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 Matjaž Mihelčič (Slovenia)
President elect
Gabriëlle Janssen (The Netherlands)
Immediate Past President
Dr Cindy Tromans (UK)
Treasurer
Peter Gumpelmayer (Germany)
Chair of the Public Affairs and Economic Committee
Jesus Garcia Poyatos (Spain)
Chair of the Professional Services Committee
Dr Sylwia Kropacz-Sobkowiak (Poland)
Chair of the European Qualifications Board
Professor Julie-Anne Little (UK)
Secretary of the Public Affairs and Economic Committee
Elaine Grisdale (Austria)
Secretary of the Professional Services Committee
Pavel Šebek (Czech Republic)
Secretary General
Fabienne Eckert (Brussels)
ECOO Secretariat Manager
Ann Blackmore
Co-opted
Per Michael Larsen (Denmark)
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Thematic Committees
The Executive Committee is supported by two elected thematic Committees:
Public Affairs and Economic Committee
Economic and commercial matters as well as with specific legislative and non-legislative EU dossiers.
- Jesus Garcia Poyatos (Spain) – Chair
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Kai Jaeger (Germany)
- Raúl Alberto Ribeiro Correia de Sousa (Portugal)
- Daniel Hodgson (Ireland)
- Daryl Newsome (UK)
- Zsolt Szabadi (Hungary)
- Konrad Abramczuk (Poland)
- Elaine Grisdale (UK) – Secretary
Professional Services Committee
Development of the profession in terms of the scope of practice of optometry and optics in the member countries.
- Dr Sylwia Kropacz-Sobkowiak (Poland) – Chair
- Ignacio José Costa González (Spain)
- Stephan Hirschfeld (Germany)
- Clive Marchant (UK)
- Martin O’Brien (Ireland)
- Florbela Ribeiro Tiburcio (Portugal)
- Iwan Zanchetta (Switzerland)
- 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.
Read biographies of members of the EQB.
SECRETARY
Fabienne Eckert
- Professor Julie-Anne Little – Chair
- Dr Bente Monica Aakre*
- Fiona Anderson*
- Dr. Stephan Bandlitz
- Dr Roger Crelier*
- Ignacio José Costa González
- Dr Vincent Gautier
- Peter Gumpelmayer
- Dr José Manuel González Meijome *
- Dr Sigrid Müller-Schotte *
- 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)