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ECU newsECU members have a long tradition ofhelping each other in times of needWHEN THE extent and seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemicbegan to become clear the Executive Council, by then meeting ona daily basis, first decided that it would create a serious financial situationfor member associations if the normal Spring dues were collected inMay and shortly afterwards asked the General Council to agree to cancelthe half year fees altogether. [Later in the year the British ChiropracticNew Officer for EACSØREN O’NEILL left theEuropean Academy ofChiropractic board at thebeginning of September 2020.He wrote about his tenureas Director of ProfessionalDevelopment when handing overto his successor, Michael Vaarst:“My experience is that thereare some very dedicated andambitious people in the EACand ECU and they are doingimportant work to further ourprofession. It is clear to me thatas a profession we have nowreached a point where we haveto acknowledge that simple onesize-fits-allpolitical solutions areunlikely to fit anyone at all – forthat, the profession has simplybecome too heterogeneous instate and ambition. I foreseethat international political workfor our profession will only getmore complex in future. I wouldlike to have contributed more tothis work, but other obligationsare straining my time andresources. Recently I have takenup the reins as acting leaderof the research departmentof the Spinecenter, which Imust prioritise. The EAC workdeserves more attention thanI can reasonably afford it and Ihave no doubt that Michael willdo a better job than I could.”The EAC is very grateful forSøren’s contribution towardsstrengthening the GraduateEducation Programme for ECUmember nations in the lastthree years.Michael Vaarst is achiropractor in private practicein Denmark. He graduatedfrom CMCC in 1991 and did hisGraduate Education Programme(GEP) at the Nordic Instituteof Chiropractic and ClinicalBiomechanics (NIKKB) in Odenseupon returning from Canada.His experience in the areaof professional developmenthas primarily been with GEP inDenmark and started in 2003,when he became a memberof the Danish ChiropracticAssociation board for GEP. Hebecame the chairman of theboard in 2008. During the lastfew years, he has attended GEPmeetings at ECU level as wellas meetings with the NationalHealth and Accreditation board(part of the Danish HealthMinistry). A member of anadvisory board, he has beeninvolved in giving feedbackto the University of SouthernDenmark (SDU) and hasattended many GEP weekendswith the newly graduatedchiropractors in Denmark.Association was granted a further waiver of its member fees – thosedue in the Autumn – on account of an economic crisis faced by Britishchiropractors who had been advised to adopt hygiene protocols thatseverely restricted clinic capacity.]Over recent years the ECU has made financial grants to the professionin the region of €1.5 million.Date Country Reason Category (Euros)May-08 Switzerland Support for Zurich school Education 75,000Nov-08 Other Support for ProChiropractic Europe (PCE) Sponsorship 45,000TOTAL 120,000Nov-09 UK WIOC Education 5,000Nov-09 Spain RCU Education 22,250Nov-09 UK AECC Education 22,250Nov-09 Other WCCS Sponsorship 21,000Nov-09 Other ECCE annual support Education 35,000TOTAL 105,500Nov-10 Norway Research seminar Research 50,000Nov-10 UK Legal costs Legal 115,000TOTAL 165,000May-11 Sweden Meetings with Gothenburg school and Education Ministry Education 9,475TOTAL 9,475May-12 France Funding of professorship at Orsay Education 60,000May-12 UK Learning space at WIOC Education 57,200May-12 UK BCA Business Seminar Education 14,000May-12 Norway Creation of research council Research 9,000May-12 Sweden Creation of research council Research 3,000May-12 UK Creation of research council Research 20,000May-12 France Creation of research council Research 9,000Nov-12 Italy Chiropractic Action Team – Italian earthquake Sponsorship 770Nov-12 Netherlands Funding for Researcher's position at VU Education 75,000Nov-12 Other Chiropractic Patients' Federation Europe (CPFE) Sponsorship 5,000TOTAL 252,970May-13 Spain Video monitoring system - Barcelona College of Chiropractic Education 35,000May-13 Other Funding of fellowship of position at WHO Sponsorship 10,000Oct-13 Netherlands Various Sponsorship 3,765Nov-13 Other Funding for PCE Sponsorship 10,000TOTAL 58,765May-14 Hungary Translation of documents for statulatory