The International Life Saving Federation (ILS) strongly deplores and condemns the invasion of the sovereign state of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. The Russian Lifesaving Society (VOSVOD), which is a…
ILSE Member KNBRD (The Netherlands) organised the Orange Cup at the end of November 2021. Please follow this link to find a foto session (done by Manfred Buttke, Germany, approved…
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…
The 2021 European Lifesaving Championship pool and ocean for National Teams Open and Youth in Spain took place September 10th – 18th, 2021 in Castellon de la Plana (close to…
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…
The General Assembly of ILS-Europe 2021 took place as a virtual meeting on March 13, 2021. The General Assembly re-elected ILSE President Dr. Detlev Mohr (Germany) and Joachim Kellermeier (Germany)…