European Glaucoma Society Foundation

Acronym: EGS

General Information

Identification Code: 720911016370-40

Website: http://www.eugs.org

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

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

Phone:

Indic Phone: 41

Phone Number: 010 353 38296

EU Office

Address: Zeughausgasse, 18

Post Code: Zug 6301

City: ZUG

Country: SWITZERLAND

Phone:

Indic Phone: 41

Phone Number: 010 353 38296

Financial Data

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Other

Other Source Info: Educational partners contribute an annual sum.

Contributions:

Total Budget: 460000

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 1

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/