ILSE Corresponding Member Greek Lifesaving Sports Association published the book “Opportunities and Challenges of Lifesaving as Olympic Sport: History, Olympism, Olympic Aspiration”, authored by Stathis Avramidis, PhD, Ioannis Dimakopoulos, MSc, Ioanna…
Dear members of the lifesaving family, dear Europeans This Sunday we have an occasion to celebrate together – the first World Drowning Prevention Day in 2021 ever. But it is…
ILSE mourns the victims of the flood disaster in regions of Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland. In the past days some of the countries of ILSE Members in…
International Lifesaving Federation of Europe demands at the first UN proclaimed World Drowning Prevention Day on 25th of July 2021. Stop the Death in the Water – Water Safety and…
Queen Elisabeth II, Patron of the Royal Life Saving Society since 1952, spoke to lifesavers and researchers from the organisation via video call – 80 years after completing her Junior…
The United Nations passed its first ever Resolution on Global Drowning Prevention (A/RES/75/273) during the seventy-fifth session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday 28th April 2021. The Resolution was…
ILSE was informed of the passing away of our Irish friend Michael Somers, a Grand Knight of ILS and an Honorary Member of the former Fédération Internationale de Sauvetage Aquatique…
Dr. Stathis Avramidis launched the international water safety program “Charlie the savior”, inspired by true Events of Baywatch and endorsed by the legendary Director Gred Bonann and 7 international organisations….
The European Resuscitation Council published COVID-19 Guidelines on April 24, 2020, and will be subject to evolving knowledge and experience of COVID-19. Several ILSE Members deploy the local and national lifeguards on…
We are informed of the passing away on 14 March 2020 of Pedro Walch den Tuinder, ILS Knight in the Order of Lifesaving, former ILS Board Member from 1993 to…