So in 2006, the ICSD Board had to initiate some reform ideas with the ICSD members at the Symposium in Zagreb, Croatia. Then again, at the ICSD Extraordinary Congress in Bratislava, Slovakia.

ICSD has been on its reform journey for some time. What this has shown is that like for any reform work, it is not easy and requires a lot of commitment and hard work from all of us.

I am pleased and delighted that we have a new person from that region to fill the vacancy on the commission. His name is Yukata Osugi and he is an ideally qualified to fill this role having been involved in ICSD’s work on reform in the early days of ICSD’

The success of our Reform program rests upon the collective strengths of the ICSD family. It is intended to be our collective vision for ICSD’s future

ICSD President, Mrs. Rebecca Adam and WFD President, Mr. Colin Allen have meet in Melbourne, Australia

The new ICSD Reform Commission is responsible for the co-ordination and oversight of the ICSD Reform Program and will play a very important role in the changes taking place in ICSD

I thought I would share with you the 4 key goals that I would like to see ICSD working to achieve...

The IOC adopted the Athletes’ Rights and Responsibilities Declaration (Athletes’ Declaration) during the second day of the Session in Buenos Aires on 9 October. This ground-breaking document was formed following an extensive process that gathered the view

On 28 September 2018, the WADA publishes the 2019 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods (List); the 2019 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes; and the 2019 Monitoring Program. The List, which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee

This is just a few examples of the exciting partnership that lie ahead of ICSD and IOC and I am feeling very inspired by these real and meaningful opportunities for ICSD and IOC to work side by side, going forward

The meeting was an opportunity for us to put names to people’s faces and the impression I got was that we were very well aligned to each other’s needs and expectations. We were very transparent with each other.

It is with pleasure that I inform you that ICSD met with representatives from the Federazione Sport Sordi Italia (FSSI), the Organising Committee of the 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Italy and that we agreed to proceed with signing of the hosting agreement f

We have just had a 2 (two) hour long joint meeting with representatives from the IOC and ICSD in attendance. A very robust discussion was had with many topics covered including women in sports, our athletes commission and our governance.

The President of the ICSD, Rebecca Adam, today met with the President of the National Deaf Sports Federation of Switzerland, Mr Anton Koller, at the ICSD office in Lausanne.

2017 Best Sportsmen and Sportswomen Award

The ICSD Commissions play a vital role in the effective functioning and governance of ICSD and we need more members involved to make them work

More information about the recent request for an ICSD Extraordinary Congress (EC) received on 27 July 2018

A short update about the ICSD situation with the IOC. Since then, ICSD has been working with the IOC Ethics and Compliance Office to provide the following information: • ICSD financial reports • ICSD accounts • ICSD reform documents

With every new ICSD President there inevitably comes a change in emphasis and culture. Under my leadership, ICSD will provide more transparency, increase the frequency of its communications, and improve its engagement with our stakeholders. We are worki

Following Dr. Valery Rukhledev’s decision to step down from the office of President, the ICSD Executive Board appointed Mrs. Adam as ICSD President at its board meeting in Yerevan, Armenia on Saturday 29 July 2018

The ICSD Executive Board is hereunder sharing the first results of its executive meeting in Yerevan, Armenia on the 30 July 2018

In these uncertain times, the Acting President of the ICSD, Mr. Kang Chen would like to take the opportunity to provide an update to members about the present challenges that the ICSD is currently facing.