The Award 'FEIF trainer/instructor of the Year 2017' goes to Alexandra Dannenmann from the United States of America, one of the smaller FEIF member countries considering the number of members. Congratulations! Alexandra Dannenmann is an IPZV Trainer B and FEIF...
The Sport Leaders met in Stockholm for a productive two-day session as part of the FEIF Conference 2018. Two new members were elected to the Sport Committee: Alexandra Montan-Grey (SE) and Markus Karrer (CH). They join Hulda Gústafsdóttir (IS), Einar Ragnarsson (AT),...
Participants from nine FEIF member countries participated in the Annual Chairperson meeting at the FEIF Conference 2018 and provided updates on the latest developments and activities in their countries. Volunteers - how to motivate, how to include and how to honour...
Þorvaldur Árnason received the FEIF Award for his great contribution to the breeding of the Icelandic horse all over the world. He has been one of the leading scientists for many decades in the field of horse breeding and has added greatly to the knowledge about the...
The breeding leaders had a very constructive meeting with many discussions and also decided upon several changes in the breeding regulations, rules and guidelines which will be prepared for 2019. The group also decided to form a committee that will from 2019 on make a...
The FEIF Conference 2018 took place in Stockholm, Sweden and was organized with the great help of the Swedish Icelandic Horse Association. As every year, the FEIF Conference started with the Annual Delegates' Assembly, the highest authority within FEIF. 12 out of 19...
'Youth work is about the future' and so were most of the discussions in the FEIF Youth Meeting in Stockholm. Many of the delegates from the FEIF countries were younger than 26 years old (this is a first!) and what is more, they were already a pretty functioning team....
The exchange of information and experience from the countries was very positive and a lot of good ideas were discussed. Regarding the Horse Profile, there were several ideas on how to publish and advertise it in the countries. The countries are aware of the need to...
The full minutes of all meetings that took place in Helsinki (FIN) in February 2017 are now online on the FEIF website.
The education department had a successful meeting with very positive discussions, intensive exchange of information and results concerning educational topics of the representative participants. Herdis Reynisdottir, IS and Margrit Rusterholz, CH did not stand for...
The Sport Leaders and Sport Committee met for two days in Helsinki to consider a long agenda of proposals from the Committee and member associations. Coen Buijsse, Organizer World Championships 2017, presented an updated on the status of preparations for August. (All...
The FEIF Conference 2017 took for the first time place in Helsinki, Finland and was organized with the great help of the Finnish Icelandic Horse Association. As every year, the FEIF Conference started with the Annual Delegates' Assembly, the highest authority within...
The participants of the chairperson meeting provided updates about the latest developments and activities in their countries. As major topics of the meeting the activities of private organisers and actors, the challenge to involve volunteers in the activities in the...
The FEIF YouthWork committee welcomed delegates representing 10 member countries. The discussions included a review of the 2016 FEIF Youth Cup hosted by NL and the changes we will introduce for the next Cup, 2018 in Sweden. Most significantly it was decided - as a...
The Riding Horse Profile prepared by the Leisure Riding Committee in close cooperation with the Breeding and Education Committee has been finalized. Version 1.0 will be promoted to trainers via member organizations within the coming 4 weeks and will also be available...
In the past year FEIF has been working on different matters, cases and projects. The board and the World Championship committee has had several meetings with the WC organiser for WC in Berlin 2019 and, work on the invitation to WC 2017 in the Netherlands. Extensive...
What happened in the FEIF Education Department in 2016? This report provides an overview of the activities and projects of the Education Committee in 2016. Many activities are planned for 2017, so please check the calendar regularly for news.
The work conducted through 2016 has been very practically oriented on how to move on with developing a way of evaluating the character of a riding horse. A lot of trainers were involved in testing what we developed and the results will be presented at the FEIF...