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To eliminate avoidable blindness and visual impairment in Europe.
To create a harmonised professional and educational system for optometry and optics based on the European Diploma in Optometry and Optics.
To develop the scope of practice for optometrists and opticians to the degree that the same high standards apply and are mutually recognised in all European countries
For Exemption from the Examinations and Portfolio of the European Diploma in Optometry
The press release (in French) on the comparative study is available here.
An overview of the development of eye health sector in France (in French) can be accessed here.
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Special Olympics International and ECOO signed a memorandum of understanding on Saturday 14 January 2012, creating a partnership that will bring needed vision care services and prescription eyewear to more athletes with intellectual disabilities, as well as build increased public awareness as to the specific health care needs of this often marginalized population.
The countries represented by the national professional bodies of optometrists and opticians in membership of the European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO)
The comparative health economic study on the delivery of primary eye care in Germany, France and the UK, led by Professor Wasem of the University of Duisburg-Essen, has been finalised. The full study is available here.
On 22 November 2011, ECOO and the ZVA (Zentralverband der Augenoptiker) under the patronage of Mr. Erwin Rüddel, Member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) hosted the launch event of the “Comparative Analysis of Delivery of Primary Eye Care in Three European Countries" in Berlin.
The press release in German is available here.
ECOO General Assembly - Spring meeting (Joint meeting with the European Academy of Optometry and Optics): 20-22 April 2012 - Dublin (Ireland)
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