What is the Elections Hub?
In 2016, ECPC will elect its new Board, its new Audit Committee and will nominate for the first time the members of the new Scientific Committee. This webpage provides all the information necessary to ECPC Members to understand and contribute to the election process.
If you have any question, you can contact ECPC writing at elections@ecpc.org/ , or contacing us via Skype (anna.rek.ecpc), or via phone at +32 2 342 01 04.
Guide to the Elections
ECPC prepared two guidelines on the Election process.
The 2016 Elections will be organised in line with the new statute of ECPC, which entered into force in January 2016. To clarify which rules are applicable to the Elections, you can download the Extract from the ECPC statute related to the Elections (click here).
The full statute is available in the “Statute” section of the ECPC Website (click here).
Results of the elections
Legend:
Green: cancer patient or survivor
Red: candidature withdrawn
Board
| n | Board Membership election results | n votes | % |
| 1 | De Lorenzo | 88 | 15.97% |
| 2 | Apostolidis | 72 | 13.07% |
| 3 | Winterbottom | 66 | 11.98% |
| 4 | Chrostowski | 61 | 11.07% |
| 5 | Pelouchova | 60 | 10.89% |
| 6 | Cimpoeru | 59 | 10.71% |
| 7 | Bolanos | 47 | 8.53% |
| Jarvinen | 18 | 3.27% | |
| Mastris | 15 | 2.72% | |
| Anderson | 14 | 2.54% | |
| Dimitrova Alexandrova | 11 | 2.00% | |
| Voiculescu | 11 | 2.00% | |
| Cavallero | 10 | 1.81% | |
| Schiavon | 8 | 1.45% | |
| Cursaru | 7 | 1.27% | |
| Canzanella | 4 | 0.73% | |
| 551 | 100.00% |
Audit Committee
| n | Audit Committee election results | n votes | % |
| 1 | Presti | 72 | 26.67% |
| 2 | Philippou | 61 | 22.59% |
| 3 | Balogh | 56 | 20.74% |
| Voiculescu | 20 | 7.41% | |
| Deniel Ihlen | 16 | 5.93% | |
| Necchi | 12 | 4.44% | |
| Santangelo | 10 | 3.70% | |
| Canzanella | 9 | 3.33% | |
| Ikalovic | 7 | 2.59% | |
| Dodeva Hristovska | 7 | 2.59% | |
| 270 | 100.00% |
Documents
All documents necessary for the Elections can be downloaded here:
- Registration and Nomination form ECPC Elections
Fill this document to nominate candidates for the positions of Board Member, Audit Committee Member and Scientific Committee Member. The document has to be sent back in electronic form to elections@ecpc.org/ - Nominee form Board
Candidates top the position of Board Members have to fill this document and send it back to elections@ecpc.org/ by the 1st of April - Nominee form Audit Committee
Candidates top the position of Audit Committee Members have to fill this document and send it back to elections@ecpc.org/ by the 1st of April - Minutes of the scrutiny of the votesd submitted for the ECPC Elections 2016
- Annexes to the Minutes of the scrutiny
- Report of the ad hoc Committee for the confirmation of eligibility
News
- The process of the ECPC Elections 2016 has started. Click here to read the ECPC newsletter sent to all ECPC Members.
- The notary counted the votes for the ECPC Elections 2016 on the 23rd May 2016. Click here to download the minutes.
- The General Assembly confirmed the results of the Elections 2016 and adopted the report of the ad hoc Committee on the confirmation of eligibility of the elected candidates. Click here to download the ad hoc Committee report
List of candidates
Board
| Name | Surname | Nationality | Supporting organisation(s) |
| Andrew | Winterbottom | British | Fight Bladder Cancer |
| Carlotta | Schiavon | Italian | ANGOLO |
| Dan | Cimpoeru | Romanian | FABC; Romanian Leukemia Association; PAVEL. |
| Evgeniya | Dimitrova Alexandrova | Bulgarian | VIOM |
| Ferdinando | Cavallero | Italian | Vivere Senza Stomaco (Si puo’) |
| Francesco | De Lorenzo | Italian | 5 organisations |
| Jana | Pelouchova | Czech | Diagnóza leukemie, z.s. |
| Kathi | Apostolidis | Greek | 13 organisations |
| Ken | Mastris | UK | Europa Uomo |
| Matti | Jarvinen | Finnish | Association of Finnish Cancer Patients |
| Maude | Anderson | Swedish | GYNSAM |
| Natacha | Bolanos | Spanish | GEPAC |
| Sergio | Canzanella | Italian | WITHDRAWN |
| Szymon | Chrostowski | Polish | 5 organisations |
| Viorica | Cursaru | Romanian | Myeloma Euronet Romania |
| Vlad | Voiculescu | Romanian | WITHDRAWN |
Audit Committee
| Name | Surname | Nationality | Supporting organisation(s) |
| Andrea | Necchi | Italian | Palinuro |
| Azra | Ikalovic | Bosnian | ”ISKRA” Association of Women with Breast Cancer |
| Biljana (Biba) | Dodeva Hristovska | Macedonian | Association for fight against cancer BORKA – for each new day |
| Claudia | Santangelo | Italian | Vivere Senza Stomaco (si puo’) |
| Istvan | Balogh | Hungarian | Children Cancer Foundation |
| Nicolas | Philippou | Cypriot | 14 organisations |
| Pietro | Presti | Italian | FONDO EDO TEMPIA ASSOCIAZIONE ONLUS |
| Regine | Deniel Ihlen | French | Lung Cancer Europe |
| Sergio | Canzanella | Italian | Associazione House Hospital onlus |
| Vlad | Voiculescu | Romanian | WITHDRAWN |
List of non-eligible candidates
Check the ECPC statute and the Extract from the ECPC statute regarding the elections for full information regarding the requirements for the nomination of Board and Audit Committee candidates.
