Operational Support Network meeting

London

2 February 2018

1. Opening, Welcome and introduction

Thank you to BPS for hosting theOSN meeting

Presentation of participants

DelegatesCountry EFPA EC and staff First Name Last Name

LV Secretary General Robertas Povilaitis

BE Director Sabine Steyaert

BE Office Manager Julie Van den Borre

Country Member Association First Name Last Name

AT Austrian Professional Association of Psychologists Michaela Langer

DK Danish Psychological Association Marie Zelander (apologies)

UK British Psychological Society Andrea Finkel-Gates

HU Hungarian Psychological Association Marta Fulop (apologies)

IT INPA Eleonora Drago (apologies)

NO Norwegian Psychological Association Ole Tunold

PT Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses Tiago Pereira

SE Swedish Psychological Association Ulrika Edwinson

CH Föderation Schweizer Psychologinnen und Psychologen Sabine Schläppi

BE Belgische Federatie van Psychologen Koen Lowet

Agenda and documents available in EFPA’s Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/home/1_Operational%20Support%20Network%20OSN

Group picture before lunch

2. Approval minutes OSN meetingNovember 2016, Berlin

3. After the EFPA GA Amsterdam July 2017 and before the GA Moscow July 2019

3 a) key decisions

1. The National Psychological Association of Ukraine has been accepted as 37th EFPA member association.

2. The FESN – Federation of European Societies of NeuroPsychology – has been accepted as the 11th Associate Member association of EFPA.

3. ECP 2021 Slovenia

4. less EFPA groups

3 b) Activity Agenda

3 b) Activity Agenda 2017-2019(e.g.extract Advocacy strategy)

3 b) Activity Agenda 2017-2019(e.g.extract Advocacy strategy)

3 c) EFPA statement on Psychotherapy

3 d) Awards 2019: call for nominations Aristotle Prize, Wundt-James award, Comenius Early career award and Robert Roe award +

probably new Russian award (Lev Vegotsky Prize)

3 e) Composition of EC: vacancies 2019

Current compostion:

• Telmo Mourinho Baptista, President, Portugal➢ 2015-2019

• Christoph Steinebach, Vice-president/Treasurer, Germany➢ 2011-2019, 2nd mandate

• Robertas Povilaitis, Vice-President, Secretary General, Lithuania ➢ 2011-2019, 2nd mandate

• Josip Lopizic, EC member, Croatia➢ 2017-2021

• Bruna Zani, EC member, Italy➢ 2015-2019

• Eleni Karayianni, EC member, Cyprus➢ 2015-2019

• Tor Levin Hofgaard, EC member, Norway➢ 2011-2019, 2nd mandate

4) Key Decisions of the Presidents’ Council, November 2017, Prague

4 a) European Semester: state of affairs and call for 2019

Call forinterest 2019

2017: Jan-June: SwitzerlandLessons learned (by Sabine Schläppi)

2018: Jan-June: United Kingdom: update

2018: July-Dec: Cyprus

1) World Health dayApril 7

2) World Suicide prevention day September 10

3) World mental health dayOctober 10

4) Universal children’s dayNovember 20

5) International day of human rights December 10

4 b) World thematic days: press releases or statements

4 c) Evaluation EFPA structure discussion at PCM

STRUCTURE OPERATIVE PRACTICE

1. Is this structure delivering in accordance with the intentions when the GA decided it?

2. Is this structure delivering what EFPA needs, to achieve its political, professional and organizational goals?

3. Is it possible to keep the connection between EFPAs mission and the activity in such a large structure?

4. Is it possible to keep the connection between EFPAs mission and the activity in such a large structure?

1. What alternative structures are feasible?

2. How would the MAs commitment to EFPA look like if they did not have people in such a structure?

3. Would a professionalization (hiring experts in the HO, and project organize our work) be counter to the idea of volunteer work based on interests as a primary motivation to engage in EFPA?

NEEDS RESOURCES

1. Is it possible to keep the connection between EFPAs mission and the activity in such a large structure?

2. What would we not be able to do if we would not have this structure?

1. Is this structure (and its continued growth) sustainable economically and structurally?

2. Can the money which each MA spends on this structure be used in a different way that would achieve EFPAs goals better? (And would MAs be willing to spend this money (or is it available) for EFPA if we e.g. simplify the structure, and organize the work differently)

5) News from the associations

5 a) overview 37 EFPA MA’s + 12 Associates (Ukraine, Romania,

Bulgaria)Ukraine 37th member association

Bulgaria full member again

Romania: difficult situation

5 b) News from the associations: Members, finances, new

developments, projects,...

