the basis of different underlying dynamics. in Europe, (local) governments struggle with the engagement and integration of young people, especially third country nationals, within their communities. The sports club can serve as an important space to foster the positive engagement and engagement of young people, but evidence shows that the traditional sports club doesn't fit for everybody. A shared belief of ISA and its consortium partners is that street sports can contribute to the engagement and integration of young people within society. This is backed by recent academic research that shows street sports are becoming increasingly popular throughout Europe. A consortium was formed with ISA in the lead and Game Denmark, Game Lebanon, Sport University Cologne and 3x3 UNITES as partners. Game Denmark has 10+ years experience in youth-led street sports for social change. Game Lebanon has specific experience working with high numbers of refugees and third country nationals using street sports. Sport University Cologne is a widely recognised institute doing research on Sport for Development. 3x3 UNITES is a young and innovative organisation that uses 3x3 basketball to promote social change. ISA has the positive engagement of young people at its core and recognises street sports as an important strategy. The aim of the consortium is to develop street sports as an effective strategy to promote the participation, engagement and integration of young people within their communities. More specific, 'Take it to the street' aims to develop curricula, best practices and tools that stimulate the use of street sports to promote positive engagement of youths. The project has resulted in: IO1: A research on the potential value of street sports for developmentIO2: How to guide: designing effective street sports for youth engagement interventionsIO3: How to guide: Implementing effective street sports for youth engagement interventionsIO4: How to guide: Monitoring and evaluating street sports for youth engagement interventionsIO5: A 3x3 basketball for youth engagement and life skills facilitators guideIO6: A 3x3 Basketball for youth engagement and life skills coaches’ manual IO7: A platform on how to design, implement and monitor Street Sports and Youth Engagement interventions The project has led to more insights and knowledge among consortium partners and stakeholders on how to use street sport for youth engagement. It also led to improved programmes and interventions. This contributes to a greater group of youth from multicultural backgrounds who are engaged in street sport activities and thereby increased their overall visibility, participation and sense of belonging within their (new) communities.Two concrete examples: - In Amsterdam, 3x3 leaders are trained on the basis of the developed '3x3 for youth engagement' curriculum - War Child (as one of multiple international organisations) have shown an explicit interest in using street sports within their programmes

EU-TRAINS aims to reinforce the supply chain on sensors for biomechanics and cardiovascular system real-time monitoring targeting applications in the fields of fitness and healthcare. It leverages from the strength of EU digital microsystem and design to support a 100% made-in-Europe supply chain of solutions which encompass smart-textile integration as well as advanced AI-based edge-cloud data processing. In details the following outcomes are foreseen: - Textile integrated electronic systems for real-time monitoring of hearth, respiratory and movement parameters on-the-air and in-water through an interdisciplinary approach; - Semiconductor technologies which allow the re-use of micro-nano systems both in the sports and in the healthcare sectors; - Miniaturized devices allowing the capturing of bio-chemical parameters able to withstand harsh ambient conditions such as salt fogs, chlorine, detergents, high and low temperatures, etc. The following key activities are targeted: - Development, prototyping and demonstration of versatile sensors with edge AI features for improved precision and reliability, that can also be integrated in textiles as well as in smart wearable wrist-watches and in sport equipment and gears targeting also underwater applications; - Cloud-edge Artificial Intelligence combined approaches for reliable diagnosis of body parameters. This will comprise sensor’s self-learning, remote update, multi-sensing approaches based on sensor arrays; - Novel materials that support electronics printing in textiles with stretchability and self-healing capabilities. Societal benefits are foreseen in the transition to a healthier lifestyle by promoting regular physical activity through affordable tools and services for a large audience, including people with disabilities. Moreover, this will impact the smart/remote-healthcare sector which will benefit of the availability of low-cost microfabricated solutions for intelligent, versatile, connected body sensors.