European Glaucoma Society Foundation
Acronym: EGS
General Information
Identification Code: 720911016370-40
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Entity Form: international non profit foundation
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 3/27/2015
Last Update: 10/23/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: To promote the best possible well being and minimal glaucoma-induced visual disability in individuals with glaucoma within an affordable healthcare system;
To establish a network of glaucoma specialists at European and global level;
To enhance knowledge exchange amongst glaucoma specialists and disseminate specific knowledge to the general ophthalmologists in Europe
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Budget
- Communication
- Digital economy and society
- Education and training
- Public health
- Research and innovation
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: European Open Science Cloud
Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (guidelines; High-level expert group on artificial intelligence)
Chronic non communicable diseases
Joint Programming;
Driving Licence Directive;
Legislation on substances of human origin (blood, tissues, cells and organs);
Data strategy;
EMA and related files (pharmaceutical strategy; big data in medicine evaluation, biosimilars, repurposing of medicines);
Revised Disability strategy;
Cross border access to therapies.
Metrology
Communication Activities: Futurium
Consultations and hearings of the Expert Panel on Investment in Health;
Digitalisation of healthcare;
ERA-net (NEURON);
ERNs (ERN-EYE);
Horizon Europe and missions;
EIP Active and Healthy Ageing and its evolution past 2020;
Health research: priorities, improving effectiveness
GDPR and health data;
EU Public Health Policies 2020 and beyond;
Pharmaceutical strategy;
Legislative revision on substances of human origin (blood, tissues and cells)
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings,Artificial intelligence and digital,Disability
Head Office
Address: Zeughausgasse, 18
Post Code: Zug 6301
City: ZUG
Country: SWITZERLAND
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EU Office
Address: Zeughausgasse, 18
Post Code: Zug 6301
City: ZUG
Country: SWITZERLAND
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
Closed Year: [object Object]
Current Year: [object Object]
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.10000000149011612
Info Members: The EGS draws on the expertise of its members on an ad hoc basis for activities such as briefing sessions with various DGs or input to consultations. This amounts to a cumulative time of less than 10% of a full-time job.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: European Alliance for Vision Research and Ophthalmology (EU-EYE), a network of ophthalmological societies; EGS entry can be found at http://www.eueye.org/members/
Organisation Members: World Glaucoma Association (WGA), a global Glaucoma Network; http://www.worldglaucoma.org/