The Board of Directors (BoD) consists of individuals representing their national federation. The members are elected during the General Assembly. The BoD meets annually in changing locations all around Europe.
The Board is lead by a President and four Vice Presidents. They are supported by a Secretary General and a Secretariat. All other members are called ‘Directors’. The General Assembly June 2024 elected:
President:
Dr. Dirk Bissinger PhD (DLRG/Germany)
Vice Presidents:
Claire Ann V. Alfonso (NLS/Norway)
Dr. Giorgio Quintavalle PhD (FIN/Italy)
Isabel Garcia (RFESS/Spain)
Jolanda van Dalen (KNBRD/Netherlands)
Secretary General:
Dr. Christoph Freudenhammer PhD (DLRG/Germany)
Further Members:
- Honorary Life-President Dr. Klaus Wilkens (Germany)
- Honorary Life-Member Frank Nolan (Ireland)
- Honorary Life-Member Prof. Stoyan K. Saev (Bulgaria) † August 11th, 2015
- Honorary Life-Member Dr. Detlev Mohr (Germany)
- Honorary Life-Member Joachim Kellermeier (Germany)
Secretariat:
Ivonne Wilhelms
secretariat@ilseurope.org
History
Board of Directors Meeting were held at the following locations:
- 1994: Cardiff/Wales, United Kingdom
- 1995: Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- 1996: Bergen, Norway
- 1997: Venice, Italy (May)
- 1997: Bad Nenndorf, Germany (November)
- 1998: Vienna, Austria
- 1999: Cork, Ireland
- 2000: Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands
- 2001: Cavtat, Croatia
- 2002: Budapest, Hungary
- 2003: Paralimni, Cyprus
- 2003: Notwil, Switzerland
- 2004: Waterford, Ireland
- 2005: Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany
- 2006: Patras, Greece
- 2007: Belgrade, Serbia
- 2008: Cavtat-Dubrovnik, Croatia
- 2008: Berlin, Germany
- 2009: Paralimni, Cyprus
- 2010: Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2011: Dublin, Ireland
- 2012: Krakow, Poland
- 2012: Bad Nenndorf, Germany
- 2013: Sibenik, Croatia
- 2014: Vienna, Austria
- 2015: Agya Napa, Cyprus
- 2016: Lucerne, Switzerland
- 2016: Oropesa del Mar, Spain
- 2017: Malaga, Spain
- 2018: Lisbon, Portugal
- 2019: Larnaca, Cyprus
- 2020: virtual meeting October 24, 2020
- 2021: virtual meeting March 12 and 13, October, 29
- 2022: virtual meeting February, 25
- 2022: Bydgoszcz, Poland
- 2023: Castellón de la Plana, Spain
- 2024: Bad Nenndorf, Germany