(13.2.2012)
Blue Flag has just signed a sponsorship contract with a new sponsor: Kvorning group. This agreement will enable Blue Flag to develop the international Blue Flag application on i-phones and Androids!
(10.2.2012)
In all aspects of our lives, protecting the environment has become one of the primary goals. Naturally, the same goes for us in BeachTech.
(4.2.2012)
Around one hundred HSBC Eco-Schools students & teachers, and HSBC volunteers took part in a beachside competition hosted by Emirates Wildlife Society in association with WWF (EWS-WWF) to raise awareness of the conservation needs of marine turtles and to mark UAE Environment Day on February 4, 2012.
(23.1.2012)
The International Blue Flag coordinator took the opportunity during her holidays to meet with the Colombian Ministry of Tourism to discuss joining FEE and implementing the Blue Flag programme.
(20.10.2011)
Cape Town’s Blue Flag Marina Programme signals a first for South Africa marinas
(14.10.2011)
(5.10.2011)
On the 28 September 2011, the Blue Flag International Jury has awarded the Blue Flag to a beach and a marina in Sint Maarten as well as 4 beaches in the US Virgin Islands for the first time. Sint Maarten and the US Virgin Islands have therefore now completed their pilot phase and have achieved full implementation of the Blue Flag programme.
(27.7.2011)
At an event on 20 July 2011 in the municipality of Melendugno in Puglia in Southern Italy, FEE was awarded the “Acqua Mater Prize” for its outstanding commitment in encouraging municipalities to pursue and promote sustainable development of beaches and marinas through its Blue Flag Programme.
(11.5.2011)
Blue Flag first for Jordan and the United Arab Emirates !
(19.4.2011)
16 whale-watching boats from Madagascar have joined the Blue Flag for Whale-watching Boats.
(13.4.2011)
The 'Spirit of New Zealand' the (tall) flag ship of the Spirit of Adventure Trust was officially welcomed as a member of the global Blue Flag programme at a ceremony on Friday at Westhaven Marina Auckland.
(6.4.2011)
Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) announces that we with our Blue Flag and Green Key programmes have joined the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), an international initiative dedicated to promoting sustainable tourism practices around the world.
(6.12.2010)
Puerto Rico gives the first Blue Flag to a beach located at a Nature Reserve in the Caribbean
(28.10.2010)
For the 10th anniversary year of Blue Flag in South Africa, twenty-seven South African beaches have been awarded international Blue Flag status for 2010/11.
(5.10.2010)
Since the Blue Flag programme started in 1987, more than 53 000 Blue Flags have been raised in the world. It is actually in 2010 that the 50 000th Blue Flag has been awarded!
(30.9.2010)
(13.8.2010)
Blue Flag fun day comes to Leven
(11.6.2010)
For the second consecutive year, the Corona Save the Beach campaign was launched with Blue Flag as partner
(10.6.2010)
TIDY Northern Ireland announced that a grand total of eight beaches and one marina have been awarded the international Blue Flag for their excellent environmental management and pristine water quality.
(8.6.2010)
In 2010, France is very happy to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Blue Flag in France, which shows how important and respected this label is around the world
(21.5.2010)
On the occasion of World Turtle day, Nature Trust (Malta) organised the Eco-Schools Turtle Release event for 2010. Seven loggerhead turtles have been released at the Mellieha Bay which will also link up with the Blue Flag activities for this Bay that is now applying for the full Blue Flag status.
(30.7.2009)
The International Blue Flag Coordination took part in the press event held by Corona Extra to present their survey carried out for the Corona Save the Beach campaign. Subsequently, Capocotta, a beach in Italy was chosen by internet users as the beach for a clean-up event
(1.6.2009)
The Blue Flag season 2009 in the Netherlands was started with a unique never seen event