Understanding upcoming changes to contact lens labels
To improve patient safety and the tracking of medical devices, including contact lenses, the European Union is introducing the Unique Device…
Building Trust in Digital Health: ECOO’s Contribution to the eHealth Stakeholder Group
This article highlights ECOO’s six-year contribution to the European Commission’s eHealth Stakeholder Group, where it played a key role in embedding…
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…