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EAPC projects or Taskforces
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National
Associations Organisational Development – an EAPC
Task Force
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A
new EAPC task force was established in Spring 2006 with the
aim of surveying national association organizational development
and their needs. The group aims to understand the needs of
a broad spectrum of national associations across Europe.
Aims
and Objectives
The
task force aims to survey national association organizational
development and find needs according to stages of development
– be it beginnings, growth, maturity and decline. Based
on the outcomes of this survey a training programme will be
developed, including a session at the EAPC Hungary 2007 Conference.
The steering group recognizes the need for open communication
with all national associations. It notes there are a number
of different definitions of national associations and sometimes
more than one national association per country.
Members
This
taskforce is a collaboration between EAPC and Help the Hospices.
The steering group aims to include as wide a spectrum of national
associations across Europe as possible, representing the mix
of existing associations, large and small.
The
steering group consists of the following
Chair:
David
Praill, CEO, Help the Hospices
Members:
Ole
Bang, Denmark
Amelia Giordano, EAPC
Philip Larkin, EAPC and Ireland
Natasa Millicevic, Serbia
Dr Daniela Mosiou, Romania
Eugene
Murray, Ireland
Nick
Pahl, Help the Hospices
Andre
Rhebergen, EAPC and CEO Agora, Holland
Observers:
Amanda Bingley, International Observatory on End of life care;
John Bowis, UK MEP (when appropriate)
The Steering group invites the representatives of the European
national association to get in contact and act as key reference
points for the group.
Note
The
EAPC Task Force on Development of PC in Europe uses the WHO
definition of the European region - which has been considered
to determine the 52 countries to be included in this study.
Please
complete the survey
If you are part of a national association, please complete
the short questionnaire about your national association work
at www.wwpca.net.
Versions are available in English, French, Italian, Spanish
and Russian. The survey will be used to provide information
for planning of support to national associations and be available
to all interested parties and groups. We hope you can complete
the questionnaire by the end of November 2006.
Other
Activity
If
you would like to join a new e mail discussion group on this
topic please e-mail Nationalassociations@discussions.helpthehospices.org.uk.
Please send the e mail with the word “subscribe”
in subject to this e mail.
Please
also visit the website for national associations across the
world at www.wwpca.net.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding the questionnaire
or want to discuss the task force please contact Nick Pahl
at n.pahl@helpthehospices.org.uk
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