Drowning prevention campaign in Portugal
ILSE Member Portuguese Life Saving Federation (FEPONS) announces the launch of the drowning prevention campaign “waterproof” in Portugal. This is a program aimed at swimming in a school context that…
Articles by Anette Dreyer
WHO organised webinar World Drowning Prevention Day
The World Health Organization invited for a webinar to celebrate the World Drowning Prevention Day 2023. The participants discussed about recent achievements and activities in global drowning prevention. The webinar…
Drowning Prevention: World Youth Day August 1-6 in Lisbon, Portugal
From August 1 to 6, 2023, the World Youth Day will take place in Lisbon (Portugal), with the presence of the Pope and certainly more than 1 million young people….
Red Cross of Serbia started Water Safety Campaign “Lifesaving – Sport that saves Lives”
ILSE Member Red Cross of Serbia (RCS) organized a media event and a round table on water safety on July 7th, 2023. It was the opening for the national Water…
World Drowning Prevention Day 2023
The 25th of July is the World Drowning Prevention Day. ILSE President Detlev Mohr is asking us all to engage and do our share to end drownings. Here you will…
Results of the ILSE Europe Cups
The first ILSE Europe Cups 2023 have been finalised. To find the results of the different competitions, updated after every finalised Europe Cup competition, please follow the links: Europe Cup…
Floodings in Europe
ILSE Member Croatian Red Cross informs about the current situation in Croatia: Since Sunday, 14 May 2023 many parts of Croatia have been affected by excessive rain which caused flooding…
ILSE Board of Directors Meeting Spain
The ILSE Board of Directors met on the weekend May 5-6, 2023, for the annual meeting in presence in Castellón de la Plana, Spain. The meeting was well organized by…
ILSE mourns the passing away of Folkert Hoogslag
On May 2nd, 2023, Folkert Hoogslag died unexpectedly. Folkert Hoogslag from KNBRD, Netherlands, was well known to all friends in lifesaving as an extraordinary specialist of the ILSE Risk Assessment…
ILSE mourns the passing away of Bertil Werner
ILSE has to inform about the passing away of our Swedish friend Bertil Werner, a Grand Knight of ILS and Vice President of the former Fédération Internationale de Sauvetage Aquatique…