European Cancer Organisation

•Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe (Founding Member)
•European Chronic Disease Alliance (Founding Member)
•ecancermedicalscience Foundation (Founding Member)
•ECCA – the European Cervical Cancer Association (Member)
•EFQUEL – European Foundation for Quality in E-learning (Member)
•EPHA – the European Public Health Alliance (Full Member)
•FAIB - Federation of European and International Associations Established in Belgium (Regular Member)
•UICC – International Union Against Cancer (Full Member)
•AC Forum - the Associations Conference Forum
(Founding Member)

http://www.ecco-org.eu/About-Ecco/Members

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

450,000€

None declared

European Commission Expert Group on Cancer Control:
ECCO Board Member Prof. Alberto Costa is representing ECCO .

None

ECCOs public affairs activities are categorised according to strategic areas below.
ALLIANCES
•European Chronic Disease Alliance: ECCO represents cancer in this coalition representing over 200,000 professionals and working to reverse the alarming rise in chronic diseases by providing leadership and policy recommendations based on contemporary evidence.
•Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe: ECCO represents cancer in this group of professional biomedical societies representing over 150,000 professionals who aim to promote excellence in biomedical research and improve the health and wellbeing of all citizens in Europe. Among others, ECCO worked with BioMed Alliance on a Scientific Panel for Health in relation to Horizon 2020.
•European Public Health Alliance: ECCO represents cancer and regularly attends policy events of this umbrella organisation.
•ECCO Patient Advisory Committee: part of ECCO’s governance, enables continuous engagement with cancer patient advocates to ensure that the patient is at the heart of all initiatives;
ECCO has been actively contributing to its partners' actions, including events and joint statements as appropriate.

EVENTS
•Oncopolicy Forum: A regular fixture in the ECCO public affairs portfolio, the OPF is an innovative European meeting and unique platform to bridge the gap between science and policy and maximise mutual understanding and the potential for positive change with patient interests at the core. Currently in its 6th edition (2015), the OPF has consistently addressed the most topical issues on the intersection of cancer policy and practice and featured prominent experts and leading EU decision-makers such as the European Commissioner for Health and MEPs.

PUBLICATIONS
Most recently include:
•ECC2015 Oncopolicy Forum Report: consolidated conclusions from the Oncopolicy Forum 2015
•Shaping Science Policy in Europe (May 2014): third-party article with overview of ECCO’s policy work
•Policy Statement on Multidisciplinary Cancer Care (March 2014): contributed to by ECCO and its member societies.
These and earlier papers can be accessed at: http://www.ecco-org.eu/Public-affairs/Positions-and-publications.

EU PROJECTS
•CanCon Joint Action: ECCO is Associated Partner and part of Work Package 4 – Guide Coordination, working to develop a strategic tool on integrated cancer care for governments and policymakers across Europe.
•EPAAC Joint Action: ECCO was Associate Partner in the European Partnership for Action Against Cancer and co-Leader of Work Package 8 on Research.
•EuroCan Platform: ECCO is Associated Partner in this network of excellence working on dissemination and education activities to build resources and know-how on cancer research and effectively improve cancer care ‘from bench to bedside’.

Throughout, ECCO has been ensuring representation at numerous high-level political meetings organised by the EU institutions and other bodies.
ECCO is also engaging in ongoing policy analysis with the ECCO Board and Policy Committee and responding to European consultations as appropriate.

None declared

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The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

• Date	29 Jun 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU beating cancer
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas
  Portfolio	Promoting the European Way of Life
  Attending	Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) Maria Luisa Llano Cardenal (Cabinet member)

• Date	10 Oct 2022	Location	Bruxelles
  Subject	Working group on European Health Data Space
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Suomen itsenäisyyden juhlarahasto DIGITALEUROPE The European Institute for Innovation through Health Data

• Date	09 Nov 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
  DG	Health and Food Safety
  Attending	Sandra Gallina (Director-General)

• Date	07 Apr 2021	Location	Brussels - virtual meeting
  Subject	Exchange of views on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and its implementation with the European Cancer Organisation and its Member Societies and Patient Advisory Committee
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)

• Date	23 Sep 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	The Commissioner delivers a speech at the launch of the European Code of Cancer Practice virtual event
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)

• Date	27 May 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	VC meeting with 28 ECCO member societies and 17 patient advocacy groups to discuss Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the impact of COVID on cancer care and oncology patients
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)

• Date	08 Jan 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Discussion on cancer
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)

• Date	23 Mar 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Next European Cancer Summit
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Annika Nowak (Cabinet member)