As you may already have seen, the presentations from the congress have been uploaded. We are now able to present the results of the two workshops, led by Sara Rubinelli and Mirjam Brach, on the reactions to Paraforum - the new interactive website that is being developed by Swiss Paraplegic Research. Find here.

ESCIF would like to their Swiss hosts for an extremely interesting programme, a beautiful venue and highly enjoyable social events. As an extra bonus – the weather in Nottwil was warm and sunny, in stark contrast to the heavy rain and flooding experienced in other parts of Europe. The theme of the Congress this year was Living with SCI: communication, information and learning and the ...

Dear ESCIF friends and colleagues We will meet soon at the ESCIF Congress and Assembly of Delegates 2013 in Nottwil, Switzerland, on 5 June! All material for the Assembly of Delegates to be held during the Congress is now available on the congress website .

Winnifred de Moes is not only Vice-President of ESCIF but since 26 April she is also a Knight of the Order of Oranje Nassau! She was granted this highly-esteemed Dutch royal honour because of her many years of voluntary work in The Netherlands. After Winnifred had resigned as a board member and President of the Dutch SCI Association - her statutory term was over - at the end of 2012, the remaining ...

This was the theme of the European Spinal Cord Injury Federation congress in Tuscany in 2012. The report is based on the findings of a study carried out by the Italian research institute INSTUD in preparation for the congress, on presentations made during the congress by ESCIF member organisations on the current situation in their countries, and on further information and discussions evoked during ...

The 6th Coloplast symposium was held in Barcelona on 18 and 19 January 2013. The theme this year was Current topics on prevention of SCI and its complications. More than 450 invited guests attended the event, together with representatives from Coloplast, from all over Europe – and as far away as China. The international composition of the audience was matched by that of the faculty; speakers ...

Spinal cord injury science and advocacy symposium

About 150 participants, coming from 10 different countries, convened at the Working 2 Walk (W2W) symposium that took place in Irvine, California on November 1-3, 2012 and that was organized by Unite 2 Fight Paralysis ( read the full story )

The official launch of the Global Spinal Cord Injury Consumer Network was held on 5 September during the ISCoS meeting in London. We were delighted to welcome both old friends and new to the launch at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster. The European Spinal Cord Injury Federation was well-represented by delegates from UK and Scotland, the Netherlands, Italy, France, ...

The newly-developed, educational resource on SCI, elearnSCI.org, was launched in London earlier this month. Recognising the need to disseminate information about comprehensive management of SCI, the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) took the initiative to develop elearnSCI.org, a web-based teaching and educational resource. MISSION The mission of elearnSCI.org is to improve the quality ...

There were many representatives of ESCIF member organisations at the recent International Spinal Cord Society meeting in London – and it was a pleasure to see that they met up to support the various initiatives led by or involving ESCIF during the conference ... The SCI consumer agenda: global perspectives This was the title of the consumer workshop devised and led by ESCIF on the ...