A big thank you to John SCOTT, Chairman, and Chris HAYES, General Secretary, of the EUSA in 2012 and 2013 for the outstanding work they did. After the Romanian federation joined EUSA in 2013, it was the turn of the Belgian federation to become a EUSA member in 2014.

The EUSA European Federation now has 13 countries representing over 2,500 companies in the pool and spa sector.

List of federations represented

This first meeting in Paris was an opportunity to list the projects underway within the EUSA with the second edition of the European awards, updating the website, www.eusaswim.eu, monitoring European standards relating to pools and spas, new monitoring projects and lobbying with regard to European regulations and European directives.
BSW made a presentation on the use of social networks within a federation.

To show our commitment at the European level, the next meeting will be held in Brussels in October 2014.

Focus on the 2014 European awards

2013 saw the first edition of the European Awards that was a major success and 9 companies representing 4 countries received prizes.

A limited number of application files are presented by National federations that thereby promote the best creations from their own selections. It consists of designating the best European achievement in each category.

The Awards were presented during a cocktail party on the BSW stand at the Aquanale exhibition that was kind enough to host this event. Many thanks to the Aquanale exhibition and BSW, and to Ute WANSCHURA in particular for his contribution to the organization of these awards.

The winners

For 2014, it was decided to present two additional categories of awards at the February meeting:

• the category Aboveground pool
• and the category hot tubs

National Federations should send their applications before June and the national juries will meet in September to select a list of prize-winners that will be unveiled in November 2014.
 

An action strategy oriented towards strengthening European monitoring and lobbying

Besides monitoring European standardization issues that is already well rooted in its current work, and the project for the elaboration of an European standard for spas, EUSA wishes to develop a mapping of European directives and regulations that affect the swimming pool and spa sector to be able to influence its contents in Brussels in the coming years if the need arises.