A year of achievements, and more to come
ECOO President, Gabriëlle Janssen, reflects on 2025 and looks forward to 2026. Read the full article here.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
The ECOO Secretariat and Executive Committee wish all our members, friends and colleagues a very happy Christmas, a restful festive period and all…
Updated EU driving licence rules include clearer eyesight provisions
The European Union’s updated rules on driving licences, which entered into force on 25 November 2025, mark a significant modernisation of the…
Developments in optometry in Bulgaria
In our latest member article, ECOO’s Bulgarian members, The Bulgarian Association Of Optometrists (BAO) and The National Association Of Bulgarian…
Italy hosts ECOO General Assembly and autumn meetings
More than 50 delegates from 22 countries met in Puglia, Italy, for the ECOO General Assembly and autumn meetings, 17-19 October. The meetings were…
Spain: a new opportunity for eyecare
On 7 October 2025 the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Spain, at the proposal of the Ministry of Health, approved the Royal Decree that will…
Lithuania: strengthening the profession and building European cooperation
The Lithuanian Optometrists Association (Lietuvos Optometrininkų Asociacija) was voted into membership of ECOO by the General Assembly in October…
ECOO publishes new infographics on fitting of spectacles
At the ECOO autumn meetings in October in Puglia, the Professional Services Committee shared with ECOO members a new set of infographics on the…
ECOO Guest Article: EUROM1 Optical Industries
In our latest guest article, Salvador Alsina, President of EUROM1 Optical Industries provides an insight into the history, mission and current…
European optometric practices advancing AI-driven screening through the I-SCREEN project
Our latest article outlines how the I-SCREEN project, which has the goal of developing a common European AI-supported screening model for AMD and GA…