The alignment of physical education with physical literacy across 40 European countries: A policy brief to UNESCO developed by the EUROPLIT Group

Johannes Carl; Kasper Salin; Peter Elsborg; Petr Vlček; Cristiana D'Anna; Hannah Goss; Unknown Unknown; Suzanne Lundvall; Lisa Michele Barnett; Beatrix Algurén; Branislav Antala; Gillian Bartle; Jens Birch; Victoria Black; Anna Bryant; Jorge Carlos-Vivas; Efstathios Christodoulides; Joe Cowley; Tamás Csányi; Kristine De Martelaer; Unknown Unknown; Gonca Eren; Andra Fernate; Lawrence Foweather; Barbara Gilic; Thordis Gisladottir; Nigel Green; Dorota Groffik; Sandra Heck; Ivo Van Hilvoorde; Mikko Huhtiniemi; Unknown Unknown; Johannes Jaunig; Ellen Jones; Gregor Jurak; Anne Kelso; Andre Koka; Christoph Kreinbucher-Bekerle; Ida Laudanska-Krzeminska; João Martins; Bojan Masanovic; Paul Mcflynn; Melanie McKee; Paulina S. Melby; Maria Mendoza Muñoz; Ivan Müller; Brigita Mieziene; Ivana Milanovic; Eleonora Mileva; Alexandre Mouton; Zsolt Németh; Wesley O'Brien; Wesley O'Brien

doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.20120.25608

The alignment of physical education with physical literacy across 40 European countries: A policy brief to UNESCO developed by the EUROPLIT Group

Johannes Carl
, Kasper Salin
, Peter Elsborg
, Petr Vlček
, Cristiana D'Anna
, Hannah Goss
, Unknown Unknown
, Suzanne Lundvall
, Lisa Michele Barnett
, Beatrix Algurén
, Branislav Antala
, Gillian Bartle
, Jens Birch
, Victoria Black
, Anna Bryant
, Jorge Carlos-Vivas
, Efstathios Christodoulides
, Joe Cowley
, Tamás Csányi
, Kristine De Martelaer

Unknown Unknown, Gonca Eren, Andra Fernate, Lawrence Foweather, Barbara Gilic, Thordis Gisladottir, Nigel Green, Dorota Groffik, Sandra Heck, Ivo Van Hilvoorde, Mikko Huhtiniemi, Unknown Unknown, Johannes Jaunig, Ellen Jones, Gregor Jurak, Anne Kelso, Andre Koka, Christoph Kreinbucher-Bekerle, Ida Laudanska-Krzeminska, João Martins, Bojan Masanovic, Paul Mcflynn, Melanie McKee, Paulina S. Melby, Maria Mendoza Muñoz, Ivan Müller, Brigita Mieziene, Ivana Milanovic, Eleonora Mileva, Alexandre Mouton, Zsolt Németh, Wesley O'Brien, Wesley O'Brien

School of Education

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Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20120.25608
Publication status	Published - Feb 2026

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Carl, J., Salin, K., Elsborg, P., Vlček, P., D'Anna, C., Goss, H., Unknown, U., Lundvall, S., Barnett, L. M., Algurén, B., Antala, B., Bartle, G., Birch, J., Black, V., Bryant, A., Carlos-Vivas, J., Christodoulides, E., Cowley, J., Csányi, T., ... O'Brien, W. (2026). The alignment of physical education with physical literacy across 40 European countries: A policy brief to UNESCO developed by the EUROPLIT Group. (Policy Brief). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20120.25608

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