THE ESLA BOARD MET THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT - ROBERTA METSOLA

On March 23rd, the ESLA Board had the pleasure to meet Hon Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, who was very interested in listening to updates about our profession. Metsola showed her support towards ESLA and our mission to improve the recognition of the profession and initial training for SLTs across all of Europe. This meeting was extremely fruitful and beneficial for ESLA in its work to increase the awareness about our profession and the role we have in communication and swallowing disorders, amongst important policymakers. 

The ESLA Board was also able to meet with MEP Massimiliano Smeriglio thanks to the intervention of our member FLI, Federazione Logopedisti Italiani. A meeting was also held with the office of the DG GROW, which is responsible for regulation, recognition and the Common Training Framework (CTF). These meetings proved to be very insightful and provided ESLA with relevant guidance for moving towards setting minimal standards for the education of future SLTs and thus safeguarding the quality of the profession.

ESLA’S GENERAL ASSEMBLY - MARCH 25th, BRUSSELS

On March 25th, ESLA’s delegates got together at the NH Grand Place Arenberg in Brussels, Belgium for the organisation’s annual General Assembly. They discussed current events and adopted resolutions for the year ahead. 

The General Assembly decided that:

• ESLA will expand its membership options and soon offer individual membership to SLTs from countries where no SLT association is part of ESLA. More information will follow shortly!
• Mark your calendars: The 2024 ESLA Congress will be held in Bruges, Belgium from September 26th until September 29th 2024.
• ESLA’s Communications Strategy TF has been concluded. Soon, a call for nominations for members for a set of new ESLA Task Forces will be launched. We are looking forward to receiving your nominations!
• The Assembly also agreed on two different networks to enhance collaboration and sharing of best practices amongst SLTs across all of Europe. More information very soon! 

ESLA WELCOMES TWO NEW MEMBERS

The General Assembly voted for two new members and therefore we are proud to announce that the membership of ESLA has grown. 

We are happy to welcome  LOGO Deutschland from Germany as the latest full member, and  Zë from Kosovo as our new associate member!!

We are excited to keep growing. ESLA believes in diversity as one of its greatest assets. Let us learn from and with one another. When we stand united, we can achieve great things for our profession and our clients and patients across Europe.