Last year here EFA Board directed our organisation through their five online and in person meetings, as well as through their participation in important initiatives by EFA and our partner organisations.
The Board inspired a new EFA membership fee structure, a need for our community, to welcome national organisations who are representative of the allergy, atopic eczema, asthma or COPD patients in their country, they are legitimate, they are democratic, work transparently and independently.
The Board formally approved an EFA insurance policy to cover, aside of staff insurances, civil responsibility both for volunteers and staff, and travel for volunteers, in particular the Board members, in case of incidents such as illness or disability. EFA also contracted an upgraded general insurance for the organisation.
In their strategic meeting, the Board guided our multiannual programmes planning for 2025, focusing on EFA communities, the members and partner organisations.
The Board leads, President and Vice President, held weekly update calls with EFA Director, covering important issues in our partnerships with medical societies, public health NGOs and corporate partners, and ensuring they are guided at the highest level of our governance.
Key outcomes of the work of the Board include approval of:
- Quarterly management accounts, and forecast until the end of the year
- EFA Multiannual programmes workplan 2025
- Nine project plans 2025 to be promoted for funding covering all our diseases areas and crosscutting issues
- Budget framework 2025
- Motion from Board for a new EFA Membership Fee Structure
- Budget 2024 and Accounts 2023
- Workplan 2024
- Eligible membership requests
- EFA application for WHO Civil Society Alliance and the EU Critical Medicines Alliance
High-level representation, and patient community perspective in
- Key partners organisation fora, such as the European Lung Foundation Patient Advisory Group (ELF PAC) or the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Patient Organisation Committee (EAACI POC), and their annual congresses
- EFA Breathe Vision Project and European Lung Health Group (ELHG)
- Implementation of Memorandum of Understanding with Global Allergy and Asthma European Network of Excellence (GA²LEN) through joint work on manuscripts for Anaphylaxis Manifesto and managing food allergies at school environment
- EU Clean Air Coalition (EUHAC)
- Leading discussion on topics important for patient community in EFA sustaining corporate partner annual meeting
The Board also led EFA organisational development, critical to support bottom-up member centred, sharing and co-working among members in EFA within our Community programme.
