News from NBCs and NAGs

• Representatives of six Portuguese scientific societies (Neurology, Psychiatry, Neurosciences, Neurosurgery, Neuropediatrics and Neuroradiology) met in Lisbon on 6th November 2009 to discuss the first draft of the Statutes of the Portuguese Brain Council. A second assembly was scheduled on the 29th of January 2010 to conclude the final version of the Statutes that will be submitted to undergo legal approval as is required by the Portuguese law.”
  
  For more details, please see the following links:
  6th November 2009 meeting report
  29th January 2010 meeting report

 

• The meeting of Polish Action Group (PAG) was held on 20th November 2009 with the aim of discussing transformation of PAG into Polish Brain Council. Please follow the link with meeting report for more details.

 

• On September 25th 2009, a meeting of the National Action Groups and National Brain Councils was held in Brussels.  Co-chaired by Professor Monica di Luca, Italian Brain Council, and Professor Roland Pochet, Belgian Brain Council, the meeting brought together representatives of 15 countries to discuss their experiences and agree on joint action.  The most important new development was the creation of a Network of National Action Groups and Brain Councils which elected two representatives as Observers on the Board of the EBC.  These were Roland Pochet of the Belgian Brain Council and Jure Bon of the Slovenian Brain Council.