The EuroSpeleo Projects (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 fund supports activities, which sustainably enhance the knowledge about caves and karst in the categories “Exploration – Science – Protection” as the three main goals of Speleology, generally acknowledged by the International Year of Caves and Karst (IYCK).”
EuroSpeleo Projects funds activities related to cave & karst research and exploration in Europe and worldwide locations. Examples are expeditions, congresses, caver meetings.
Media projects like books and films are supported by the FSE via the “Book and Media Patronage” funds.
EuroSpeleo Projects funds every individual, club, local organization and national commission or federation who belong to a country being member of FSE.
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Please be aware that the guidelines for EuroSpeleo Projects 2024 have been revised and incorporate now two deadlines for sending in the applications for the EuroSpeleo Projects:
- 30th of April for projects taking place from 01/07 to 31/12 of the same year.
- 31st of October for projects taking place from 01/01 to 30/06 of the following year.
For projects taking place after 1st July 2024 these new rules apply:
You can have a look at an Overview of the EuroSpeleo Projects from 2007 to 2022 on a worldwide map with each project projected on it with a listing of the projects.
You can download and read the reports of the EuroSpeleo Projects by clicking on one of the images below. For the older reports you choose one from the lists below.
Announced Projects for 2024
- Arios Cave Project, Picos de Europa, Spain in June/July
- Migovec 2024 Pol Stoletja Expedition, Slovenia, in July/August
- CUCC Expedition Totes Gebirge, Loser Plateau, Austria, in July/August
- East Africa Lava Caves Project, Turkana and Mt. Suswa, Kenya, in July/August
- International Cave Diving Expedition Njemica 2024, Croatia, in August
- Exploration Arañonera 2024, Sierra de Tendeñera, Spain, in August
- Caving Days – Fête Spéléo, Speleological meeting, Belgium, in September
Finished Projects 2023 and 2024
ESP 2023-03 Cave Documentation Mbanza Ngungu area, Congo
A team of researchers from MRAC (Pascale Lahogue, head of the project, Belgium, and Imen Arfaoui Belgium/Tunisia), as well as cave experts from France (Josiane and Bernard Lips, bio- and speleological co-ordinators, Jean-Philippe Dégletagne) and Germany (Michael Laumanns) set off … Continued
ESP 2023-04 16th Balkan Cavers Camp
The 16th Balkan cavers’ camp in 2023 was held in Serbia, organized by the Federation of Speleological Organizations of Serbia (SSOS) and under the auspices by the European Speleological Federation (FSE) and Balkan Speleological Union (BSU) in the period from … Continued
ESP 2023-05 Exploration Arañonera 2023, Spain
51st speleological exploration campaign in the Sierra de Tendeñera. Tendeñera mountain range is located in the Central Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, Spain. It is characterised by an abrupt relief formed by Pleistocene and Holocene karst glaciers, with a … Continued
ESP 2023-06 Dachstein Caving Expedition, Austria
The Dachstein caving expedition normally takes place every summer on the Dachstein plateau in Austria. However, the last well-attended Dachstein expedition was pre-Covid in 2019, with only a small trip in 2022 of ten cavers. This year, the expedition had … Continued
ESP 2023-07 Speleological Expedition Sternes 2023, Crete, Greece
The major aim for this year’s exploration was set to be the continuation of the exploration of the upstream leads of the conduit, the survey of the new passages, and the recording of the exploration effort. The most important lead … Continued
ESP 2023-08 North Peru Caving Expedition
