General Assembly

The ECOO General Assembly is a meeting of national delegations of the members of ECOO. The General Assembly is the highest decision making body of the association. It meets twice a year, in spring and in autumn.

The Executive Committee

The strategic leadership and decision-making body is the Executive committee, which is elected by the General Assembly and led by the President.

President

Dr Sylwia Kropacz-Sobkowiak (Poland)

Immediate Past- President

Gabriëlle Janssen (The Netherlands)

President elect

Peter Gumpelmayer (Austria)

Treasurer

Per Michael Larsen (Denmark)

Chair of the Professional Services Committee

Ignacio J. Costa González (Spain)

Chair of the Public Affairs and Economic Committee

Tina Alvær
(Norway)

Chair of the European Qualifications Board

Professor Julie-Anne Little (UK)

Secretary of the Public Affairs and Economic Committee

Pavel Šebek (Czech Republic)

Secretary of the Professional Services Committee

Matjaž Turk (Slovenia)

Secretary General

Fabienne Eckert (Brussels)

Secretariat Manager

Kathy Jones

Co-opted member

Dr Cindy Tromans (UK)

 

Thematic Committees

 

The Executive Committee is supported by two elected thematic Committees:

Public Affairs and Economic

Economic and commercial matters as well as with specific legislative and non-legislative EU dossiers.

 

  • Tina Alvær (Norway) – Chair
  • Sylvia Alps (Germany)
  • Heidi Damgaard Buchholt (Denmark)
  • Daryl Newsome (UK)
  • José Carlos Rodrigues de Almeida Cardoso (Portugal)
  • Aiga Švede (Latvia)
  • Zsolt Szabadi (Hungary)
  • Pavel Šebek (Czech Republic) – Secretary

Professional Services

Development of the profession in terms of the scope of practice of optometry and optics in the member countries.

 

  • Ignacio José Costas Gonzalez (Spain) – Chair
  • Konrad Abramczuk (Poland)
  • Stephan Hirschfeld (Germany)
  • Julie-Anne Little (UK)
  • Martin O’Brien (Ireland)
  • João Carlos Saraiva Caetano (Portugal)
  • Iwan Zanchetta (Switzerland)
  • Matjaž Turk (Slovenia) – Secretary

 

European Qualifications Board

 

With the activities of the ECOO Accreditation Agency the European Qualifications Board has been set-up and is responsible for the European Diploma in Optometry and the European Qualification in Optics including their performance, content and recognition.

Read biographies of members of the EQB.

SECRETARY

Michele Cornely

  • Professor Julie-Anne Little – Chair
  • Dr Bente Monica Aakre*
  • Fiona Anderson*
  • Dr. Stephan Bandlitz
  • Dr Rafael J. Pérez Cambrodí
  • Dr Roger Crelier*
  • Dr Vincent Gautier
  • Peter Gumpelmayer
  • Professor Daniela S Nosch *
  • Dr Sigrid Müller-Schotte *
  • Gustav Pöltner*

*Member of Expert Group

     

     

     

    Constitutional documents

    ECOO is governed by its statutes and Rules of Procedure: