Congress and Assembly of Delegates Aviemore, 11.-15. May 2010
I hope everyone has come home well despite flight difficulties. I would like to thank the BASI and the ISIA Secretariat for the super organization of the Congress, the Assembly of Delegates and the
Framework programme. Bravo and thank you again!
My thanks also go to all the nations and guests who have taken the time to participate in the event.
I am proud of the open disputes we had during the Congress and the Assembly of Delegates and that the votes, if in part, have remained tough but fair.
This is followed by a small summary of what happened, especially for those members who did not participate in the event.
Congress
Interski program
The detailed program for the Interski Congress was presented to those present. In particular, the structural changes were discussed.
New at the congress, not so many small lectures are to be held. At the heart of the congress are the following main topics:
Snow sports…
– and educational aspects/developments
– in the life span
– and emotions
– and social environment and integration.
The workshops should also deal with these topics in order to ultimately publish a message per topic.
Ambassador
With the ambassador for snow sports, every nation should report a personality who is in the country for
the snow sports promotion stands and then in St. Anton is honored.
Shows
At the evening shows, the joy of snow sports is to be celebrated.
Discussion platform
The program should also have scope to conduct casual discussions and network.
Media Relations / Marketing
Interski should become more sustainable. Therefore, Interski has brought external support to communicate our work and promote snow sports.
More information about Interski
The detailed program can be read on the website www.isia.ski.
ISIA History
Here is a brief outline of the history of ISIA:
In the 50s, the Interski was founded. The aim was to provide a platform to compare the ski technology of the individual nations and to develop them together. In addition, there were also pedagogical questions that were discussed.
The first conferences Lech – Davos – Val d’Isère were held in a 2-year rhythm. It was only through the establishment of the trade associations ISIA-IVSI-IVSS that the 4 year rhythm was introduced from 1971.
The ISIA was founded in 1972 by the ski instructor associations of the Alpine countries (France, Austria, Italy and Switzerland) to promote the interests of professional ski instructors (commercial teaching).
Among other things, the ISIA also stood for mutual assistance with professional stays abroad. Many teachers have been given the opportunity to spread knowledge all over the world.
The ISIA has regularly held congresses for commercial ski lessons, treated safety on and off the slopes, held workshops on methodology and technology, and conducted the World Championships of professional ski instructors. New nations have been continuously admitted to the ISIA, partly without checking their training in detail.
In 1992, ISIA accredited itself to the EU in Bruxelles for professional standardisation. The 2000 Assembly of Delegates in Sierra Nevada, Spain, has advocated minimum standard training to obtain or maintain membership. In parallel, however, without interpelling ISIA, nine nations have signed the so-called Lyon Treaty for the Eurotest, which blocked the implementation of the agreed ISIA standard.
In 2008, the association FEMPS (Federation Europeen Moniteurs Professionels du Ski) was founded by SNMSF – France, ÖSSV – Austria and ColNaz – Italy. At the moment, according to their own information, Belgium is also the only other member.
In Jesolo 2008, the delegates expanded the minimum standard training of 2000/Sierra Nevada and introduced the two training standards of the ISIA: the minimum standard with ISIA brands completion and the minimum standard with ISIA Card, with additional safety module (driving off the secured slopes) and the technology test with the giant slalom on time. (Base 50 FIS points + 12.5% men, 17.5% women).
In addition, there was the decision to set up an international database that in a first phase registers the teachers with the ISIA Card and in a second phase the teachers with the authorization for the ISIA brand.
STATE OF WORK AFTER THE 2-YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGULATIONS:
The training pyramid
The ISIA Training Pyramid was presented at the Interski Congress in Jong Pyong (Korea) 2007. The aim was a uniform one in the most diverse apprenticeships with the many job titles
Create structure. The three stages are:
1. Association ski instructors (introductory courses, children’s teachers, interns)
2. ISIA brand. These teachers meet the first level of the ISIA minimum standard and are
entitles the ISIA trademark to receive.
3. ISIA Card requires the minimum standard for the brand and requires in-depth training as well as the existence of the ISIA test (giant slalom) on time as well as the safety test for guiding guests off the marked and secured slopes. (no glacier crossings and climbing tours)
Why these classifications?
Currently, the ISIA has 38 member nations with about 238 different “professional names”. Through the classification in association teachers, ISIA brand and ISIA card degree, a comparison of the training,
Or the classification into your own system are simplified. This has nothing to do with mutual professional recognition.
In the future, only professional ski instructor associations will be represented in the ISIA, which will at least meet the status of the ISIA brand in their respective country training. The other countries
can participate in the activities of the ISIA, but only with the status of “observer”. You will not receive any brands until they have met the minimum standard. This rule applies to the inclusion of new
Members but also for the retention of membership of the current members.
