ESDP’s ToR updating
The ESDP’s Terms of Reference have been updated. The version in force, endorsed on June 5, 2025, is available online: https://www.esdpanel.eu/esdp-s-tor/
37th ESDP meeting, videoconference
The 37th ESDP meeting will be held on Wedbesday, October 29th 2025 from 2:00 PM CET, via videoconference.
ESDP statutory countries meeting 3, 5th June 2025
Statutory countries meeting 3 (private access)Discussion about the ToR
ESDP statutory countries meeting 2, 19th May 2025
Statutory countries meeting 2 (private access)Discussion about the ToR
ESDP statutory countries meeting, 3rd April 2025
Statutory countries meeting (private access)
Just published (Dec. 2024)
Féral (J.-P.), Norro (A.) 2024. Standards of initial training in Occupational Scientific Diving (OSD), a necessity for the mobility of scientists in Europe. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 65(4): 269-277. DOI: 10.21411/CBM.A.AAB43A40 (PDF)
8th ECSD – ESDP’s contributions
Abstracts Book Balazy P, Włodarska-Kowalczuk M, Chełchowski M, Opalińska Z, Zmudczyńska-Skarbek K. Tracking changes in benthic community composition along the seabird colony impact gradient with a photo-quadrat surveys in the Arctic (OP18) p.37 Norro A, Féral J-P. ISO standards for … Lire la suite
ESDP Best Practice for using Closed-Circuit Rebreather for Occupational Scientific Diving at work (2nd version)
A new version of the ESDP’s consultation document Alain Norro (ed.) 2024. ESDP Best Practice for using Closed-Circuit Rebreather for Occupational Scientific Diving at work is available here.
Just published (Oct. 2023)
Féral (J.-P.), Norro (A.) 2023. Specific initial training standards are needed to dive for science in Europe, Occupational vs. Citizen Science Diving. Frontiers in Marine Science, section Marine Affairs and Policy, Policy and Practice Reviews 10:1134494, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1134494 (PDF: open … Lire la suite
PNKK is born!
Piotr Balazy, the Polish representative in ESDP, informed about the creation of the (national) Polish scientific diving committee PNKK. The news is published in Polish Hyperbaric Research in November 2022 [Bałazy P, Kontny B, Różycki J, Saniewski M, Puczko D, … Lire la suite