Mission & Objectives

  1. To encourage co-operation between National Paediatric Societies/Associations in Europe and between European paediatricians working in primary, secondary and tertiary paediatric care in Europe, in order to promote child health and comprehensive paediatric care. Paediatric care is defined as the medical care of human beings during and up to the completion of growth and development, from birth up to 18 years of age.
  2. To stimulate collaborative research in paediatrics in Europe.
  3. To improve the quality of paediatric patient care in all European countries including both members and non-members states of the European Union.
  4. To promote the exchange of national experiences in the various fields of patient care and make national practices known to others. To obtain information about paediatrics from national societies and associations, and to make it available to EPA/UNEPSA members. For this purpose, EPA/UNEPSA has its own Internet presence in the form of a website.
  5. To co-operate with paediatric associations worldwide, the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, the World Bank, and any other national and international organizations, foundations or other statutory corporations and institutions operating in the field of child health.
  6. To organize and arrange congresses for its members and meetings of the President of European National Paediatric Societies/Associations.
  7. To implement any policy that promotes paediatrics that may be laid down by the General Assembly, e.g. forming ad hoc expert committees to study and make recommendations on important issues of paediatric interest in Europe.
  8.  To represent European paediatricians in relation to the International Paediatric Association (IPA), in continuity with the representative function previously performed by UNEPSA.
  9. Where conducive to the objectives of the association, EPA/UNEPSA may be affiliated to other related European Societies/Associations provided that its independence is assured.