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Training in Spain

We were delighted to pilot our Speech Communication and Resilience project in Valencia, Spain, at the the start of July 2023.  Overall costs were covered by  Smile Train and  the venue  was  provided by the  Luís Alcanyís-Universitat de València Foundation Dental Clinic...

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Face Equality Training Project

The first meeting of the Face Equality Training Project (FET) took place in Rijswijk, Netherlands in January 2023.  FET is  funded by an Erasmus+ grant. The project  comprises partners from 8 countries and is coordinated by the European Cleft...

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Early Care Training Programme

Our Early Cleft Care Training Programme (ECTP), funded by an Erasmus + EU grant, has now sucessfully concluded with all project results appearing on the project website www.cleftectp.com. The project was showcased at the Sophia Children’s Hospital in Rotterdam...

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Speech and resilience project

It is hard to believe nearly 3 years have passed since this project began and now we are organising an event in Amsterdam to promote the outcomes (see above).  The project brought together partners from from 9 countries including...

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Face Equality Week 15 – 19 May 2023

Face Equality Week, championed by Face Equality International (FEI), is this year focusing on counteracting stigma with the #We Will Not Hide campaign. FEI, the organization which works to protect the human rights of people with disfigurements is an...

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ECO Country Projects

To date we have worked with partners in Bulgaria, Greece,  Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Spain, Serbia and Slovenia. We have been invited to carry out training in Macedonia and Ukraine and all these countries will be prioritized in our plans...

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Romania

In Romania ECO is pleased to report the continuing activities of RomaniaCleft, especially in developing dialogue with other countries on all aspects of cleft care. RomaniaCleft, set up in 2012 two years ago as Romania’s first national multidisciplinary cleft...

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Spain

Following an information meeting with the newly-established federation of Spanish patient support groups, we ran a pilot ‘front-line’ nurse/midwife training course in Bilbao in January 2013. The cleft team were keen to support this and have a long history...