"MoVe – deng Vakanz, däi Sport": a practical alternative to screens during the school holidays

As part of the Screen-Life-Balance initiative, the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth is launching the programme MoVe – deng Vakanz, däi Sport. The aim is to offer children and young people alternatives to screens, particularly during the school holidays. The programme was presented at a press conference on 3 March 2026 by the Minister of Education, Children and Youth, Claude Meisch, together with the Director of the National Youth Service (SNJ), Georges Metz.

"It is essential that children and young people once again have more opportunities for real-life contact, to meet and share experiences together. MoVe is a concrete measure that allows young people to be more active and take part in group activities outside the digital world," emphasised Minister Claude Meisch.

New discoveries for children and young people

MoVe forms part of the ministry's Manner Ecran – méi beweegen, entdecken, erliewen approach, which aims to help children and young people find a healthy balance between the digital and the real world by providing spaces and activities that are physical, playful and creative, encouraging discovery, experimentation and the enjoyment of movement away from screens.

During the school holidays, young people generally have more free time, while many sports clubs suspend their regular activities. This is precisely where MoVe comes in, offering accessible sporting activities for children and young people, primarily during school holidays and particularly during the summer. The activities are aimed at children and young people aged 8 to 23 and are organised across Luxembourg, as well as occasionally abroad.

A diverse programme

The programme is being continuously expanded. It currently includes around 50 varied activities, which are organised in three formats:

• Sport Camps: organised over several days (generally without overnight stays), these camps allow participants to discover several disciplines. At present, around twenty such activities are included in the programme. Participants can, for example, try team sports inspired by disciplines such as Lacrosse or Flag football, as well as sports played on sand.
• Themed weeks: over the course of an entire week, different activities centred on a general theme – such as dance, self-defence or North American sports – are offered in half-day sessions.
• One-off events: organised throughout the year, including outside school holidays, these events – such as the Night of Sport or the Summer Challenge – aim to promote participation in sport among young people.

Particular attention is paid to the diversity of the programme and to introducing disciplines that are not widely represented in traditional school sport. Young people can try a broad range of activities, from acrobatics, dodgeball or mountain biking to trending sports such as parkour, roundnet, ultimate frisbee or callisthenics. The programme also includes wellbeing activities such as yoga or zumba, as well as martial arts such as muay thai or jiu-jitsu.

MoVe focuses on discovery, enjoyment and movement rather than performance. Young people can try out different disciplines in a safe educational environment, meet other young people and practise physical activity without having to commit immediately to joining a club. One of the objectives of MoVe is therefore to encourage young people to develop an interest in physical activity and to continue practising sport regularly beyond the activity itself.

Supervision by experienced professionals

All activities are supervised by professional coaches and experts, with additional educational staff from the SNJ present during the Sport Camps. If a young participant wishes to continue practising a discipline after taking part, the SNJ can, on request, put them in contact with a sports club to facilitate regular participation. Participants can therefore discover a discipline before potentially joining a club or association.

The SNJ already cooperates with around thirty associations, clubs and federations and plans to further expand this network in the coming months. This collaboration helps ensure high-quality supervision and allows young people to discover different disciplines. It can also provide clubs with the opportunity to connect with interested young people, without any obligation to register. Associations, clubs and federations interested in joining the programme can contact the SNJ.

Registration

Registration takes place online via the platform move.snj.lu, where the programme is regularly updated. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The participation fee is €5 for a half-day activity and €10 for a full-day activity.

More information: https://move.snj.lu/

Press release by the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth