European Cancer Organisation

E.C.O.

Our Mission: To reduce the burden of cancer, improve outcomes and the quality of care for cancer patients, through multidisciplinarity and multiprofessionalism.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Per Clausen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

5 Nov 2025 · Cancer and European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), simplifying procedures on chemicals and CMRD

Meeting with Per Clausen (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2025 · Draft Report on Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap

Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and

2 Oct 2025 · All pressing portfolio topics

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

30 Sept 2025 · Public health and tobacco matetrs

Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and

30 Sept 2025 · Public health and tobacco matters

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Jul 2025 · Cancer

Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jul 2025 · HPV

Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Jun 2025 · Cancer, HPV

Meeting with Emma Rafowicz (Member of the European Parliament) and Make Mothers Matter EU Delegation

22 May 2025 · FEMM

Meeting with Ondřej Dostál (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Apr 2025 · Introducion

Meeting with Aurelijus Veryga (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Mar 2025 · Enhancing Cancer Policy and Health Initiatives

Meeting with Sandra Gallina (Director-General Health and Food Safety) and

20 Mar 2025 · Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan

Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner) and

4 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan

Meeting with Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu (Member of the European Parliament) and

15 Jan 2025 · Intergroup on cancer and rare diseases

Meeting with Ingeborg Ter Laak (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Dec 2024 · Cancer treatments

Meeting with Oliver Schenk (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Dec 2024 · European Health Policy

Meeting with Adam Jarubas (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

21 Nov 2024 · European Cancer Summit

Meeting with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the European Parliament) and

20 Nov 2024 · EU health policy

Meeting with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the European Parliament) and

13 Nov 2024 · EU health policy

Meeting with András Tivadar Kulja (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Oct 2024 · European Cancer Plan

Meeting with Nikos Papandreou (Member of the European Parliament) and European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network

2 Oct 2024 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Valérie Devaux (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Cancers féminins

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and Insurance Europe

1 Oct 2024 · right to be forgotten

Meeting with Billy Kelleher (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Sept 2024 · Insurance

Meeting with Carolina Morace (Member of the European Parliament) and

24 Sept 2024 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament) and Salzgitter AG

29 Aug 2024 · Austausch

Meeting with Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

22 Jul 2024 · Right to be forgotten

Meeting with Camilla Laureti (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jul 2024 · Incontro conoscitivo

Meeting with Virginie Joron (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Jul 2024 · traitement du cancer

Meeting with Catherine Griset (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Lutte, prévention et recherche contre le cancer au niveau européen

Meeting with Kateřina Konečná (Member of the European Parliament) and Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles

17 Jul 2024 · Introduction of political priorities

Meeting with Alessandra Moretti (Member of the European Parliament) and A2A

17 Jul 2024 · New term objectives and perspectives

Meeting with Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Plan to beat cancer

Meeting with Pablo Arias Echeverría (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Opportunities for the organization and priorities for the new EU term

Meeting with Isabel Wiseler-Lima (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jul 2024 · Europe's Beating Cancer Plan

Meeting with Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)

16 Jul 2024 · Longevity, health and support to E.C.O as well as future priorities of the EU.

Meeting with Isabella Tovaglieri (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Jul 2024 · European policies on fighting cancer

Meeting with Adam Jarubas (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

9 Jul 2024 · Strategia Pokonania Raka UE

Meeting with Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Jul 2024 · fair access to cancer treatment across member states

Meeting with Lukas Mandl (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Jul 2024 · Gesundheit

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

24 May 2024 · right to be forgotten

Meeting with Stelios Kympouropoulos (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Apr 2024 · European cancer plan

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

9 Apr 2024 · Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan; quality of life

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Mar 2024 · European Manifesto

Meeting with Catherine Amalric (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Feb 2024 · Plan cancer européen

Meeting with Miriam Lexmann (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Nov 2023 · Prevention and screening of cancer

Meeting with Catherine Amalric (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Oct 2023 · Reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation

Meeting with Maria Angela Danzì (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Oct 2023 · NCD meeting

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Jul 2023 · Non-Communicable Diseases

Meeting with Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President) and

29 Jun 2023 · EU beating cancer

Meeting with Patrizia Toia (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jun 2023 · Exchange on the activities of the organization (meeting held by the responsible APA)

Meeting with Erik Poulsen (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

31 May 2023 · NCD

Meeting with Frances Fitzgerald (Member of the European Parliament)

24 May 2023 · Cancer

Meeting with Sara Cerdas (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Apr 2023 · Consumo de álcool

Meeting with Dolors Montserrat (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Society of Cardiology

12 Jan 2023 · Lessons learned on impact of COVID-19 pandemic

Meeting with Tomislav Sokol (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Dec 2022 · European Health Data Space - EHDS

Meeting with Sara Cerdas (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Dec 2022 · Espaço Europeu de Dados de Saúde

Meeting with Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Nov 2022 · Cancer : Health systems and Treatment optimisation: scanning the political horizon

Meeting with Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides) and

10 Oct 2022 · Working group on European Health Data Space

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

21 Sept 2022 · Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and EU Policy on cancer

Meeting with Sandra Gallina (Director-General Health and Food Safety)

9 Nov 2021 · Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament) and European Society of Surgical Oncology

27 May 2021 · AI in cancer research

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)

7 Apr 2021 · Exchange of views on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and its implementation with the European Cancer Organisation and its Member Societies and Patient Advisory Committee

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)

23 Sept 2020 · The Commissioner delivers a speech at the launch of the European Code of Cancer Practice virtual event

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)

27 May 2020 · VC meeting with 28 ECCO member societies and 17 patient advocacy groups to discuss Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the impact of COVID on cancer care and oncology patients

Meeting with Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) and

8 Jan 2020 · Discussion on cancer

Meeting with Annika Nowak (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

23 Mar 2018 · Next European Cancer Summit