Thursday, May 27, 2004

 

Regulations

Constitution.
The Nordic Forum Nurses group is affiliation with the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Introduction and establishment:
The group is established and will be know as the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Nordic Forum Nurses Group and will herein sometimes be referred to as the EBMT Nordic Forum Group NG. The EBMT Nordic Forum Group NG consist of nurses from the Scandinavian countries working with Hematopeietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). Nurses from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland formed the group in 1996 and later joined by nurses from Iceland. The group became a national forum group of the EBMT Nurses Group in 2009/2010.
The official language in the EBMT Nordic Forum Group NG is English.

Aims:
- To improve and develop quality nursing of patients undergoing HSCT
- Improve communication and cooperation between transplant centers in
Scandinavia
- To study, develop and exchange knowledge, experience and ideas within
Scandinavia
- To carry out, coordination and support development projects and research
work concerning nursing care for patients undergoing HSCT
- To develop nursing care in cooperation with the EBMT nurses group

To carry these aims out the group will:
- Meet once a year, every November
- Publish relevant activities nationally and internationally
- Arrange lectures and posters on courses and symposiums
- Participate in the EBMT-NG and the EBMT

Membership:
Members are nurses working with HSCT, hematology in the Scandinavian countries.
The membership is free of charge.
It is not necessary to be a member of the EBMT-NG or EBMT to become a member of the Nordic Forum Nurses Group.
The representatives for each of the Scandinavian countries are responsible for membership lists within the respective countries.
The representatives of the board (representatives from each of the Scandinavian Countires) should be a member if the EBMT-NG

Board:
Representatives from each of the Scandinavian Countries form the board for the Nordic Forum Nurses Group. The members are either elected nationally or appointed nationally by the respective countries.
The board meet twice a year:
- Every November in connection with the Nordic Forum meeting
- Every Spring in connection wit the EBMT meeting

The position of the chair alters between the Scandinavian countries in the same manner as the November meeting of the group. The chair of the coordination group is the representative of the country hosting the November meeting as outlined below. Each chair has the administrative responsibility within a year from the 1st of April (following the EBMT meeting) the year of the meeting until the 31st of March the following year (after the EBMT meeting). The chair is responsible for arranging the November meeting and the Scandinavian (national) group meeting at the EBMT meeting the following year. The chair is responsible for all communication with the EBMT-NG board and for distributing the information to each representative of the coordination group.

The annual November meeting:
The meeting alters between the Scandinavian countries in the following order: Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland.

- Denmark 1996 (Copenhagen)
- Sweden 1997 (Göteborg)
- Norway 1998 (Oslo)
- Finland 1999 (Turku)
- Denmark 2000 (Copenhagen)
- Sweden 2001 (Huddinge)
- Norway 2002 ( Lillehammer)
- Finland 2003 (Helsinki)
- Denmark 2004 (Køge)
- Sweden 2005 (Uppasla)
- Norway 2006 (Oslo)
- Finland 2007 (Helsinki)
- Iceland 2008 (Reykavik)
- 2009 Denmark (Copenhagen)
- 2010 Sweden (Lund)
- 2011 Norway (Oslo)
- 2012 Finland
- 2013 Iceland

The representatives from the host country are chair of the board from April 1st to March 31st the following year. The chair is responsible for communication with the EBMT-NG and for passing on information to representatives from the other countries.
The host country is responsible for arranging the November meeting.
The host country is responsible for rising for financial covering for the November meeting and the EBMT national group meeting (if needed).
The host country distributes the program, reports and so on to the members of the board.
Each board member is responsible for distributing information within the respective country.

Coordination group:
Hanne Baekgaard Larsen, Denmark : hanne@baekgaard.com
Julia Vogel, Norway : Julia.vogel@radiumhospitalet.no
Britta Eriksson, Sweden: brita.Eriksson@karolinska.se
Marianne Ekholm, Finland: marianne.ekholm@hus.fi
Thorunn Saevarsdottir: torunnsa@landspitali.is

Information/communication within the group:
Information on the Nordic Forum Group and meetings are published on the web stie: www.nordicforum.blogspot.com
Information on can be published by e-mailing Hanne Bækgaard Larsen at: hanne@baekgaard.com

Amendments:
Proposals to change the constitution will be made to the chairperson at least two calendar months before the next annual meeting and will have the support of at least 30% of the group. Details of the proposal will be circulated with the meeting agenda. Amendments and constitution must be agreed by at least two-third of participating members present at the annual meeting.

Dissolution:
Dissolution of the group will be agreed by at least 75% of the members of the Nordic Forum Nurses Group. At dissolution, all founds upheld in the name of the group will be donated to another group promoting blood and marrow transplantation care. This is to be decided by a simple majority of those present at the last meeting.

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