SWIMSAFE Coastal Cleanup Marks the 21st Biograd Swimming Marathon
Biograd na Moru and the Adriatic coastline shines a little brighter from this weekend as the Swimming Club Dolphin (PK Dupin) hosted 21st Biograd Swimming Marathon and in collaboration with Croatian Swimming Federation organised coastal cleanup with youngest participants. Around 150 participants — swimmers, coaches, and volunteers — came together not only to swim, but […]
World Drowning Prevention Day: SWIMSAFE Calls for Safe Swimming in Nature
Marking World Drowning Prevention Day, the SWIMSAFE – Safe Return of Swimmers to Nature project reminds everyone who enjoys open water that safety begins before we even step into the water. Through a shared educational framework, partners from Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia aim to make swimming in rivers, lakes and the sea safer and more […]
Safe Return of Swimmers to Nature: SWIMSAFE Capacity Building Workshop Held at Lake Jarun in Zagreb
The Croatian Swimming Federation (Hrvatski plivački savez) hosted the SWIMSAFE regional capacity building workshop on safe open water swimming on Saturday 27 June at Otok Univerzijade on Jarun in Zagreb, in the space beneath the rowing grandstand. The morning ran from 09:30 to 12:40 and finished where it mattered most — in the lake of […]
SWIMSAFE Coaches’ Seminar Held at Serbian Open Water Championship in Kostolac
The Swimming Federation of Serbia (Plivački savez Srbije) held a SWIMSAFE seminar for swimming coaches on 27 June at the Dragulj restaurant in Kostolac, held as part of the Serbian Open Championship in open water swimming. Bringing coaches together at a live competition, rather than in a lecture hall away from the water, put the […]
Over 200 Coaches and Trainers Attend SWIMSAFE Regional Workshop in Slovenia
Ljubljana, April 11th 2026 More than 200 swimming coaches, trainers, teachers and club staff filled the main lecture hall of the Faculty of Sport in Ljubljana on Saturday 11 April for the SWIMSAFE regional workshop, organised by the Slovenian Swimming Federation (Plavalna zveza Slovenije) under the leadership of dr. Dorica Šajber. It was the project’s […]
Coaches from Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia Complete Three-Day Open Water Safety Training in Ljubljana
From February 27 to March 1, thirty-two swimming coaches from Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia gathered at the Faculty of Sport in Ljubljana for an intensive three-day training programme dedicated to safety in open water swimming. Hosted at the Faculty’s own swimming pool, the course brought together coaches from across the region to deepen their knowledge […]
SWIMSAFE Project Officially Launched in Belgrade
Belgrade, 23 January 2026 — The SWIMSAFE project — Safe Return of Swimmers to Nature — was officially launched at its kick-off meeting in Belgrade, bringing together partners from Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia for the first time around one shared mission: safer, smarter open water swimming across the region. Hosted by the Serbian Swimming Federation […]