EUROPA DONNA – The European Breast Cancer Coalition is dedicated to giving people with metastatic breast cancer the tools to advocate for best practices that address the unique needs of those living with the disease.

We are pleased to announce that Europa Donna will hold the annual MBC Advocacy Webinar on Friday 16 June 2023. The webinar will be open to approximately 50 MBC advocates. Building on our past conferences and trainings, this webinar will ensure the continued development of advocacy activities on behalf of women with MBC in countries throughout Europe.

The webinar will be open to MBC advocates from our all of our member countries, plus a couple special guests from extra European countries as a consequence of a cooperation project with ABC Global Alliance. Building on our past conferences and trainings, this webinar will ensure the continued development of advocacy activities on behalf of women with MBC in countries throughout Europe and beyond.

The MBC Advocacy webinar will take place from 9.00 until 16.00 CEST covering Treatment and research specific to MBC, emotional support for MBC patients, working with MBC and will then take a deep dive into ED’s current MBC Awareness Campaign.

Candidates will be either breast cancer advocates who have MBC or advocates who do not have MBC but are actively involved in your forum’s MBC advocacy programmes, or who intend to become involved in MBC advocacy.

Applications should be submitted by 2 June 2023 using registering on the Online platform.

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21 June 2022– Europa Donna – The European Breast Cancer Coalition held a webinar on metastatic breast cancer (MBC) advocacy for women to learn more and share strategies to advocate with and for other women with this disease. Twenty-nine participants from 14 of the Coalition’s 47 member countries connected on this virtual course on 17 and 18 June, which covered topics ranging from MBC treatments to patient-doctor communication and the financial impact of MBC. This was the third virtual conference since the Coalition began holding yearly MBC conferences and training in 2017 to address the unmet needs of women with MBC, which is an advocacy priority for the Coalition.

Full Press Release available here.

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EUROPA DONNA – The European Breast Cancer Coalition is dedicated to giving people with metastatic breast cancer the tools to advocate for best practices that address the unique needs of those living with the disease.

We are pleased to announce that Europa Donna will hold a MBC Advocacy Webinar 17-18 June 2022. The webinar will be open to approximately 30 MBC advocates. Building on our past conferences and trainings, this webinar will ensure the continued development of advocacy activities on behalf of women with MBC in countries throughout Europe.

The MBC Advocacy webinar will take place over two days. Friday 17 June will consist of sessions from 10.00 until 12.30 and from 14.30 until 17.05 covering Treatment and research specific to MBC, Patient Doctor Communications is a Two-way Street, The benefits of exercise and physical activity in managing side effects and The financial impact of MBC and inequalities among countries. There will also be two workshops on: Overcoming the Stigma and Taboos of an MBC Diagnosis and Managing Side effects. The session on Saturday 18 June will take place from 10.00 until 12.15 and from 13.15 until 15.35 and will be dedicated to the MBC Advocacy/Communications skills training module.

Those who apply to participate should either be a breast cancer advocate who has MBC or an advocate who does not have MBC but is currently conducting MBC advocacy programmes through a European breast cancer advocacy organisation. Anyone who has already participated in a Europa Donna MBC Webinar Conference Communications Skills training module will be eligible to participate only on Friday 17 June 2022.

Applications should be submitted by 15 June 2022 using this google form.

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2nd Europa Donna Metastatic Breast Cancer Advocacy Conference 7-8 June 2019 – Milan, Italy

EUROPA DONNA – The European Breast Cancer Coalition is dedicated to giving people with metastatic breast cancer the tools to advocate for best practices that address the unique needs of those living with the disease. Building on the 1st MBC Advocacy Conference held in June 2017 and the 1st MBC Advocacy Training Course held September 2018, we are pleased to announce that EUROPA DONNA will hold its 2nd EUROPA DONNA MBC Advocacy Conference 7-8 June 2019 in Milan. The conference will be open to approximately 50 MBC advocacy leaders from EUROPA DONNA as well as from other organisations. Their travel and subsistence costs will be paid by EUROPA DONNA.*
The 2nd MBC Advocacy Conference will involve a weekend-long exchange of ideas, experience and best practice. On Friday, an Opening Session will kick off the event followed by dinner and networking. Saturday will begin with speeches regarding treatment and research specific to MBC, psychosocial support, benefits of physical activity and nutrition for women living with MBC.  The afternoon will include a Panel Session on Advocacy for insurance/financial issues, return to work/legal issues, using support groups and psychological counseling services for patients and partners.  This will be followed by a World Cafè where participants can discuss the topics covered in the panel. Feedback from the return to work survey done in September 2018 will also be provided.
Conference participants will be selected on a competitive basis. In order to apply, full applications should be submitted by 15 April 2019 to conference@europadonna.org and should include the following:
1. Completed application form
2. A photo of yourself
3. A short abstract (400 words) outlining your background including work and volunteer experience as well as current MBC activities and why attending this meeting would be important to your future advocacy work
After the conference, each participant will be asked to provide a summary of next steps and a report after three months on work undertaken as a result of the conference.
Successful applicants will be notified by 30 April 2019 and will be automatically registered for the conference.
Download application form here 
EUROPA DONNA will directly cover the cost of two nights at the Double Tree by Hilton (Friday 7 June and Saturday 8 June) for each participant. Any additional nights will need to be paid directly by said participant. Travel costs will be reimbursed after the event upon presentation of original receipts, airline tickets, boarding pass, train tickets etc. Round trip taxis will only be reimbursed to/from the hotel to Linate airport and to/from Cadorna train station. Those arriving at Malpensa airport should take the Malpensa Express train to Cadorna and then proceed to the hotel by taxi.
*Total amount of travel costs to be reimbursed:

• Up to a maximum of €400 for participants coming from Europe

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1. Completed application form
2. A photo of yourself
3. A short abstract (400 words) outlining your background including work and volunteer experience as well as current MBC activities and why attending this meeting would be important to your future advocacy work

 
After the conference, each participant will be asked to provide a summary of next steps and a report after three months on work undertaken as a result of the conference.
Successful applicants will be notified by 30 June 2018 and will be automatically registered for the conference.
Download application form here
EUROPA DONNA will directly cover the cost of two nights at the Double Tree by Hilton (Friday 28 September and Saturday 29 September) for each participant. Any additional nights will need to be paid directly by said participant. Travel costs will be reimbursed after the event upon presentation of original receipts, airline tickets, boarding pass, train tickets etc. Round trip taxis will only be reimbursed to/from the hotel to Linate airport and to/from Cadorna train station. Those arriving at Malpensa airport should take the Malpensa Express train to Cadorna and then proceed to the hotel by taxi.
*Total amount of travel costs to be reimbursed:

• Up to a maximum of €400

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•  Up to a maximum of €400 for participants coming from Europe, Middle-East and North-Africa
•  Up to a maximum of €1.000 for participants coming from other regions and overseas.

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