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 and Immediate Past President
Dr Cindy Tromans (UK)
President-elect
Dr Matjaž Mihelčič (Slovenia)
Treasurer
Mr Peter Gumpelmayer (Austria)
Chair of the Public Affairs and Economic Committee
Mr Jesus Garcia Poyatos (Spain)
Thematic Committees
The Executive Committee is supported by two elected thematic Committees:
Professional Services Committee
Development of the profession in terms of the scope of practice of optometry and optics in the member countries.
- Jesus Garcia Poyatos (Spain) – Chair
- Christian Müller (Germany)
- Zsolt Szabadi (Hungary)
- David Hewlett (Ireland)
- Simone Santacatterina (Italy)
- Luiza Maria Krasucka (Poland)
- Raúl Alberto Ribeiro Correia de Sousa (Portugal)
- Hans Torvald Haugo (Norway)
- Elaine Grisdale (UK) – Secretary
Public Affairs and Economic Committee
Economic and commercial matters as well as with specific legislative and non-legislative EU dossiers.
- Sylwia Kropacz-Sobkowiak (Poland) – Chair
- Stephan Hirschfeld (Germany)
- Martin O’Brien (Ireland)
- Anto Rossetti (Italy)
- Gabriëlle Janssen (The Netherlands)
- Ignacio José Costa González (Spain)
- Iwan Zanchetta (Switzerland)
- Peter Gavin Black (United Kingdom)
- Pavel Šebek (Czech Republic) – 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.
SECRETARY
Ms Fabienne Eckert
- Dr Julie-Anne Little – Chair
- Dr Bente Monica Aakre*
- Ms Fiona Anderson*
- Dr Andreas Berke
- Dr Roger Crelier*
- Mr Nacho Costa Gonzáles
- Dr Vincent Gautier
- Mr Peter Gumplemayer
- Dr José Manuel González Meijome *
- Dr Sigrid Müller-Schotte *
- Mr Gustav Pöltner*
*Member of Expert Group
Constitutional documents
ECOO is governed by its statutes and Rules of Procedure:
- ECOO Statutes (PDF)
- ECOO Rules of Procedure (PDF)