{"id":86,"date":"2022-01-26T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:54:45","slug":"our-patient-associations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/fr\/about-us\/our-patient-associations\/","title":{"rendered":"Nos associations de patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"what-is-an-epag-advocate\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qu'est-ce qu'un d\u00e9fenseur du mod\u00e8le ePAG ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ePAGs signifie <em>Associations europ\u00e9ennes de d\u00e9fense des patients<\/em>. Il s\u2019agit d\u2019organisations \u00e0 but non lucratif qui repr\u00e9sentent les patients atteints d\u2019une maladie rare donn\u00e9e au niveau de l\u2019Union europ\u00e9enne. Elles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9es par l\u2019initiative EURORDIS dans le but sp\u00e9cifique d\u2019int\u00e9grer les r\u00e9seaux europ\u00e9ens de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence (ERN). C\u2019est ainsi qu\u2019en 2016, Eurordis et la communaut\u00e9 europ\u00e9enne des maladies rares ont cr\u00e9\u00e9 les 24 premiers ePAG, en ad\u00e9quation avec le champ d\u2019application clinique de chaque ERN. Aujourd\u2019hui, la communaut\u00e9 des ERN compte plus de 300 ePAG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le r\u00f4le d'un ePAG est le suivant : <strong>pour repr\u00e9senter la voix et les int\u00e9r\u00eats de leur communaut\u00e9 de patients<\/strong> au sein d\u2019un ERN, c\u2019est-\u00e0-dire pour faire le lien entre leur communaut\u00e9 et l\u2019\u00e9quipe de direction de l\u2019ERN ainsi que son r\u00e9seau de cliniciens et de chercheurs. Ils sont donc membres de tous les organes de gouvernance de leur ERN : le conseil d\u2019administration, le comit\u00e9 ex\u00e9cutif et chacun des groupes de travail. Les ERN \u00e9tant fondamentalement <em>patient<\/em>\u2013<em>centr\u00e9<\/em> r\u00e9seau, les ePAG jouent un r\u00f4le essentiel au sein de notre r\u00e9seau. Leur mission consiste \u00e0 veiller \u00e0 ce que la voix et les points de vue des patients soient pris en compte lors de la conception et de la mise en \u0153uvre de nouveaux projets consacr\u00e9s aux maladies rares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour en savoir plus sur les ePAG et leur fonctionnement, vous pouvez consulter ce document <a href=\"http:\/\/European Patient Advocacy Groups&nbsp;(ePAGs) - EURORDIS\">Page Web EURORDIS<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1172\" src=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mission-and-role-2048x1263-1-1900x1172.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6228\" style=\"width:564px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mission-and-role-2048x1263-1-1900x1172.png 1900w, https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mission-and-role-2048x1263-1-600x370.png 600w, https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mission-and-role-2048x1263-1-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mission-and-role-2048x1263-1-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mission-and-role-2048x1263-1-1320x814.png 1320w, https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mission-and-role-2048x1263-1.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Les fonctions de ePAGs dans un r\u00e9seau ERN \u2013 Infographie EURORDIS<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Informations sur les soins de sant\u00e9 transfrontaliers. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tous les citoyens de l'Union europ\u00e9enne ont le droit de <strong>soins de sant\u00e9 transfrontaliers<\/strong>. En d'autres termes, vous pouvez choisir de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier de soins de sant\u00e9 dans un autre pays europ\u00e9en que celui o\u00f9 vous r\u00e9sidez. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compte tenu de la dispersion des connaissances et des ressources dans le domaine des maladies rares, il est essentiel que les patients connaissent leurs droits au niveau europ\u00e9en. Vous pouvez consulter le document ci-dessous pour mieux cerner vos droits et les ressources dont vous disposez en tant que patient europ\u00e9en dans le cadre des soins transfrontaliers :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-ernithaca-documents\" href=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/erns_patients-families_2025_factsheet2025_en.pdf\"><div class=\"documents-body\">Fiche d\u2019information \u2013 L\u2019UE agit en faveur des patients atteints de maladies rares et de leurs familles<\/div><div class=\"icon-circle\"><span class=\"icon-ernithaca-document\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-ernithaca-documents\" href=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Factsheet-How-the-European-Commission-works-on-Rare-Diseases-and-the-European-Reference-Networks-ERNs-European-Commission.pdf\"><div