Operational Support Network meeting London 2 February 2018
1. Opening, Welcome and introduction
Thank you to BPS for hosting the OSN meeting
Presentation of participants
Country EFPA EC and staff First Name Last Name Delegates LV Secretary General Robertas Povilaitis BE Director Sabine Steyaert BE Office Manager Julie Van den Borre Country Member Association First Name Last Name AT Austrian Professional Association of Psychologists Michaela Langer DK Danish Psychological Association Marie Zelander (apologies) UK British Psychological Society Andrea Finkel-Gates HU Hungarian Psychological Association Marta Fulop (apologies) IT INPA Eleonora Drago (apologies) NO Norwegian Psychological Association Ole Tunold PT Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses Tiago Pereira SE Swedish Psychological Association Ulrika Edwinson CH Föderation Schweizer Psychologinnen und Psychologen Sabine Schläppi BE Belgische Federatie van Psychologen Koen Lowet
Agenda and documents available i n EFPA’s Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/home/1_Operational%20Support%20Network%20OSN
Group picture before lunch
2. Approval minutes OSN meeting November 2016, Berlin
3. After the EFPA GA Amsterdam July 2017 and before the GA Moscow July 2019
3 a) key decisions 1. The National Psychological Association of Ukraine has been accepted as 37 th EFPA member association. 2. The FESN – Federation of European Societies of NeuroPsychology – has been accepted as the 11th Associate Member association of EFPA. 3. ECP 2021 Slovenia 4. less EFPA groups
3 b) Activity Agenda
3 b) Activity Agenda 2017-2019 (e.g.extract Advocacy strategy)
3 b) Activity Agenda 2017-2019 (e.g.extract Advocacy strategy)
3 c) EFPA statement on Psychotherapy
3 d) Awards 2019: call for nominations Aristotle Prize, Wundt-James award, Comenius Early career award and Robert Roe award + probably new Russian award (Lev Vegotsky Prize)
3 e) Composition of EC: vacancies 2019 Current compostion: • Telmo Mourinho Baptista, President, Portugal ➢ 2015-2019 • Christoph Steinebach, Vice-president/Treasurer, Germany ➢ 2011-2019, 2nd mandate • Robertas Povilaitis, Vice-President, Secretary General, Lithuania ➢ 2011-2019, 2nd mandate • Josip Lopizic, EC member, Croatia ➢ 2017-2021 • Bruna Zani, EC member, Italy ➢ 2015-2019 • Eleni Karayianni, EC member, Cyprus ➢ 2015-2019 • Tor Levin Hofgaard, EC member, Norway ➢ 2011-2019, 2nd mandate
4 ) Key Decisions of the Presidents’ Council, November 2017, Prague 4 a) European Semester : state of affairs and call for 2019 Call for interest 2019
2017: Jan-June: Switzerland Lessons learned (by Sabine Schläppi)
2018: Jan-June: United Kingdom: update
2018: July-Dec: Cyprus
4 b) World thematic days: press releases or statements 1) World Health day April 7 2) World Suicide prevention day September 10 3) World mental health day October 10 4) U niversal children’ s day November 20 5) International day of human rights December 10
4 c) Evaluation EFPA structure discussion at PCM
STRUCTURE OPERATIVE PRACTICE 1. Is this structure delivering in 1. What alternative structures accordance with the intentions are feasible? when the GA decided it? 2. How would the MAs 2. Is this structure delivering commitment to EFPA look like what EFPA needs, to achieve if they did not have people in its political, professional and such a structure? organizational goals? 3. Would a professionalization 3. Is it possible to keep the (hiring experts in the HO, and connection between EFPAs project organize our work) be mission and the activity in counter to the idea of such a large structure? volunteer work based on interests as a primary 4. Is it possible to keep the motivation to engage in connection between EFPAs EFPA? mission and the activity in such a large structure?
NEEDS RESOURCES 1. Is it possible to keep the 1. Is this structure (and its connection between EFPAs continued growth) sustainable mission and the activity in economically and structurally? such a large structure? 2. Can the money which each MA spends on this structure be used in a different way that 2. What would we not be able to would achieve EFPAs goals do if we would not have this better? (And would MAs be structure? willing to spend this money (or is it available) for EFPA if we e.g. simplify the structure, and organize the work differently)
5) News from the associations
5 a) overview 37 EFPA MA’s + 12 Associates (Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria) Ukraine 37th member association Bulgaria full member again Romania: difficult situation
5 b) News from the associations: Members, finances, new developments, projects,...
