News & Announcements

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New chair of the ICSD Technical Commission

2018 Dec 13
ICSD is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mr Martin Bogard to the role of Chair of the ICSD Technical Commission.
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History of the ICSD Reform Commission

2018 Dec 12
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.
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Yutaka Osugi is ICSD Reform Commission member

2018 Nov 20
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.
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New member of the ICSD Reform Commission

2018 Nov 19
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’
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Second draft of the ICSD Reform documents

2018 Nov 06
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
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Meeting of the ICSD and the WFD Presidents in Melbourne

2018 Oct 22
ICSD President, Mrs. Rebecca Adam and WFD President, Mr. Colin Allen have meet in Melbourne, Australia
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ICSD President's Message on ICSD Reform Commisison

2018 Oct 19
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
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ICSD President's Greetings to the 2018 EDSO Congress

2018 Oct 18
I thought I would share with you the 4 key goals that I would like to see ICSD working to achieve...
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Athletes’ Declaration officially endorsed by the IOC Session

2018 Oct 10
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
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WADA publishes 2019 List of prohibited substances and methods

2018 Sep 30
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
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Summary on IOC - ICSD Meeting

2018 Sep 13
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
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Views on IOC - ICSD Meeting

2018 Sep 13
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.
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ICSD President's Message on 2019 Winter Deaflympics

2018 Sep 13
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
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ICSD President's Message on IOC - ICSD Meeting

2018 Sep 12
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.
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ICSD President meets President of the Schweizerischer Gehörlosen Sportverband

2018 Sep 11
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.
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2017 Best Sportsmen and Sportswomen Award Finalists

2018 Sep 08
2017 Best Sportsmen and Sportswomen Award
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ICSD President's Message on Commissions

2018 Aug 28
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
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ICSD President's Message on Extraordinary Congress

2018 Aug 24
More information about the recent request for an ICSD Extraordinary Congress (EC) received on 27 July 2018
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ICSD President's Message on IOC

2018 Aug 20
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
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New ICSD President's Message

2018 Aug 11
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
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ICSD President's Letter

2018 Aug 02
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
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Press Release: ICSD Announcement

2018 Jul 31
The ICSD Executive Board is hereunder sharing the first results of its executive meeting in Yerevan, Armenia on the 30 July 2018
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ICSD Executive Board Statement

2018 Jul 22
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.