European Speleological Federation
The European Speleological Federation is an international grouping of the speleological federations or national associations of all of Europe.
The FSE, formerly FSCE then FSUE, was founded in 1990 and is covered by the International Union of Speleology (UIS). The FSE promotes sport and scientific speleology. The FSE encompasses speleology in all its forms.
The FSE sets up and organises all activities and structures necessary to reach its goals, such as commissions, working groups, meetings, etc.
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News
17th EuroSpeleo Forum – CapoVolta in Italy
The next 17th EuroSpeleo Forum – CapoVolta will be held in the north of Italy in Volta Mantovana in the Mantua Region (about 40km south-west of Verona). The meeting is organised by the... READ MORE
Deadline for applications for the EuroSpeleo Projects 2025 is 30th April
The EuroSpeleo Projcts (ESP) Fund supports internationally oriented speleological projects that are open to the participation of speleologists from all FSE members and lead to a multinational and multidisciplinary cooperation. The deadline for... READ MORE
EuroSpeleo Newsletter, December 2024
It is with great pleasure that the European Speleological Federation (FSE) publishes the next EuroSpeleo Newsletter of December 2024. This Newsletter will be exclusively available in electronic form and it will be distributed... READ MORE
Call for projects for the EuroSpeleo Protection Label 2025
It is with great pleasure that the FSE announces this year’s call for cave and karst protection projects to receive the “EuroSpeleo Protection Label” (ESPL) from the European Cave Protection Commission of the... READ MORE
Scientific project seeks cave survey data
We are a team of researchers (and cavers) working at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, and we are looking for cave survey data to building a statistical database. With this database, we... READ MORE
Impression of the16th EuroSpeleo Forum: Syphonia 2024 in Italy
Impressions of the very succesfull 16th EuroSpeleo Forum “Syphonia 2024” in Caselle in Pittari, Salerno, Italy. The event was held from 31st october to 3rd november 2024. With about 1.500 particpants from nearly... READ MORE