To promote public health by offering non-competitive outdoor sports events;

To further peace and understanding between nations by fostering international friendships through volkssports ie walking, cycling, swimming, cross country skiing, skating etc. which are non-competitive and have no specified time limits or "winners"

To unite the national volkssport associations throughout the world and to stimulate and support their effort through a continuous exchange of ideas and experiences, while at the same time acknowledging their legal and financial independence;

To award, through member federations, International Popular Sports' Achievement Awards to individuals in recognition of their repeated participation in popular sports events.

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