Board
| Name | Surname | Nationality | Supporting organisation(s) | Justification |
| Azra | Ikalovic | Bosnian | ”ISKRA” Association of Women with Breast Cancer | The organisation is not an ECPC Full Member |
| Biljana (Biba) | Dodeva Hristovska | Macedonian | Association for fight against cancer BORKA – for each new day | The organisation is not an ECPC Full Member |
| Nihal | Akar | Turkish | Sakarya Leukemia and Cancer Patients Health and Education Association | The organisation is not an ECPC Full Member |
| Rose | Keane | Irish | West Clare Cancer Centre | Organisation was not ECPC member at the time of application |
| Lubica | Svancarova | Slovachian | League Against Cancer -Venus Club | The organisation is not an ECPC Full Member |
Audit Committee
| Name | Surname | Nationality | Supporting organisation(s) | Justification |
| Rose | Keane | Irish | West Clare Cancer Centre | Organisation was not ECPC member at the time of application |
Scientific Committee candidates
In line with the ECPC statute and the ECPC Complete Guide to the Elections 2016, the next ECPC Board will nominate the Scientific Committee selecting from 3 to 5 candidates from the list below.
Click on the button “NEXT” below to visualise the list of Scientific Committee candidates
| Name | Surname | Nationality | Affiliation | Supporting organisation(s) | Field o expertise |
| Andrea | Necchi | Italian | Istituto Tumori Milano | Palinuro | Bladder Cancer |
| Athanasios | Dimopoulos | Greek | Dean of Athens University, EKPA | 12 organisations | Hematological cancers, clinical oncology |
| Azra | Ikalovic | Bosnian | ”ISKRA” Association of Women with Breast Cancer | ”ISKRA” Association of Women with Breast Cancer | Breast cancer |
| Daniela | Hristova Simova | Bulgarian | Bulgarian Association for Patients Defence | Bulgarian Association for Patients Defence | Oncology |
| Dimitra | Mavrommati | Greek | Vice President | Argolidas “Solidarity” | Microbiologist |
| Fostira | Florentia | Greek | VHLFA ALLIANCE GREECE | VHLFA ALLIANCE GREECE | Genetician in National Institute of Genetics / Breast cancer and rare cancers |
| Francesco | Perrone | Italian | National Cancer Institute of Naples “G. Pascale” | AILAR; FONDO EDO TEMPIA | Medical Oncology – Epidemiology; Clinical trials |
| Franco | Roviello | Italian | GIRCG Gruppo Italiano Ricerca Cancro Gastrico | Vivere Senza Stomaco (si puo’) | http://www.medint.unisi.it/cv/roviello_cv.pdf |
| Louis J. | Denis | Belgian | Oncology Centre Antwerp | Oncology Centre Antwerp | Onco-urology / Cancer organisations |
| Mark | Lawler | Irish | Queen’s University Belfast, Nothern Ireland (UK) | AIMAC | Genomics, pathology |
| Neil K. | Aaronson | Dutch | Department of Psychosocial Research, The Netherlands | FAVO | Psychology – Psycho-Oncology |
| Nicoleta | Mitrea | Romanian | Transylvania University Brasov and Hospice Casa Sperantei | HOSPICE Casa Sperantei | Palliative care |
| Pinar | Saip | Turkish | Former President and actual Member of the Turkish Medical Oncology Association | Pembe Hanim | Medical Oncology – Voluntary member of our organization |
| Sergio | Canzanella | Italian | Associazione House Hospital onlus | WITHDRAWN | Direttore Generale |
| Stefano | Vella | Italian | Istituto Superiore di Sanita’ | Andrea Tudisco Committee | Pharmacology – Clinical Studies |
| Umberto | Tirelli | Italian | Istituto Nazionale Tumori – Centro di Riferimento Oncologico | FINCO PP ONLUS; AISTOM | Medical oncology |