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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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ICSD President's Message on IOC - ICSD Meeting 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.
Posted: 2018 Sep 12

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ICSD President's Message on Commissions 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
Posted: 2018 Aug 28

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

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ICSD President's Message on IOC 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
Posted: 2018 Aug 20

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New ICSD President's Message 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
Posted: 2018 Aug 11

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ICSD President's Letter 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
Posted: 2018 Aug 02

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Italy Declares Candidature for the 2019 Winter Deaflympics The ICSD is pleased to release today the declaration of candidature by the FSSI for the 2019 Winter Deaflympics
Posted: 2018 Jul 04

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2019 Winter Deaflympics Update ICSD wishes to inform you that we continue to work with FSSI about the 2019 Winter Deaflympics in Italy
Posted: 2018 Jun 20

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Italian Organisers Prepare for 2019 Winter Deaflympics The top-level managers of the ICSD, the Italian Deaf Sports Federation and the Italian Paralympic Committee met at the FSSI office
Posted: 2018 May 21

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President's Message: Info about the upcoming Winter Deaflympics I would like to share with you that many people from different countries have asked about the upcoming Winter Deaflympics in Kazakhstan
Posted: 2018 Feb 03

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Season's Greetings by ICSD President As the 2017 approaching to the end, it's time to say the warmest words to your colleagues and thank everyone for their understanding and support.
Posted: 2017 Dec 29

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Doping control and Audiology tests during the 23rd Deaflympics The last results of doping control after all the additional researches procedures are now known. We are thus now ready to provide the outcome of the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey
Posted: 2017 Nov 15

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A Month after the 2017 Deaflympics A Month Passed Since the Conclusion of the 2017 Deaflympics
Posted: 2017 Aug 26

Rukhledev, Kihtir and Baltacı at closing ceremony

Samsun Deaflympics 2017 Has Ended 23rd Summer Deaflympic Games, which had started on July 18 and brought together more than 3 thousand athletes from 97 countries, has ended with an closing ceremony in Yaşar Doğu Sports Hall on the 30th of July
Posted: 2017 Jul 31

Mayor Yusuf Ziya Yilmaz & Ruhkledev at golf course

Samsun Makes History Samsun Golf Club has become a part of the history in Deaflympics
Posted: 2017 Jul 28

Samsun 2017 - Anti-doping

Doping and Audiogram Tests at the Deaflympics are historically the highest Fifteen (15) Doping Control Officers only from the Agency are working at the fields and sporting venues at the same time.
Posted: 2017 Jul 26