By volunteering for EULAR PARE, you will be joining a family of people dedicated to making a difference to improve the lives of people with RMDs.

Our volunteers tell us that they benefit from being involved with EULAR PARE by:

• receiving professional support to develop skills, 
• working as part of a team 
• meeting like-minded, committed people, and
• learning more about their own disease and options. 

The EULAR PARE Committee annually launches a spring call for nominations to the various EULAR PARE Working Groups, addressed to the national EULAR member organisations of PARE and the wider PARE Community.

The call for 2025 is now closed. The next call will be launched in March/April 2026.

Please find more information below on how to get involved. If you would like to be informed about the next call for volunteers, you can leave us your name and contact details.

​EULAR PARE volunteer policy

Who can apply to become a Working Group (WG) member?

• Persons representing EULAR members (PARE, HPR, scientific organisations, scientific affiliates and individual members) and being affected by an RMD. 
• The applicants should be actively involved in a patient organisation and should have experience in different fields of its work, relevant to the vacancy position. 
• For scientific affiliates and individual members please note the following: Representatives of organisations based outside of Europe are generally welcome to apply. One seat per Working Group can be allocated to a representative based outside of Europe. Please check if any particular regulations for the individual Working Groups apply. 
• For scientific affiliates please note the following: Only those who represent the EULAR scientific affiliate itself can apply for any vacancies not the representatives of its individual member organisations.  
• One seat per Working Group can be given to a person without an RMD and / or not representing a EULAR member, who has specific skills that are useful for the objectives of the Working Group, such as caregivers, parents, spouses, teachers, staff members of PARE organisations or health professionals. Please check if any particular regulations for the individual Working Groups apply. 
• Applicants should note that our virtual Working Group meeting are scheduled between 9 – 18 CET/CEST. Members from outside of Europe will have to adapt to European time zones. 
• Preferably, a max. of 2 people per working group can represent the same country. 

Terms and conditions for Working Group Members

The members of the Working Groups are nominated by the Chairmanship of the PARE Committee for a term of two years, starting after the EULAR Congress in June. 

Ideally a max. of two members per country should be represented in a Working Group, geographical spread, gender and age balance should be considered. Nomination for a second term is possible. After serving a maximum of four years in one Working Group it is possible to apply for the involvement in a different Working Group for a maximum of four years. The maximum consecutive term of office for a Working Group member cannot be longer than eight years. For Working Group members that take over the position of Working Group Leader, the maximum consecutive term of office can be ten years. 

The members of the Working Group have the obligation to act in compliance with the ​Statutes of EULAR ​, the ​By-Laws of the EULAR PARE Committee ​, the respective ​EULAR PARE Sub-Committee Regulations ​and any other regulations of EULAR or of the EULAR PARE Committee.

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Any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at ​pare@eular.org.