The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, counting approximately 1500 members, is led by the council, chaired by the President and formed by the chairs of seven council committees, the annual meeting host, the meeting host elect, and the chair of the Rare disease advisory committee.


In addition to the council and (sub)committees, Young ESPE (YES) Group provides early career support, and eight working groups sharing expertise from the perspective of specific paediatric endocrine categories and/or conditions are active.

ESPE secretariat is managed by MCI, whose team connects with all parties and facilitates all activities. Additionally, several committees are supported by other external parties providing various services as expert management and consultancy.

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Council

Council structure

The council has nine members with voting rights:

  • President
  • Chair of the Strategic and Finance Committee (SFC) / Treasurer
  • Chair of Corporate Liaison Board (CLB)
  • Chair of Communication Committee (CC)
  • Chair of Clinical Practice Committee (CPC)
  • Chair of Education and Training Committee (ETC)
  • Chair of Program Organizing Committee (POC)
  • Chair of Science Committee (SC)
  • Host of Annual ESPE Meeting of that year

Members without voting rights:

  • Host-elect for the Annual ESPE Meeting of next year
  • If applicable:
    • President-elect 12 months prior to hand-over
    • Treasurer-elect 3 months prior to hand-over

In addition the council is extended with third party representatives supporting the council:

  • The sponsor manager who supports the CLB chair
  • The supervising event manager who is working with the POC chair, the host of the Annual ESPE Meeting of that year, and with the representative of the Annual ESPE Meeting management
  • The representative of the organisation responsible for the Annual ESPE Meeting management

The president also chairs the council satellite Affiliated Societies Scheme (ASS) and the Andrea Prader Committee (APC) which is a subcommittee of the SFC, and is a member of the SFC, the CLB, the Rare Disease Advisory Committee (RDAC), and the Policy and Advocacy Committee (P&A).

The chair of SFC/Treasurer also chairs the Travel Grant Committee (TGC) which is a steering committee of the SFC and is a member of the APC and of the CLB.

Council composition

President
  • Anita Hokken-Koelega

    Rotterdam, Netherlands

President-elect
  • Mehul Dattani

    London, United Kingdom

Treasurer
  • Rasa Verkauskiene

    Kaunas, Lithuania

Treasurer-elect
    Committee chairs
    • Evelien Gevers

      London, United Kingdom

    • Indi Banerjee

      Manchester, United Kingdom

    • Mohamad Maghnie

      Genova, Italy

    • Peter Kühnen

      Berlin, Germany

    • Rasha Hamza

      Cairo, Egypt

    • Stefano Cianfarani

      Rome, Italy

    Annual meeting host
    • Anders Juul

      Copenhagen, Denmark

    Council support
    • Amanda Helm Corporate relations manager

      Bristol, United Kingdom

    Committees

    Communication Committee

    Corporate Liaison Board

    Clinical Practice Committee

    Policy and Advocacy Committee

    Education and Training Committee

    Science Committee

    Strategic and Finance Committee

    Programme Organising Committee

    Rare Disease Advisory Committee

    The Young ESPE (YES) Group

    YES Group

    The YES Group is a dynamic group of early career ESPE members that aims to create a space for young paediatric endocrinologists, so that they can share expertise and grow their careers through access to professional development, collaboration and research opportunities.

    Working groups

    ESPE provides a platform for our members to form special interest working groups which work in specific aspects of paediatric endocrinology.

    Working Group on Diabetes Technology

    Working Group on Difference of Sex Development

    Working Group on Gender Incongruence

    Working Group on Obesity

    Working Group on Bone and Growth Plate

    Working Group on Turner Syndrome

    Working Group on Paediatric Endocrine Nurses

    Working Group on Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology

    Working groups governance

    The following document is intended to provide a framework for the organisation of such working groups:

    ESPE Affiliated Society Scheme

    Affiliated Society Scheme

    The ESPE Affiliated Society Scheme aims to connect paediatric professionals to improve the care of children and adolescents with endocrine, diabetes and bone disorders.

    European Reference Networks (ERNs)

    Objectives

    The objectives of the European Reference Networks (ERNs) are:

    • To share expertise
    • To improve diagnosis
    • To educate and train patients, care providers and doctors
    • To produce guidelines
    • To build databases
    • To develop connections to facilitate research
    • To perform clinical trials on rare endocrine conditions
    • To disseminate results to patients, health care providers (HCPs) and public health organisations
    • To link up with other ERNs.

    European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Conditions (Endo-ERN)

    ESPE in collaboration with the European Society for Endocrinology (ESE) have worked together to establish a European Reference Network on Rare Endocrine Disorders (Endo-ERN).