In the next stage, following up on the signing of a collaboration with Erasmus in the Sport and Physical Education as A Vehicle for Inclusion and Recognition in India, Indonesia, and Sri Langka (Erasmus + SPIRIT) project in February, the University of North Sumatra was honored to be the coordinator in the Work phase. Package 1.3: Survey and Report with Recommendation for Implementation of SPIRIT Work Package (WP 1.3).

According to Prof.Dr.dr.Dina Keumala Sari, MGizi., SpGK as the coordinator, WP 1.3 aims to provide recommendations in the preparation of sports and nutrition education curricula that meet the needs of policy makers and the community. WP 1.3 lasts for 15 weeks where filling out the questionnaire is carried out from May to June 2021 which is held online using Google forms which are distributed via WhatsApp and email applications. A total of 43 sports clubs, 13 fitness centers and 11 sports and nutrition institutions spread across India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka participated in filling out this WP 1.3 questionnaire.
This questionnaire contains the need for the importance of sports education and sports nutrition, the role of sport in reducing non-communicable diseases, knowledge and attitudes about the importance of the curriculum developed to produce graduates who understand sports education and sports nutrition. Furthermore, this program will be developed with capacity building trainings on sports and nutrition education. This training activity will be guided directly by resource persons from European partners, namely The University of Nicosia (Cyprus), Universitat Politècnica De Valencia (Spain), and Universidade De Lisboa (Portugal).