6) State of affairs

6 a) New EuroPsy website - beta website to go live asap, final in 2018

6 b) Supervision conference August 2017 Slovenia – follow up book

Book: The Development of the Supervised Practice of Psychologists in Slovenia

This book has been sent by

ordinary post to all

MA’s

6 c) EAC – SEAC PT – SEAC W&O Vacancies 2018

Members of the EAC - sit January 2017

• Rosaleen McElvaney – new Chair (since March 10, 2017)

• Nady Van Broeck – Liaison (S-EACPsychotherapy)

• Vlasta Zabukovec – Slovenia

• Ype Poortinga – Netherlands

• Salvatore Zappala – Liaison (S-EAC W&O)

Members S-EAC Psychotherapy – sit Jan 2018

• Nady Van Broeck (Belgium) – new Chair and liaison to EAC

• Arne Holte (Norway)• Jaroslav Šturma (Czech Republic)• Kirsti-Liisa Kuusinen (Finland)• Güler Okman Fisek (Turkey)

• Salvatore Zappala – Chair and liaison with EAC

• Henry Honkanen (Finland)

• Paul Kop (Netherlands)

• Lourdes Munduate (Spain)

• Stephen Woods (UK)

• Per Straumsheim (Norway)

Members of the S-EAC Work & Organisational Psychology – sitJanuary 2018

Call Members of the EAC and the S-EAC Psychotherapy

➢ Call for nominations November 2017

• Member for EAC

• Member for S-EAC Psychotherapy

➢ 2nd Call for nominations after summer 2018

• Member for EAC

• Member S-EAC W&O

6 d) EuroPsy S(NAC) chairs annual meeting March 9, 2018

6 e) EuroPsy workshops

‘How to start a NAC’, and ‘CPD’ (Friday 9 March 2018)

AND‘Supervision training for trainers’

(Friday 25 May 2018)

6 f) Germany: pilot project: promoting EuroPsy with students

Still to be approved by EC

7) European Congress of Psychology

7 a) ECP 2017 AmsterdamFinal reportECP FACT SHEET

FINANCIAL IN & OUT

Expenses Income Result

FEES IN EURO

Delegates (early bid) Students MA members

500/600 200/220 425/500

PARTICIPANTS

Delegates Students Accompanying Other Total

2368

ABSTRACTS

Submitted Approved

DURATION

Days Start of Day End of Day

3 days

PARALLEL TRACKS

Rooms

financial report not available yet

7 b) ECP 2019 MoscowState of affairs

Russia56%

Europe34%

Otherparts10%

Registrations sit 30 Jan420 participants

International participation

*23 Keynote/ Invited Symposium proposals*12 Members of International Scientific

Committee (vacant seats open)*4 abstracts/proposals submitted for early review

Personal account on ECP2019.ru for allregistered participants

Huge interest to ECP2019 from RussianHealthcare System

Article in recent established medical magazine “Healthcare: targeted projects”http://www.sovstrat.ru/files/MCP27_2017.pdf

14 doctors have pre-registered to the conference (1,5% of total participants pre-registered from Russia).

Upcoming plans• To open registration, payment, abstract submission platform

(using personal account).

• To compose tourist part

• To establish connections with ISC members and consider offered Keynotes

• Continue to send invitations for proposals to gain more offers for Keynotes, Invited Symposium and ISC.

• To translate web-site into Italian, Chinese…any other language?

• To host EFPA EC in Moscow (February) to show the facilities and discuss progress.

7 c) ECP 2021 Ljubljana

7 d) ECP 2023call for bids will be sent before summer

2018

8) EFPA news magazine

Cooperation with MA’sAny news to report ?

Please send to: news@efpa.eu

Next edition: end February 2018

Deadline for sending contributions: 20 February 2018

9 ) Next meetings 2018-2019

Proposal of dates in November 2018

10 ) Any other matters

10 a) New communication platform for EFPA groups Workplace by Facebook

10 b) Virtual Communication – Discussion lists/groups (Andrea)

10 c) National legal regulations of psychologists (Ole)

10 d) Social network (Eleonora)

Closing

Have a safe travel back!