The EPU is a growing organisation. In 2003 some people first came up with the idea of starting a European umbrella organisation, in 2006 this became more specific when representatives of 9 countries had a meeting during a Polio Conference in Italy. There they decided to really make the EPU work!
The Board of the EPU consists of the following directors:
- David Mitchell, United Kingdom (President)
- Pat McGillion, Ireland (Vice President)
- Tine Tournicourt, Belgium (Treasurer)
- Stefan Grajcar, Slovakia (Secretary)
- Macrina Clancy, Ireland
- Michal Haindl, Czechia
- Paul Neuhaus, Germany
- Pierre Parrot, France
- Frances Quinn, United Kingdom
Medical advisor
Prof. Dr. Frans Nollet, Academical Medical Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The EPU joined:
- The EFNA (European Federation of Neurological Associations)
- EURORDIS (European Organisation of Rare Diseases)