2. European Association for Palliative Care Second General Assembly 2013 of the European Association for Palliative Care Second call: Thursday 31 May 2013, from 18.15 to 19.15 Welcome from the President

3. European Association for Palliative Care President’s Report 31 st May 2013 Second General Assembly 2013 of the European Association for Palliative Care

4. The European Association for Palliative Care Prof Sheila Payne EAPC President 2011 - 2015, Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care

5. European Association for Palliative Care Associations Collective Members of the EAPC as at February 2013 Iceland: IAPC Ice UK: APMGB&I APCSW PCRS IOELC IANPC Ireland: IAPC Ire AIIHPC Belgium: FPCF FWSP FBSP Luxemburg ALMP France: SFAP Portugal: PAPC Spain: SECPAL SCBCP Germany: DGP BK Switzerland: Palliative Ch Italy: SICP FCP Cyprus: PACYCAF Greece: HSPSC HSPSCCNCP Hungary: HHPA Austria: OGP DVHÖ Israel: IAPC Isr IPMS Croatia: CrSPM CAHF Norway: NFPM NPA Sweden: SFPM NRPV Finland: SPLY SPHY Associations: 54 Countries: 32 Latvia: PALL Lithuania: LPMA Poland: PAPC PTMP Ukraine: LHPCDU Czech Rep. AHPCP CSPM Armenia PC&PCA Romania: ANIP SRPT Netherlands: Palliactief Denmark: DSPaM Albania: FHC Slovakia: AHAPS

6. European Association for Palliative Care EAPC Board of Directors 2011 - 2015

7. European Association for Palliative Care EAPC Head office staff and collaborators Heidi Blumhuber CEO Amelia Giordano Executive Officer Avril Jackson Information Officer Farina Hodiamont Congress coordinator Silvana Gori Assistant Officer

8. European Association for Palliative Care Mission Statement The EAPC brings together many voices to forge a vision of excellence in palliative care that meets the needs of patients and their families. It strives to develop and promote palliative care in Europe through information, education and research using multi-professional collaboration, while engaging with stakeholders at all levels. The European Association for Palliative Care

9. European Association for Palliative Care EAPC Communication Web site – www.eapcnet.euwww.eapcnet.eu Palliative Medicine European Journal of Palliative Care EAPC Blog www.eapcnet.wordpress.com www.eapcnet.wordpress.com Facebook http://www.facebook.com/EAPC.Onlus http://www.facebook.com/EAPC.Onlus Twitter

10. European Association for Palliative Care EAPC Social Media Team Bringing you current news, opinion and debate on palliative care in Europe and beyond… To contribute, please contact: avriljacksoneapc@gmail.comavriljacksoneapc@gmail.com

11. European Association for Palliative Care EAPC Task Forces 6 streams of work: Highlights: Revised EAPC Atlas on Palliative Care Development in Europe Survey on Spiritual Care Survey on Occupational therapy roles

12. European Association for Palliative Care EAPC highlights – clinical guidelines and white papers 1.Clinical guidelines on pain management for cancer patients Caraceni A, Hanks G, Kaasa, S, Bennett M.I et al Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC The Lancet Oncology 2012; 13(2)e58-e68 White papers 1.Dementia and Palliative care 2.Outcome measures in Palliative Care 3.Palliative care for older people living in Long term care settings 4.Core competences in education for general palliative care practitioners

13. European Association for Palliative Care Policy – Eu funded projects platform Offer a platform for EU funded projects On the EAPC web, and the congresses

14. European Association for Palliative Care New EAPC task forces on palliative care for specific patient groups Bereavement Volunteers

15. European Association for Palliative Care EAPC Projects on older people Quality of Life in Old Age until the End Dialogue between Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine At this occasion, the EAPC and the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) launched a joint manifesto promoting a European action plan on palliative care and geriatrics.European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) The objective is to improve the quality of life of elderly patients with chronic diseases and cut back on health care costs by up to 60 per cent. Its ultimate scope is to insert geriatric palliative care in the EU agenda, hoping it becomes a human right one day. The manifesto can be downloaded from the EAPC website There is urgency to develop palliative care services for elderly patients, experts say. For this reason, the Vice-President of the European Parliament Gianni Pittella, in collaboration with the Maruzza Lefebvre Foundation, promoted a first ever dialogue between palliative medicine and geriatrics at an EU level. The event took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on September 25 th 2012.Maruzza Lefebvre Foundation The event is embedded into the framework of the European Year for Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity.

16. European Association for Palliative Care EAPC Projects Palliative care for infants, children, and young people Mapping of paediatric palliative care services in Europe. The aim of this project is to build a map of services of PPC present in Europe by collecting data relative to the organization of each service and its role in training and research (if any). The objectives are: To gather information on paediatric palliative care (PPC) provision in Europe. To identify possible critical aspects in the number and organisation of PPC services in relation to the estimated needs. To propose the data obtained as a guide to optimise the use of available resources. To diffuse the information at all levels (administrators, health providers, professionals, and the general public).

17. European Association for Palliative Care The EAPC Research Network In 2007 Stein Kaasa, of the University of Trondheim, took over the chair and coordination of the Research Network and created the European Palliative Care Research Centre based in Trondheim. He invites all healthcare professionals who see the potential in conducting European multicentre research, to take part in developing a platform for this type of research within the EAPC Res Net. The EAPC Research Network can offer: 1.An established structure for collaborative research 2.A potential for further development of this collaboration 3.A research centre as an external infrastructure for taking care of data handling, organization of studies 4.A meeting point for discussions and exchange of knowledge 5.The biannual EAPC Research Congress 6.A Junior Forum for PhD students and other less experienced researchers

18. European Association for Palliative Care European Palliative Research Centre Trondheim EAPC EAPC Research Network 143 Research centres 21 Countries

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20. EAPC Congresses

21. European Association for Palliative Care Advocacy Work: Palliative Care as a human right

22. European Association for Palliative Care EAPC Early Researcher Award The EAPC would like to honor outstanding young (novice) scientists and clinicians for their contributions to palliative care. The award aims to highlight their personal career development and their potential for the future. Three award winners will be selected – The winner of the first place be asked to give a plenary lecture at the EAPC World Research Congress 2014. Online nomination link and application information can be found at the congress website at : www.eapcnet/research 2014www.eapcnet/research Application deadline is November 30, 2013. You can read more about the Award and the winners of the previous years at: www.eapcnet.eu/Corporate/Eventswww.eapcnet.eu/Corporate/Events

25. European Association for Palliative Care Second General Assembly 2013 of the European Association for Palliative Care Treasurer’s Report

26. European Association for Palliative Care General Assembly 2013 - Treasuer’s Report The Financial Report 2012 was approved on 21 April 2013 at the Ga, in Munich, Germany It presented a positive result of 4.791 Euro that were added to the reserves http://www.eapcnet.eu/Corporate/AbouttheEAPC/EAPCofficaldocuments/EAPCGeneralAssemblies.aspx documents avaible at:

27. European Association for Palliative Care General Assembly 2013 - Treasuer’s Report The Budget 2013 was approved on 21 April 2013 at the EAPC G.A. Munich, Germany It reports a negative balance of 24409 Euro http://www.eapcnet.eu/Corporate/AbouttheEAPC/EAPCofficaldocuments/EAPCGeneralAssemblies.aspx documents avaible at: Budget 2013

28. European Association for Palliative Care Second General Assembly 2013 of the European Association for Palliative Care Any other matters

29. European Association for Palliative Care Thank you for your attention For further information please visit: www.eapcnet.eu