ECIBC is taken forward in close coordination with experts from the 28 EU Member States and Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey.

They were asked to nominate a national contact as a focal point to represent each participating country for the duration of the project. Their contribution and input will be asked at various stages, for example:

• To provide expertise and advice on documents and outputs produced by working groups, based on the situation at national level
• To help identify organisational bodies or entities producing guidelines and / or owning private and public QA schemes (including institutional accreditations) for breast cancer services
• To provide advice on how to identify which key breast cancer services to include in the pilot QA scheme, and
• To actively participate in periodical plenary meetings

 

Country	Name	Surname	Affiliation
AT - Österreich	Alexandra	RAMSSL-SAUER	Gesundheit Österreich GmbH
BE - België; Belgique; Belgien	Saskia	VAN DEN BOGAERT	FPS Health, Food chain safety and Environment
BG - България; Bălgarija	Irina	KOVACHEVA	Department of Health Policy - Ministry of Health
CH - Schweiz; Suisse; Svizra; Schwiiz; Svizzera	Anja	KÄSSNER	Federal Office of Public Health - Health Insurance Directorate - Health Care Services Division
CY - Κύπρος	Myrto	AZINA-CHRONIDES	Ministry of Health
CZ - Česká republika	Jan	DANEŠ	General Teaching Hospital and First Faculty of Medicine - Charles University, Prague
DE - Deutschland	Dorothee	SPEISER	Klinik für Gynäkologie mit Brustzentrum Charité
DK - Danmark	Kristoffer	LANDE ANDERSEN	Danish Health Authority
EE - Eesti	Ulla	RAID	Ministry of Social Affairs
ES - España	Josep A.	ESPINÀS	Catalan Cancer Plan Department of Health
ES - España	Isabel	SAÍZ  MARTÍNEZ-ACITORES (alternate)	Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad
FI - Suomi; Finland	Minna	TANNER	Department of Oncology - Tampere University Hospital
FR - France	Emmanuelle	SALINES	Department of health
GR - Ελλάδα	Lydia	IOANNIDOU – MOUZAKA	University of Athens Medical School
HR - Hrvatska	Andrea	ŠUPE PARUN	Division for Epidemiology and Prevention of Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases - Croatian National Institute of Public Health
HU - Magyarország	Magdolna	DANK	Oncological Centre, Semmelweis University
IE - Éire; Ireland	Michael	CONROY	Cancer, Blood and Organs Policy Unit - Department of Health
IS - Ísland	Helgi	SIGURÐSSON	University of Iceland
IT - Italia	Antonio	FEDERICI	Ministry of Health - Prevention Department
LT - Lietuva	Rūta	BRIEDIENĖ	Diagnostic Radiology Department, National Cancer Institute
LU - Luxembourg	Claire	DILLENBOURG-WERTZ	Ministère de la Santé
LV - Latvija	Alinta	HEGMANE	Clinic of chemotherapy and haematology - Riga East University hospital
ME - Crna Gora/Црна Гора	Vladimir	DOBRIČANIN	Clinical Centre of Montenegro
MK - Република Македонија	Svetlana	TEMELKOVSKA	National Committee for Early Detection
MT - Malta	Miriam	DALMAS	Ministry for Health - Office of the Chief Medical Officer
NL - Nederland	Jeroen	HULLEMAN	Ministry of Health - Public Health Department
NO - Norweegen	Sissi	ESPETVEDT	Norwegian Directorate of Health
PL - Polska	Łukasz	BALWICKI	Medical University in Gdańsk
PT - Portugal	Nuno	MIRANDA	National Cancer Plan - Direção Geral de Saúde
RO - România	Alexandru	ENIU	Cancer Institute “I. Chiricuta” - Department of Breast Tumors
RS - Сpбија	Verica	JOVANOVIC	Institute of Public Health of Serbia
SE - Sverige	Göran	ZETTERSTRÖM	The National Board of Health and Welfare
SI - Slovenija	Simona	BORŠTNAR	Institute of Oncology
SK - Slovensko	Kamil	POHLODEK	University Hospital of Bratislava, 2nd Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
TR - Türkiye	Cansu	OZTURK	Public Health Institute, Turkish Ministry of Health
UK - United Kingdom	Sue	COHEN*	PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND

 

* National contact representing England only