The Pico del Oro Plateau Caving Expedition in 2023 is an International Expedition that is part of a wider series of North Perú Caving Expeditions organised by Espeleo Club Andino (Perú) and Groupe Spéléo Bagnols Marcoule (France). This highly successful … Continued
ESP 2023-09 Dara Expedition for Exploration and Protection, Lebanon
The Deep 23 expedition comprised a team totalling 16 cavers from Lebanon, Canada, USA, Armenia, Poland and United Kingdom. The team was based in Broumana, north Beirut in Lebanon. The DEEP23 expedition took place from mid-August through to early September … Continued
ESP 2023-10 Shuanghe 400 Expedtion, Guizhou, China
“Shuanghe 400”, the 22nd international scientific expedition in the network of Shuanghedong, Suiyang, Guizhou was organized under the concerted initiative of Shuanghedong National Geopark and Shierbeihou (Twelve Backs Tourism Development Co., Ltd., in charge of the development sightseeing). – in … Continued
ESP 2024-01 Expedition NEUA 2024, Thailand
The expedition targeted the Mae Hong son province and particularly the Pang Mapha district. The major objective was the continuation of the exploration of the Long Snake System located to the north-west of the Soppong village. This system was initially … Continued
Projects 2023
- ESP 2023-01 International gathering Gouffre Berger, France
- ESP 2023-02 Tipan Cave Expedition, Philippines
Projects 2022
- ESP 2022-01 Megalodonten canyon siphon, Hirlatzhöhle, Austria
- ESP 2022-02 Abode of the Clouds Project, Meghalaya, India
- ESP 2022-04 Exploring Sa Conca e’ Locoli Spring, Sardinia, Italy
- ESP 2022-05 Int. Gathering Gouffre Berger, France
- ESP 2022-06 15th Balkan Cavers Camp, Bulgaria
- ESP 2022-07 Caving Days – Fête Spéléo, Belgium
- ESP 2022-08 Int. Exploration Camp Lignin, France
- ESP 2022-09 Skalar Expedition, Slovenia
- ESP 2022-10 Conference Man and Karst, Italy
- ESP 2022-11 Expedition NEUA 2023, Thailand
- ESP 2022-12 Salt Caves Mount Sedom, Israel – continuation of documentation
- ESP 2022-13 3rd Balkan Speleological Conference
- ESP 2022-14 Speleological Expedition Namibia 2023
Projects 2021
- ESP 2021-02 Gouffre Berger, France
- ESP 2021-03 Balkan Cavers Camp, Bulgaria
- ESP 2021-04 SpeleoMedit, Italy
- ESP 2021-06 Biodiversity Georgian Caves, Georgia
Projects 2020
- ESP 2020-03 Morca Cave System Expedition, Turkey
Projects 2019
- ESP 2019-01 Gouffre Berger, France
- ESP 2019-02 3rd Congress Hypogea, Bulgaria
- ESP 2019-03 Serra da Bodoquena, Brazil
- ESP 2019-04 Sternes Expedition, Crete, Greece
- ESP 2019-05 Congress Man and Karst, Italy
- ESP 2019-06 Northern Velebit Expedition, Croatia
- ESP 2019-07 Morca Cave System Expedition, Turkey
- ESP 2019-08 Hochschwab Exploration, Austria
- ESP 2019-09 Balkan Cavers Camp, Turkey
- ESP 2019-10 Caving Days, Belgium
- ESP 2019-11 Chinexplos Expedition, China
- ESP 2019-12 Dao Expedition, Thailand
Projects 2018
- ESP 2018-01 International Youth Camp, Germany
- ESP 2018-02 Sternes Expedition, Crete, Greece
- ESP 2018-03 Colloque Karst, France
- ESP 2018-04 NE-China Reconnaissance, China
- ESP 2018-05 Shan Plateau and Myeik, Myanmar
- ESP 2018-06 Dao Expedition, Thailand
- ESP 2018-07 Mount Sedom Salt Caves, Israel
Projects 2017
- ESP 2017-01 Gouffre Berger Cleaning, France
- ESP 2017-02 Youth Camp, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ESP 2017-03 Serra da Bodoquena, Brazil
- ESP 2017-04 Alay, Osh region, Kyrgyzstan
- ESP 2017-05 Speleozistan, Kan-i-Gut, Kyrgyzstan
- ESP 2017-06 European Cave Rescue Meeting, Bulgaria
- ESP 2017-07 Int. Female Caving School, Romania
- ESP 2017-08 Cave Documentation Project, Myanmar
- ESP 2017-09 Sampov Lun, Battambang, Cambodia
- ESP 2017-10 Krong No Volcanic Geopark, Vietnam