class=\"documents-body\">Fiche d'information \u2013 Comment la Commission europ\u00e9enne intervient dans le domaine des maladies rares et des r\u00e9seaux europ\u00e9ens d'expertise (ERN)<\/div><div class=\"icon-circle\"><span class=\"icon-ernithaca-document\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-ernithaca-documents\" href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?qid=1431961837669&amp;uri=CELEX:32011L0024\"><div class=\"documents-body\">Directive de l'UE relative \u00e0 l'application des droits des patients dans le cadre des soins de sant\u00e9 transfrontaliers<\/div><div class=\"icon-circle\"><span class=\"icon-ernithaca-document\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-ernithaca-documents\" href=\"https:\/\/europa.eu\/youreurope\/citizens\/health\/planned-healthcare\/get-more-info\/index_en.htm\"><div class=\"documents-body\">Points d'information sur les soins de sant\u00e9 transfrontaliers<\/div><div class=\"icon-circle\"><span class=\"icon-ernithaca-document\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-to-become-an-epag-advocate\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comment et pourquoi devenir un d\u00e9fenseur de ePAG ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le programme \u00ab ePAG \u00bb est ouvert \u00e0<strong> toutes les associations de patients atteints de maladies rares <\/strong>(qu'il s'agisse de membres de EURORDIS ou de non-membres r\u00e9sidant dans l'Union europ\u00e9enne). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les recrutements au sein du ePAGS sont organis\u00e9s deux fois par an (en f\u00e9vrier-mars et en juillet-septembre), afin de garantir une repr\u00e9sentation compl\u00e8te des patients au sein des diff\u00e9rents projets et instances de gouvernance du r\u00e9seau. \u00c0 ce jour, 47 membres du ePAGS ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9sign\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devenir un ERN ePAG, c'est faire partie d'un <strong>l'ensemble des associations de patients <\/strong>qui partagent vos interrogations et vos difficult\u00e9s, et gr\u00e2ce auxquels vous pourrez devenir plus fort. Vous rejoignez \u00e9galement une vaste <strong>r\u00e9seau de chercheurs et de cliniciens sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s<\/strong> atteints de maladies rares de nature malformative ou neurod\u00e9veloppementale, avec lesquels vous pourrez \u00e9changer des id\u00e9es et des points de vue afin de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir ensemble \u00e0 de nouveaux projets et de lancer de nouvelles initiatives visant \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la vie des personnes atteintes d\u2019une maladie rare. Pour comprendre ce que signifie rejoindre notre communaut\u00e9 ITHACA, vous pouvez consulter notre dossier sp\u00e9cial <a href=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ERN-ITHACA-Flyer-Patients-2024.pdf\">brochure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vous pouvez \u00e9galement consulter EURORDIS\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/Here is a special EURORDIS guide that explain what patients-partnership in RD research can are.\">Guide sur le partenariat avec les patients dans la recherche sur les maladies rares<\/a> ou leur brochure plus g\u00e9n\u00e9rale sur <a href=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-involvment-of-patient-organisation.pdf\">L'implication de ePAG au sein de l'ERN<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c9coutez \u00e9galement le t\u00e9moignage du copr\u00e9sident de notre Conseil des patients <strong>Dorica Dan<\/strong> sur les raisons qui l'ont pouss\u00e9e \u00e0 devenir une ePAG et \u00e0 rejoindre le r\u00e9seau ITHACA :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dorica Dan parle de son engagement en faveur de la cause ePAG\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JF7nSh1Ppkk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Si vous \u00eates une association de patients active dans le domaine du ITHACA et que vous souhaitez rejoindre le r\u00e9seau<\/strong>, vous pouvez contacter Anne Hugon \u00e0 l'adresse anne.hugon@aphp.fr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-ern-ithaca-council-advisory-board\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le Conseil consultatif des patients et le Comit\u00e9 de pilotage de ERN-ITHACA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Le patient ERN-ITHACA <\/strong>\u00ab Advisory Board \u00bb est le nom officiel de notre communaut\u00e9 ePAGs. \u00c0 ce jour, elle regroupe 47 associations de patients, chacune repr\u00e9sentant une maladie rare sp\u00e9cifique :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1084\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/epag-network.