6) State of affairs
6 a) New EuroPsy website - beta website to go live asap, final in 2018
6 b) Supervision conference August 2017 Slovenia – follow up book Book: The Development of the Supervised Practice of Psychologists in Slovenia This book has been sent by ordinary post to all MA’s
6 c) EAC – SEAC PT – SEAC W&O Vacancies 2018
Members of the EAC - sit January 2017 • Rosaleen McElvaney – new Chair (since March 10, 2017) • Nady Van Broeck – Liaison (S-EAC Psychotherapy) • Vlasta Zabukovec – Slovenia • Ype Poortinga – Netherlands • Salvatore Zappala – Liaison (S-EAC W&O)
Members S-EAC Psychotherapy – sit Jan 2018 • Nady Van Broeck (Belgium) – new Chair and liaison to EAC • Arne Holte (Norway) • Jaroslav Šturma (Czech Republic) • Kirsti-Liisa Kuusinen (Finland) • Güler Okman Fisek (Turkey)
Members of the S-EAC Work & Organisational Psychology – sit January 2018 • Salvatore Zappala – Chair and liaison with EAC • Henry Honkanen (Finland) • Paul Kop (Netherlands) • Lourdes Munduate (Spain) • Stephen Woods (UK) • Per Straumsheim (Norway)
Call Members of the EAC and the S-EAC Psychotherapy ➢ Call for nominations November 2017 • Member for EAC • Member for S-EAC Psychotherapy ➢ 2nd Call for nominations after summer 2018 • Member for EAC • Member S-EAC W&O
6 d) EuroPsy S(NAC) chairs annual meeting March 9, 2018
6 e) EuroPsy workshops ‘ How to start a NAC’, and ‘CPD’ ( Friday 9 March 2018) AND ‘ Supervision training for trainers’ (Friday 25 May 2018)
6 f) Germany: pilot project: promoting EuroPsy with students Still to be approved by EC
7) European Congress of Psychology
7 a) ECP 2017 Amsterdam Final report ECP FACT SHEET
FINANCIAL IN & OUT Expenses Income Result financial report not available yet FEES IN EURO Delegates (early bid) Students MA members 500/600 200/220 425/500 PARTICIPANTS Delegates Students Accompanying Other Total 2368 ABSTRACTS Submitted Approved DURATION Days Start of Day End of Day 3 days PARALLEL TRACKS Rooms
7 b) ECP 2019 Moscow State of affairs Registrations sit 30 Jan 420 participants Other parts 10% Europe Russia 34% 56%
International participation *23 Keynote/ Invited Symposium proposals *12 Members of International Scientific Committee (vacant seats open) *4 abstracts/proposals submitted for early review Personal account on ECP2019.ru for all registered participants
Huge interest to ECP2019 from Russian Healthcare System Article in recent established medical magazine “Healthcare: targeted projects” http://www.sovstrat.ru/files/MCP27_2017.pdf 14 doctors have pre-registered to the conference (1,5% of total participants pre-registered from Russia).
Upcoming plans • To open registration, payment, abstract submission platform (using personal account). • To compose tourist part • To establish connections with ISC members and consider offered Keynotes • Continue to send invitations for proposals to gain more offers for Keynotes, Invited Symposium and ISC. • To translate web- site into Italian, Chinese…any other language? • To host EFPA EC in Moscow (February) to show the facilities and discuss progress.
7 c) ECP 2021 Ljubljana
7 d) ECP 2023 call for bids will be sent before summer 2018
8) EFPA news magazine
Cooperation with MA’s Any news to report ? Please send to: news@efpa.eu Next edition: end February 2018 Deadline for sending contributions: 20 February 2018
9 ) Next meetings 2018-2019 Proposal of dates in November 2018
10 ) Any other matters
10 a) New communication platform for EFPA groups Workplace by Facebook
10 b) Virtual Communication – Discussion lists/groups (Andrea)
10 c) National legal regulations of psychologists (Ole)
10 d) Social network (Eleonora)
Closing Have a safe travel back!
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