- ESP 2017-11 Mount Sedom Salt Caves, Israel
- ESP 2017-12 Gouffre Berger Deep Cleaning, France
Projects 2016
- ESP 2016-01 Dao Expedition, Thailand
- ESP 2016-02 Exploration Grotte des Chamois, France
- ESP 2016-04 International Youth Camp, Germany
- ESP 2016-05 Int. Female Caving School, France
- ESP 2016-06 Shan Plateau, Karst Islands, Myanmar
- ESP 2016-07 Exploration Khammouane, Laos
Projects 2015
- ESP 2015-01 Cave Rescue Conference, Switzerland
- ESP 2015-02 Bat Guano Caves, Buchane, Mozambique
- ESP 2015-04 Lion Cave, Crete, Greece
- ESP 2015-05 Caving Days, Belgium
- ESP 2015-06 Banski Suhodol Expedition, Bulgaria
- ESP 2015-07 Int. Cave Bear Symposium, Netherlands
- ESP 2015-08 Kayah’s Tower Karst, Myanmar
- ESP 2015-09 Kučka Korita Expedition, Montenegro
- ESP 2015-12 Northern Luzon, Philippines
- ESP 2015-13 Gouffre Berger Gathering, France
Projects 2014
- ESP 2014-01 Northern Lao Cave Project, Laos
- ESP 2014-02 Leinli and Pinlaung Areas, Myanmar
- ESP 2014-03 Initial Cave Rescue Training, Iran
- ESP 2014-04 Gouffre Berger Cleaning, France
- ESP 2014-05 Speleo Rallye Basilique, Belgium
- ESP 2014-06 Lion Cave, Crete, Greece
- ESP 2014-07 Banski Suhodol Expedition, Bulgaria
- ESP 2014-08 International Youth Camp, Germany
- ESP 2014-09 Expedition Hochschwab, Austria
- ESP 2014-11 Glacier Caving Camp, Switzerland
- ESP 2014-12 Balkan Cavers Camp, Serbia
- ESP 2014-13 Northern Lao Expedition, Laos
- ESP 2014-14 Kayah Caves Documentation, Myanmar
- ESP 2014-15 Northern Luzon, Philippines
- ESP 2014-17 Gouffre Berger Cleaning, France
Projects 2013
- ESP 2013-01 Banski Suhodol Expedition, Bulgaria
- ESP 2013-02 Gouffre Berger Int. Camp, France
- ESP 2013-04 Balkan Speleo Conference, Bulgaria
- ESP 2013-05 Exploration Grotte des Chamois, France
- ESP 2013-06 Int. Training Courses EFS, France
- ESP 2013-07 Lion Cave, Crete, Greece
- ESP 2013-08 Caves of Mountain Athos, Greece
Projects 2012
- ESP 2012-01 Cave Documentation, Laos and Myanmar
- ESP 2012-02 Cave Rescue Training, Tunesia
- ESP 2012-03 Speleo Rallye Basilique, Belgium
- ESP 2012-04 Gouffre Berger Int. Camp, France
- ESP 2012-05 Krubera-Voronya, Abchazia-Georgia
- ESP 2012-06 Balkan Cavers Camp, Slovenia
- ESP 2012-08 Exploration Grotte des Chamois, France
- ESP 2012-09 Expedition Loferer Schacht, Austria
- ESP 2012-12 Int. Female Caving School, Serbia
- ESP 2012-13 Caves of Mountain Athos, Greece
- ESP 2012-14 Int. Meeting Speleo Austria, Austria
- ESP 2012-16 Cave Documentation, Laos and Myanmar
Projects 2011
- ESP 2011-01 Int. Cave Rescue Conference, Bulgaria
- ESP 2011-02 Int. Symposium on Mine Caves, Italy
- ESP 2011-03 Int. Granite Caves Symposium, Sweden
- ESP 2011-04 Caves of Mountain Athos, Greece
- ESP 2011-06 Exploration Grotte des Chamois, France
- ESP 2011-08 Caving Days, Belgium
- ESP 2011-09 Speleological Expedition, Uzbekistan
- ESP 2011-10 Maya Arapit Cave, Albania
- ESP 2011-13 Expedition Radohines, Albania
- ESP 2011-14 Kilimanjaro Caving Expedition, Tanzania
Projects 2010
- ESP 2010-01 Nakanaï Mountains, Papua New Guinea
- ESP 2010-02 Supramontes Sardinia, Italy
- ESP 2010-03 Northern Oudomxay Province, Laos
- ESP 2010-04 Int. Cave Bear Symposium, France
- ESP 2010-08 Exploration Grotte des Chamois, France
- ESP 2010-12 Krubera-Voronya, Abchazia-Georgia
Projects 2009
- ESP 2009-01 Houaphan and Oudomxay Province, Laos
- ESP 2009-02 Exploration Grotte des Chamois, France
- ESP 2009-03 Int. Cave Rescue Meeting, Hungary
- ESP 2009-06 Maya Arapit Cave, Albania
Projects 2008
- ESP 2008-01 Caves in Houaphan Province, Laos
- ESP 2008-02 Int. Cave Diving Congress, France
- ESP 2018-03 Remapping the Humpleu Cave, Romania
- ESP 2018-05 Special Int. Journal of Speleology, Italy
- ESP 2018-06 International Expedition, Iran