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Protecting Children and Youths in Water Recreation
Safety Guidelines for Service Providers
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Suggested citation: Norman N. and Vincenten J. Protecting children and youths in water recreation: Safety guidelines for service providers. Amsterdam: European Child Safety Alliance, Eurosafe; 2008.
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ISBN 978 - 90 - 6788 - 370 - 2 ? March 2008 External report 344
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Foreword by Meglena Kuneva European Commissioner for Consumers
Protecting Children and Youths in Water Recreation: Safety Guidelines for Service Providers
It is estimated that each year 50,000 Europeans in the EU 27 are injured whilst taking part in water sports or boating activities. Drowning is the second leading cause of death in young people, from infancy to 18 years of age.
As part of my mission to inform, protect and empower consumers, I am pleased to lend my support to these guidelines, which are the direct and practical result of our recent work in the area of water service safety.
These water safety guidelines, developed by the European Child Safety Alliance under the umbrella of a broader project called "Safety of Services for Children's Water-Related Sport, Tourism and Leisure Activities in the EU", are of major importance. Developed in collaboration with professional water recreation associations and injury prevention organisations across Europe, they provide informative data on injuries and hazards, and outline specific safety recommendations for many common water sports and waterside settings, in order to encourage safe water activities for children aged 0-18 years.
This initiative is consistent with the European Commission's overall approach to injury prevention as set out in the 2006 Communication on Actions for a Safer Europe [COM (2006) 328 final of 23.6.2006].
I hope that these guidelines will help those working in the water recreation industry ? whether as a hotel manager, a rental provider or a tour operator ? to fulfil their responsibilities in terms of injury prevention and safety promotion, and that our recommendations will allow them to implement good safety practices that will help to save children's lives.
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Table of contents
Introduction
1
Water safety fact sheets
Tourism and water-related injuries
2
Alcohol and water recreation
7
Protecting your business and your customers
Responsibilities of service providers in the EU
8
The importance of risk assessment
9
Criteria for assessment of safe services
10
Guidelines for specific activities and settings
Swim sports
Snorkeling
11
SCUBA diving
13
Boating sports
Canoeing and kayaking
16
Sailing
19
Personal Watercraft
21
Motorboats
23
Tow sports (water-skiing, tow inflatables)
25
Wind sports
Kite surfing
27
Windsurfing
30
Water settings
Safety by the waterside
32
Swimming pools on holiday properties
34
Waterslides
36
Further resources
38
European Child Safety Alliance country partners 41
References
46
Acknowledgements
47
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