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/epag-network.png 1084w, https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/epag-network-600x341.png 600w, https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/epag-network-768x436.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-ernithaca-documents\" href=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ePAGS_CAROUSEL-maj-July-2025v1.pdf\"><div class=\"documents-body\">Pr\u00e9sentation des membres de notre PAB<\/div><div class=\"icon-circle\"><span class=\"icon-ernithaca-document\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"patient-board-in-an-elected-body-consisting-of-5-epags-it-is-part-and-parcel-of-ern-ithaca-s-governance-and-thus-participates-in-each-workgroup-or-transversal-activities-and-is-represented-in-both-the-executive-committee-2-representatives-chair-and-co-chair-and-the-board-5-representatives-through-this-organisation-ithaca-aims-to-maintain-a-high-degree-of-cooperation-between-epags-and-other-national-or-european-lay-public-or-patients-organizations-at-all-levels-of-decision-making-and-to-ensure-that-all-the-ern-activities-include-patients-and-their-families\"><strong>Le comit\u00e9 de pilotage (CP) du projet ERN-ITHACA<\/strong> Il s'agit de l'organe directeur \u00e9lu par le Conseil consultatif des patients. Il se compose d'un pr\u00e9sident, d'un copr\u00e9sident et de trois autres membres. Il fait partie int\u00e9grante de la gouvernance de ERN-ITHACA et participe ainsi \u00e0 chaque groupe de travail ou activit\u00e9 transversale ; il est repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 tant au sein du Comit\u00e9 ex\u00e9cutif que du Conseil d'administration. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 cette organisation, ITHACA vise \u00e0 maintenir un niveau \u00e9lev\u00e9 de coop\u00e9ration entre les ePAG et les autres parties prenantes du R\u00e9seau europ\u00e9en d'excellence (ERN) \u00e0 tous les niveaux de prise de d\u00e9cision, et \u00e0 garantir que toutes les activit\u00e9s de l'ERN associent les patients et leurs familles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour mieux comprendre le fonctionnement du PAB et du SC, vous pouvez consulter leurs<strong> Mandat <a href=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ilovepdf_merged-7.pdf\">ICI<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nos membres peuvent consulter le EURORDIS <strong>Guide \u00e0 l'intention des d\u00e9fenseurs des droits des patients du R\u00e9seau europ\u00e9en de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence (ERN) <a href=\"http:\/\/download2.eurordis.org.s3.amazonaws.com\/ern\/ERN%20guide_final.pdf\">ICI<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nos membres<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"patient-board-members\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comit\u00e9 de pilotage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pr\u00e9sidente : Dorica Dan, Roumanie<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apwromania.ro\">Association roumaine du syndrome de Prader-Willi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Copr\u00e9sidente : Tanja Zdol\u0161ek Draksler, Slov\u00e9nie<br><a href=\"https:\/\/idefine-europe.org\/kleefstra-syndrome\">IDefine Europe (syndrome de Kleefstra)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rui Barbosa Guedes, Portugal<br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.phelan-mcdermid.pt\/\"><strong>Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Phelan-McDermid Portugal<\/strong>\u200b<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sue Routledge, Royaume-Uni<br><a href=\"http:\/\/pitthopkins.org.uk\">Syndrome de Pitt-Hopkins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Daniele Palumbo, Italie<br><strong>Fondation CHAMP1, UE<\/strong>\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zhana Chokheli, G\u00e9orgie<br><strong>Alliance RDD<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sergios Dmitriev, Gr\u00e8ce<br><strong>Syndrome d'Angelman, syndrome de Rett<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comit\u00e9 consultatif des patients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-ernithaca-documents\" href=\"https:\/\/ern-ithaca.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/List-PAB-ITHACA_june-2025-1.pdf\"><div class=\"documents-body\">Liste de tous les membres du comit\u00e9 consultatif des patients de ERN-ITHACA<\/div><div class=\"icon-circle\"><span class=\"icon-ernithaca-document\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is an ePAG advocate? ePAGs stands for European Patient Advocacy Groups. They are non-profit organisation that represents patients of a given rare diseases at the EU-level. They were launched by EURORDIS specifically to integrate ERNs. 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