EULAR Advocacy Committee
The EULAR Advocacy Committee engages with the EU as well as other national political institutions as a recognised partner and source of expertise in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. The Committee fights for the recognition of the needs of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) by advocating research and education in rheumatology, promoting the EULAR brand as a reliable source of information, and providing strategic guidance on all EULAR messages to internal and external audiences.
Chair: Dr Elena Nikiphorou, United Kingdom
Past Chair: Prof Margreet Kloppenburg, Netherlands
EMA Liaison: Prof Marta Mosca, Italy
BioMed Alliance Liaison: Prof Annamaria Iagnocco, Italy
Advisors: Dr Rikke Helene Moe, Norway & Prof José Maria Alvaro-Gracia, Spain
Committee Members
| Rosario Garcia de Vicuña, Spain Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29 Katy Antonopoulou, Greece Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29 Carina Bostrom, Sweden Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29 Sina Bugeja, Malta Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27 Nele Caeyers, Belgium Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29 Francisco Xavier Carreira Roca, Spain Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29 Rory Douglas Home, United Kingdom Mandate duration: from Jan-21 Frans Green, UK/Belgium Mandate duration: from Jan-21 Zineb Ez-Zaitouni, Netherlands Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29 Ricardo Ferreira, Portugal Mandate duration: Jun-23 – Jun-27 Ruth Fritsch-Stork, Austria Mandate duration: Jun-25 – Jun-29
Olena Zimba, Poland |
Related Information
EULAR Advocacy Newsletter
EULAR is committed to bringing rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) onto the EU's agenda. Sign up to the EULAR Advocacy newsletter to keep up with the changes that our organisation is working towards in the area of policy and legislation to help achieve better social and economic outcomes for the many millions of people affected by these chronic and debilitating diseases across Europe.
EULAR Advocacy General Project Proposals
All EULAR Advocacy project proposals that do not fit in any of the existing Advocacy submission frameworks, should be submitted to the Advocacy department by the following deadlines:
- 1 September
- 1 October
- 1 November
- 1 February
- 1 March
- 1 April
- 1 May
- 1 June
Download the EULAR Project Proposal template
The final decision on project and budget approval will be communicated after the internal review processes have been completed.
Submit your proposal to EULAR Advocacy Department:
publicaffairs@eular.org
About EULAR Advocacy
EU Advocacy is a key activity for a European umbrella organisation like the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR).
EULAR Advocacy Partnerships
EULAR is committed to partner with organisations and scientific medical societies at a EU and national level towards improving research funding, social policy legislation and quality of care; assisting advocacy actions on the national and international levels around rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs).
EULAR Advocacy Activities and Materials
In order to persuade governmental and EU key decision-makers supporting the European rheumatology community, EULAR Advocacy develops evidence-based materials about RMDs and communicates its position on key policies and legislation being discussed.
EULAR Policy Statements
As part of its advocacy activities, EULAR produces and adopts a number of documents and declarations that are used to express EULAR’s position and/or demands on different policy issues.
EU Parliament Interest Group on RMDs
The European Parliament Interest Group on Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs) was created in 2009 on the occasion of World Arthritis Day (12 October) and was re-established during the current parliamentary term (2014-2019).
Links to Other Organisations
Partnerships that help to increase the knowledge of the organisations involved and the impact they can have on the political stage.
RMD Definition
EULAR description on Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs)
EULAR Statutes, Reports, and By-Laws
The official statutes of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology, EULAR
EULAR Committees
Established by the Board, Committees are set up to manage and perform the various activities of EULAR on behalf of the Council.