Snow sports instructors with a degree at the level of the ISIA Card are considered to be highly qualified teachers with an ISIA quality certification, which, if the laws of the respective country allow, in
the location are to teach independently on and next to the secured slopes.
What about mutual recognition?
The discussion in Avemore has clearly shown that the training philosophies in the countries and continents are very different. So the representative of the American ski instructors told us, for
She is the best teacher of those who can inspire the guests and bring new bookings and not the one who drives a giant slalom quickly. Argentina, on the other hand, is interested in the fact that its teachers
are adapted to the European Standard so that they can work here in Europe in winter. In Europe, one wants to allow a free circulation only if a high technical quality is guaranteed.
We are aware of the controversial opinions as to whether this required high level of quality can be guaranteed by the existence of a Euro test and to what extent a Eurotest makes sense, appropriately
and can be suitable to measure the quality of a ski instructor, especially since the results of this test depend on too many coincidences.
Why are there problems with mutual recognition?
The conditions for professional recognition are very different in the individual countries. It depends on whether in a country the training and the practice of the profession of a ski or
Snow sports instructor is regulated or not. There are countries where the activity is centrally regulated for the whole country (F) or countries where the training is not national but in each individual
Administrative district, such as canton, region, province or country (A, I, CH) is regulated. In Germany, the state of Bavaria has the supervision of the state training of all professional teachers in Germany and it
Would give many other examples.
In many countries there are no specific laws at all, neither for training nor for the practice of the profession.
In addition, not all countries that train ski or snow sports instructors themselves, can also use them in their own country, because they lack the mountains and the snow. That there
Competitive problems arise, it is clear. On the other hand, however, we are all instructed that snow sports should be spread worldwide and that as many people as possible early with winter sports in
Come contact and then stay true to the snow sport. The merits of the “Flax Country ski instructor”, who has to inspire his guests in a snowless environment for skiing to them
Bringing to the slopes is sure to be as high as that of the “Alpine ski instructor” who can strap on his skis on his own doorstep.
Are these problems also in other professions?
This question can be answered with yes. The ISIA became in January 2010 with many other professional genres such as lawyers, architects, mountain guides, medical professions and many others
invited to Brussels to be informed and discussed about professional recognition. At the moment, the whole structure still seems to be very theoretical. Just a convinced cooperation and
Constructive solutions can bundle the many individual interests into a common solution. To date, no profession has yet made it to a recognised common professional platform
European level to install. Why shouldn’t the ski instructors be the first?
Data Bank
The various trainings of the 38 member nations were included in painstaking work.
In total, there are about 240 different titles and professional standards. This alone shows that the two step-by-step model of the ISIA is very useful for the classification of the most diverse trainings.
So far, approx. 12’000 teachers from 8 nations registered.
The nations that are already entitled to issue the ISIA Card to their members should, if they have not already done so, the data of their snow sports instructors to Mario Fabretto, under
submit isiadb@conecta.it. (Argentina, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, UK, Italy, Holland, Austria and Spain). In addition, there are those associations that already
have completed the standard control with positive evaluation.
In a 2. Step, the teachers with ISIA brands standard are also registered.
The Assembly of Delegates
After we discussed intensively in the morning and I think we spoke openly to each other, everyone was looking forward to the course of the Assembly of Delegates.
Here is a summary:
The reports President, Marketing, Education and Legal Commission were discussed and discussed. The annual accounts were approved and issued to the Bureau and the institutions Decharge.
Membership fees have not been increased. The budget was rejected. A concrete work plan is to be delivered on the proposed budget loss of CHF 50’000.
KSIA of Korea has been accepted as an “observer” in ISIA.
The Bureau withdrew the request on the agenda entitled ‘Exclusion of the Member SNMS – France’. After a long discussion of this point, Belgium has a new one
Requests to exclude SNMSF-France from ISIA, although this motion could not be voted on, since it failed in the 2/3 majority, which is necessary according to the Staut,
to add new items to the agenda.
The next delegate meeting will take place at the Interski Congress 2011 in St. Anton instead. For the congress 2012 we have no applicants yet and about the award of the World Cup 2013 will be in St. Anton
be decided.
Summary
– The Interski program with its new structures was presented.
– The implementation of the training pyramid is in full swing. Individual training courses were attended, the checks were carried out. The ISIA Test technique has proven itself.
– The database has advanced in its construction. The nations can report the data.
– The appeal against the FEMPS is reported in more detail in the protocol of the DV.
Thanks
I would like to thank all those who have participated in the discussion and in the further development of our profession. I am happy to accept further additions to the report on communication and discussion
to promote.
International Ski Instructors Association ISIA
Your President R. Campell & Secretary General Dr. Hugo Reider