European Federation of Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Associations Information

Influenced by the European ideal of strength through co-operation, those National IBD Patient Associations considered there was a need a for a European-wide umbrella organisation. A number of the national associations' representatives met together in Freiburg in October 1990 to form the European Federation of Crohn's & Ulcerative Colitis Associations, EFCCA was formally established in 1993 in Strasbourg, its constitution was registered in Belgium in 1996. EFCCA is also assisted by a Europe-wide team of eminent Medical Patrons. EFCCA's aim is to improve the well being of patients with inflammatory bowel disease - i.b.d. and their partners and families through: * working with and for the EFCCA Member National Associations and others throughout all of Europe * facilitating the exchange of information and the promotion of cross-frontier activities * effecting regular contact with the European authorities, doctors, health professionals and organisations and with others world-wide * the encouragement of scientific research into Crohn's and Colitis (IBD) causes and treatment