Düsseldorf, 21st January 2023 - Mark Caney, the President of the EUF (European Underwater Federation), awarded Professor Alessandro Marroni with the 2023 EUF Lavanchy Award at the BOOT 2023 show.
Inspired by the past, projected into the future. We look forward to working with Members, diving organisations, and the community, to keep making diving safer in the next 40 years.
During the second edition of DAN Europe's Sustainable Tour, our team travelled around UK and Ireland to raise awareness among the diving community about the threat of Ocean Acidification.
You can save a life!
Every 16th of October, national resuscitation councils across Europe hold various national events to champion the goals of Restart a Heart Day. It’s the right time to learn more about CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the use of AED (Automated External Defibrillator). Organised by the European Resuscitation Council (ERC), the event intends to raise awareness about cardiac arrest and help people to learn CPR, providing them life-saving skills and the confidence to use them.
The following is a statement from our insurance subsidiary, IDA Insurance Limited, addressed to all those DAN Europe Members (resident and tourist divers, dive professionals, and dive businesses) visiting or operating in Cyprus.
June 9th 2022 - DAN (Divers Alert Network) Europe is thrilled to announce the start of a new partnership with the Midlands Diving Chamber. DAN Europe members with declared residency in the UK can now rely on a new National Emergency Hotline number: 07931 472 602.
After a long period of forced break, this summer 2022 we go back on track with a series of events from June to October!
In occasione della Giornata Mondiale degli Oceani, l’8 giugno l’isola d’Elba diventerà la base operativa di sub da tutta Europa, coinvolti in un progetto di scienza collaborativa per raccogliere dati sulle variazioni ambientali nel Mediterraneo.
Promuovere lo sviluppo della subacquea scientifica è l’obiettivo del Progetto Europeo ScienceDiver. Il corso è rivolto a studenti e laureati in discipline scientifiche, ricercatori scientifici subacquei dei prossimi anni, che dovranno affrontare sfide sempre più impegnative nel panorama globale legato allo studio dei cambiamenti climatici e all’esplorazione dei fondali marini.
Infinita bellezza del nostro mare ed aree marine protette, ma anche, vulnerabilità, impatti dei cambiamenti climatici, comunità locali, ricerca e possibilità di adattamento: questi i temi di una serie di brevi video destinati ai canali social, che a partire dal prossimo primo marzo 2022 saranno presentati dai progetti Interreg Med, MPA Engage e MPA Networks.
A new guideline for determining fitness to dive based on the type and severity of symptoms.
DAN Europe Training è felice di annunciare la pubblicazione del nuovo modulo didattico DAN BVM (Bag-Valve-Mask), studiato per fornire le conoscenze base e le abilità pratiche necessarie per utilizzare correttamente un Sistema Pallone Autoespandibile - Maschera di Rianimazione.
DAN Europe and Azoth System have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a new collaboration focusing on data collection in the field of recreational diving.
It will have you singing (in) the blues
DAN Europe proudly supports DIVE PROJECT CORNWALL, a programme which aims to inform hundreds of thousands of young people and millions of adults about the importance of our oceans and raise awareness of the impact that the ocean has on human life itself, and how our very own existence depends on it.
The International School of Diving Safety and Medicine inaugurate their new premises.
Un gruppo di giovanissimi studenti, un'isola dai fondali unici ed un programma innovativo che parla di citizen science e protezione ambientale. Sono questi gli elementi caratterizzanti della Seiko Summer Class, che si svolgerà dal 1° al 4 settembre 2021 sull'isola di Ustica, vera e propria capitale delle attività e scienze legate al mare.
August 2nd 2021 - We're thrilled to announce that a new mobile App has just been launched by DAN Europe Training and is now ready for download.
Lugano, August 2nd, 2021 - The Swiss Lifesaving Society (SSS) - Lugano Section has been awarded with one of the highest recognitions in the field of underwater safety.
Before undertaking any diving activity, from try dives to dive courses and programmes, dive excursions or explorations, all divers will be asked by the diving centre to fill in some documents.
RECOMMENDATIONS ON RESUMING ACTIVITIES INVOLVING EXPOSURE TO A HYPERBARIC ENVIRONMENT IN SUBJECTS WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.
30 aprile 2021 - Quattro nuovi appuntamenti diving nella stagione 2021 per rilanciare HYDRA, il progetto by DAN, PADI e SUEX che mira a studiare gli effetti delle immersioni con l'uso di scooter subacquei (DPV, Diver Propulsion Vehicles o Veicoli di Propulsione Subacquea).
L'Università di Padova propone il suo Master di II livello in “Medicina Subacquea ed Iperbarica” per l'anno accademico 2021-2022.
March 11th 2021 - DAN Europe is now offering a new membership option which specifically supports local diving. The Dive Local insurance plan is designed to cover both scuba and freedivers during their diving activities within their country of residence only.
All kinds of diving is covered, including technical. The plan includes the 24/7 access to the DAN Europe hotline and diving medical advice, access to MyDAN and the ever-useful DAN Europe app (iOS, Android).
The coronavirus emergency has changed our lifestyles, including the way we live our passion for the sea.
During the first phase of the outbreak, we assisted the diving community with an awareness campaign, encouraging the safe reopening of the diving activities in summer season.
Now, following our commitment to scientific research, we have initiated a study on the return to diving after a COVID-19 diagnosis and the possible long-term effects of the disease.
November 24th 2020 - In an effort to limit the potential negative environmental impact of its operations, and provide its members with new services and more exciting digital experiences, DAN Europe won't be printing and sending any more polyvinyl (PVC) member cards along with their envelopes, as of this week.
12 November 2020 - DAN Europe is thrilled to participate in MPA ENGAGE, the European project focused on the effects of climate change in the Mediterranean, involving seven Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in six countries bordering the so-called Mare Nostrum : Albania, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, and Spain.
20 October 2020 — DAN Europe is launching a new, multifaceted campaign to encourage, celebrate, and support local diving in response to the pandemic, which has greatly restricted divers’ ability to travel internationally.
4 June, 2020 - Let's start off again, in complete safety: DAN Training is ready and intends to assist Trainers the best possible way.
