News & Announcements
Update Brazil Symposium
On the weekend, the ICSD Executive Board met to discuss advice received from the Organising Committee of the Brazil Symposium that due to low numbers of members indicating their intention to participate that they were not progressing with the symposium. I
Posted: 2019 Feb 12
Voting privileges for Associate Members
One is to review a possible change in voting privileges for associate members. Currently, only full members meaning national deaf sports federations can vote at the Congress.
Posted: 2019 Jan 28
ICSD Technical Commission Update
Posted: 2019 Jan 25
Status of the ICSD Technical Directors
The TDs are on volunteer-based; moreover, they are ready to work for World Deaf Sports Championships and Deaflympics.
Posted: 2019 Jan 23
Reform Commisison - Option on new MOU arrangement with our IDSFs
At our recent meeting, the commission discussed establishing new MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) arrangement with our IDSFs (International Deaf Sports Federations).
Posted: 2019 Jan 22
Independent ICSD Ethics and Complaints Commission
We discussed having an independent Ethics and Complaints Commission at ICSD. Its purpose will be to resolve any complaints raised under its terms of reference.
Posted: 2019 Jan 21
The ICSD Reform Symposium in Brazil
It is with pleasure that I advise that the ICSD Executive Board have approved the hosting of the 2nd ICSD Reform Symposium
Posted: 2019 Jan 20
2019 World Deaf Basketball Championships Update
Polish Deaf Sports Accosiation (Poland) has been confirmed as the host of the World Deaf Basketball Championships
Posted: 2019 Jan 17
ICSD Reform and Associate Members?
One of these initiatives is a new membership process for sports to become an ICSD Associate Members (IDSF)
Posted: 2019 Jan 13
ICSD Reform for Athletes?
One of these recommendations is to establish an ICSD Athletes Commission and for the Chair of the Athletes Commission to have a seat on the ICSD Executive Board with voting rights.
Posted: 2019 Jan 13
New ICSD Legal Commisison
The ICSD board has approved the establishment of the ICSD Legal Commission. Its main work will be to provide legal review of the current constitution and bylaws as well the proposed new constitution and bylaws.
Posted: 2019 Jan 11
2018 Best Sportsmen and Sportswomen Award Finalists
2018 Best Sportsmen and Sportswomen Award
Posted: 2018 Dec 22
2019 Happy New Year Wishes and Greetings
As we greet the New Year, I am delighted to join all ICSD members and athletes in welcoming the year 2019 both at home and abroad. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ICSD Board, Staff, ICSD Members and athletes for their efforts in the pas
Posted: 2018 Dec 21
ICSD President's Greeting to the 2019 Winter Deaflympics OC
After Khanty-Mansiysk and Magnitogorsk in Russia, it will be the turn of the great nation of Italy to host the athletes of the Winter Deaflympics.
Posted: 2018 Dec 19
New chair of the ICSD Technical Commission
ICSD is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mr Martin Bogard to the role of Chair of the ICSD Technical Commission.
Posted: 2018 Dec 13
History of the ICSD Reform Commission
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.
Posted: 2018 Dec 12
2019 World Deaf Orienteering Championships Update
Posted: 2018 Dec 11
Yutaka Osugi is ICSD Reform Commission member
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.
Posted: 2018 Nov 20
New member of the ICSD Reform Commission
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’
Posted: 2018 Nov 19
Second draft of the ICSD Reform documents
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
Posted: 2018 Nov 06
New chair of the ICSD Women in Sports Commission
Posted: 2018 Nov 05
Meeting of the ICSD and the WFD Presidents in Melbourne
ICSD President, Mrs. Rebecca Adam and WFD President, Mr. Colin Allen have meet in Melbourne, Australia
Posted: 2018 Oct 22
ICSD President's Message on ICSD Reform Commisison
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
Posted: 2018 Oct 19
ICSD President's Greetings to the 2018 EDSO Congress
I thought I would share with you the 4 key goals that I would like to see ICSD working to achieve...
Posted: 2018 Oct 18
Summary on IOC - ICSD Meeting
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
Posted: 2018 Sep 13