Objectives

The European Cleft Organisation strives to ensure that every child in Europe has access to high quality cleft treatment, care and support.  Working through a network of health professionals and patient groups we provide information for new families, promote best practice guidelines for health professionals, lobby governments and the EU for minimum standards of care.

Our Approach

•    Awareness Raising – communicating information which improves understanding of the challenges faced by families, children and adults with a cleft.

•    Policy Change – dialoguing with government stakeholders to formulate initiatives which increase access to quality health care and equal opportunities for families, children and adults with a cleft

•    Capacity Building – through training, strengthening organizations’/hospitals’ ability to deliver quality health care and support for families, children and adults with a cleft

•    Collaboration –  networking with organizations to exchange information, share resources, and enhance each other’s capacity to advance the cause of for families, children and adults with a cleft