regulation Legal 5,000May-14 UK Upright MRI scanner at AECC Education 30,000Nov-14No financial requests receivedTOTAL 35,000May-15 Turkey Legal costs Legal 5,000May-15 Georgia Tsblisi University Education 5,000Nov-15 Belgium Funding of a colloquium Sponsorship 5,000Nov-15 UK BCA Membership drive Marketing 170,000TOTAL 185,000May-16 Belgium Formation of research council Research 1,665May-16 Ireland Formation of research council Research 1,560May-16 Other WFC participation at WHO (contingent - subsequently Sponsorship 27,000not req’d)TOTAL 30,225May-17No financial requests receivedNov-17 UK AECC – Resources centre Education 16,750Nov-17 Other ECCE additional funding Education 8,750Nov-17 UK Society for Promotion of Chiropractic Education (contingent) Education 25,000Nov-17 Netherlands VU research position Research 65,000Nov-17 Spain Support for member's legal fees Legal 3,000Nov-17 Other WCCS (Europe) meeting in Spain Sponsorship 2,500TOTAL 121,000Nov-18 Netherlands Sponsorship of establishment of clinic in Uganda Sponsorship 2,000Nov-18 CAI Irish radiation directive Legal 1,500Nov-18 UK McTimoney College – electronic booking system Education 6,000TOTAL 9,500Mar-19 Ireland Cover for possible legal action - subsequently not req’d Legal 7,500Mar-19 Spain Combating pseudo-science allegations Communications 44,700Mar-19 Norway Socio-economic costs of lbp in Norway Research 40,000Nov-19 Switzerland Expansion of chiropractic student recruitment Education 107,000Nov-19 Spain Survey of patients Education 9,600Nov-19 Belgiu/NL Establishment of joint research institution Research 7,500Nov-19 Estonia VAT exemption claim Regulation 4,200TOTAL 220,500Nov-20 UK Grant to waive BCA Autumn ECU dues Other 145,000GRAND TOTAL 1,457,9358 BACKspace www.chiropractic-ecu.org October 202001-32 Backspace Oct20.indd 8 08/10/2020 19:10
Newsletter of the European Chiropractors’ UnionECU newsNorth, East, West or South– associations are activeEstonia targetsacceptance as HealthcareService ProvidersLKR opens the door tonew membersDKF joins fight againsthealth inequalityAustria introduces GLA:DBACK programmeBCU secureschiropractic inclusionin plans to introduceproportionateregulationAEQ secureschiropractic VATexemptionTurkey to challenge anAdministrative Courtjudgment againstrecognition of thechiropractic professionIRELANDUNITEDKINGDOMPORTUGALICELANDFINLANDNORWAYSWEDENNORTH SEAANDORRASPAINLUXEMBURGFRANCENETHERLANDSBELGIUMESTONIABALTIC SEALATVIADENMARKLITHUANIABELARUSPOLANDGERMANYCZECHREPUBLICSLOVAKIAAUSTRIAHUNGARYSWITZERLANDSLOVENIAMONACOITALYCROATIAROMANIABOSNIA ANDHERZEGOVINASERBIABULGARIAMONTENEGROLIECHENSTEINMACEDONIAALBANIAGREECEMEDITERRANEANSEAMALTAMOLDOVAUKRAINEBLACK SEATURKEYBCA resignationON 15 September, theBCA President wrote tothe ECU President “to givenotice under Article 3 (h) of theECU Constitution, on behalfof the BCA, to resign from theECU.” The resignation letterincluded claims pertaining to“deficiencies in ECU governancearrangements” and ended with“Conditions for re-joining theECU.”The ECU replied on 16September acknowledging theresignation with immediateeffect and fully rejecting theclaims made in the BCA letter,in a thorough and analyticalfashion. Following the releaseof the BCA resignation letteron 17 September, the ECU hasreceived numerous requests topublicly release its response.The ECU has a policy of notintervening in the internalmatters of national associations.In the spirit of good governanceand respect of this policy wewould like to make clear that itis for the BCA Board to decidewhether to share the ECU letterwith its members. A decisionto release such communicationwould greatly enhancetransparency around the issue.The ECU is proud of itshistory and what it and itsmembers continue to achieveby supporting and fundingresearch, transfer ofknowledge through jointlyfinancing the journalChiropractic and ManualTherapies and the GlobalEducation Network forChiropractic (GEN-C),assistance to the ECCEaccredited chiropractic schools,and support for memberassociations in their dealingswith national health authorities.We are also proud of thedemocratic, transparent, andcollaborative fashion in whichboth our Executive and GeneralCouncils operate. We havealways believed that together theprofession can move mountainsand that national isolationismserves only to weaken it.BACKspace www.chiropractic-ecu.org October 2020 901-32 Backspace Oct20.indd 9 08/10/2020 19:10
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