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Committee Structure

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Core Committees

The Core Committees are responsible for implementing the key projects of the Federation in the fields of Education, Research and Advocacy. Committees are split into Working Groups, each responsible for a particular project or responsibility.

Education
IB
Indre Bileviciute-Ljungar
Chair
VR
Victor Mayoral Rojals
Vice-Chair

Professional Leadership Groups

VR
Physicians
Victor Mayoral Rojals
HW
Physiotherapists
Harriet Wittink
EK
Psychologists
Ed Keogh
FC
Nurses
Felicia Cox

Assessments

DB
EDPM Exam
Daniele Battelli
HW
EDPP Exam
Harriet Wittink
?
EDPPsy Exam
TBC
NN
EDPN Exam
Nadja Nestler

Education Materials

BM
Pain Schools
Bart Morlion
AM
Refresher Courses
André Mouraux
AD
EFIC Academy
Asbjorn Mohr Drewes
VR
Textbook
Victor Mayoral Rojals
?
Patient and Public Education
TBC
Research
EP
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn
Chair
DA
Daniel Ciampi Araujo de Andrade
Vice-Chair

Working Groups

EP
Strategy
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn, Brona Fullen
EP
Patient collaboration
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn, Kevin Vowles
DA
Project Collaboration
Daniel Ciampi de Andrade
XM
Evidence-Based Guidance
Xavier Moisset
IY
Lab-to-Society
Ipek Yalcin
DS
Translation
Daniel Segelcke
JV
Rising Stars
Jan Vollert, Kristian Kjaer Petersen
TG
Funding and Prizes
Thomas Graven-Nielsen
Advocacy and Liaison
PF
Patrice Forget
Chair
JK
Joanne O'Brien Kelly
Vice-Chair

Objectives

LL
Trusted scientific partner
Luis Garcia Larrea
UK
Unify and represent scientific community
Ulrike Kaiser
JO
Inclusive of all professions and patients
Joanne O'Brien
VR
Foster the uptake of pain education
Victor Mayoral Rojals
EP
Promote pain as a priority research area
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn
MR
Multiprofessional and multimodal pain management
Michiel Reneman
RT
'Pain as a condition in its own right'
Rolf-Detlef Treede
PF
Evidence-based approach to controversies
Patrice Forget
MM
Promote physical activity and low-risk interventions
Mira Meeus
JO
Promoting health literacy
Joanne O'Brien
EP
Support the pain care workforce across Europe and raise awareness of any health workforce gaps
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn

Projects

PF
Societal Impact of Pain
Patrice Forget
LL
European Pain Forum
Luis Garcia Larrea
MM
On the Move
Mira Meeus, Jonan Verbrugghe
NN
Plain Talking
Nadja Nestler

Congress Committees

The Congress Committees are responsible for preparing the Federation's biennial scientific congress, 'Pain in Europe'. Along with the Scientific Programme Committee, there is also a Local Organising Committee and an Operational Committee.

Operational

EP
Esther Pogatzki-Zahn
Chair

Congress planning, oversight of congress finances, development of framework for the Scientific Program Committee

Scientific Programme

DA
Daniel Ciampi de Andrade
Chair

Development of congress scientific programme framework and coordination of session organisers

Local Organising

RK
Roger Knaggs
Chair

Social activities and logistics advice

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Operational Committees

The Operational Committees are responsible for overseeing the administrative and governance function of the Federation, such functions include the Federation Executive Board elections, audit, communication, transparency and ethics responsibilities.

Election Nominations
Arūnas Ščiupokas
Chair

Officiating during the elections to EFIC's executive board

Members
ST
Snezana Tomasevic-Todorovic
AW
Astrid Woodhouse
Audit
AP
Ana Maria Pedro
Chair

Advising the Council on the status of EFIC's accounts in the process of their annual approval

Members
SC
Stefano Coaccioli
AV
Apostol Vaso
Ethics and Transparency
NK
Nevenka Krcevski-Skvarc
Chair

Defining an ethics policy for EFIC and its activities

Sustainability and Fundraising
PF
Patrice Forget
Chair

Defining a fundraising policy and an approach to financial sustainability for EFIC

Members
MA
Massimo Allegri
CS
Charlotte Sachs
AT
Anne Priscilla Trouvin
CW
Chris Wells
Educational and Financial Support
MK
Magdalena Kocot-Kępska
Chair

Defining policies for the allocation of educational and financial support by EFIC

Members
SB
Silviu Brill
MC
Maxim Churyakanov
VC
Viorica Cursaru
MH
Morton Hogh
SO
Süleyman Ozyalcin
KP
Kaire Pakkonen
CW
Chris Wells
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