|  | Foreword | No.50 May 2007 |

Editorial |
After celebrating the 10th anniversary of the ICSSPE office being based in Berlin, we have two important news items to mention in this issue. Firstly, we would like to announce that Christophe Mailliet has left his Executive Director role at ICSSPE after conducting the organisation’s business very successfully for the last ten years. He has commenced a new position as Executive Manager of streetfootballworld and we wish him all the best and hope that he finds his new job just as an enjoyable as we believe it was here at ICSSPE! We are also pleased to announce that Detlef Dumon has been appointed the new Executive Director after serving as ICSSPE Communications Manager for the last six years. This internal change will allow for a smooth transition and for ICSSPE to directly continue working with all projects. Another anniversary that is occurring is with the Bulletin. This issue is the 50th in the series and we hope as always to stimulate interest with our different sections and many different articles. We also want to use this issue to encourage you all to actively participate in the publications process by suggesting topics, submitting publication proposals and sending articles for the Bulletin. The feature of this issue is on “Sport and Leisure” and was kindly put together by Prof. Anneliese Goslin, South Africa and Prof. Jinxia Dong, China. A big thank you for their great work! I would also like to mention two of our upcoming projects: Learning to Win and Sport in Post Disaster Intervention. We will again have a Symposium at the “Dimensions of Performance” series, organised in cooperation with the ISTAF (www.istaf.de), this time on “Learning to Win – Elite Schools in Sport”. We hereby invite you to attend on September 15, 2007 in Berlin. Please find more information, the programme and registration form on our website: www.icsspe.org. The First Seminar on “Sport in Post Disaster Intervention” will be held 4-9 November 2007 in Rheinsberg, a beautiful little town close to Berlin. It is the first seminar of this kind and its progression thus far, along with positive feedback, shows the importance of the theme. It is supported by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Germany and has been developed in close collaboration with Kennesaw State University and the Red Cross Germany. The hands-on seminar focuses on the importance of sport and physical activity especially in the first phase of disaster management. Physical activity can have an important function in assisting victims to cope with physical and emotional trauma. In the form of rehabilitation, it assists with recovery of personal balance and supports team building in situations where joint efforts are needed. Participants of the seminar will be introduced to the numerous opportunities to practice sports with traumatised people and to adapt sport and physical activity successfully into daily work and to any conditions found in affected regions. If you are interested in participating, please take a look at the full programme and register now under ICSSPE News or take a look at the ICSSPE website, where you will also find information to all our other events and publications. Lastly, I would like to advise that all ICSSPE members should have now received a copy of the 2007 Membership Directory. Please contact the office if you have not. Please also check your entry to ensure that the details are current. Remember, we can only keep in touch with you if you keep us updated! Enjoy reading, Katrin http://www.icsspe.org/portal/index.php?w=1&z=5 Editorial