What is EU EYE

The European Alliance for Vision Research and Ophthalmology (EU EYE) is a non-profit pan European group formed in 2015.

We draw from the experience of our community of patients and clinicians across Europe with an ambition to build a respected forum which brings medicine, science, education and advocacy together and is accessible to all – citizens, decision makers, research and healthcare workforce.

As a partner to the European Innovation Partnership on Active Healthy Ageing since December 2017, we advocate for people-centred eye health care with an on-going commitment to the integration of research priorities, policies and strategies in eye health at European level.

We maintain a varied portfolio of activities with the aim to open up the space for the patient empowerment process and the creation of new translational and fundamental research networks in our discipline.

We strive to mediate between high and bottom-up actions while building our shared vision of a digitally transformed healthcare that is part of the European Research Area while improving standards for eye health globally.
We strongly believe that registry- and biobanking based research can build medical knowledge and guide the process of improvement of health systems across Europe.
We want to ensure continued support for the pilot efforts of our members in setting up European clinical quality registries to study, benchmark and improve patient care and health outcomes. Our long-term goal is to develop multicentre international clinical trial studies following the Good Clinical Practice regulations.

The essence of our alliance is to advance interdependence and inspire collaborative work while recognizing members’ independence. Our member organisations maintain their own links to their national equivalent societies with some having committees specifically assigned to identify areas where national societies can provide experience that would be of value in Europe at large. Members hold international congresses, courses, wetlabs and exams in each subspecialty and support the next generation by harmonising education and providing fellowships and world renowned training programmes.

EU EYE constituency comprises of ophthalmological societies representing over 9,000 medical specialists active in clinical medicine, research, education and training in 100 countries.

Board members