New ESCIF Forum 

Dear Colleagues!

We are proud to present you the new platform – ESCIF Forum. The goal of the ESCIF Forum is to facilitate knowledge transfer and information exchange among all persons interested in SCI. Planed is to have 3 – 4 free Zoom events per year presented by researchers, experienced peers, companies, or representatives from organisations or governments. The Key is to generate added value for the ESCIF members and persons with SCI in general.

Presentation 1, Monday, 29th March 6-7 pm: Escif Help Alliance Project

The ESCIF Forum will start with the topic of the ESCIF Help Alliance. With the support of sponsors, the ESCIF Help Alliance distributed masks for free to the SCI community in Europe. ESCIF president, Stefan Jorlev and project manager, Kevin Schultes, will present more details of this successful project and the impact it generated on the SCI community. After the presentation, there is room to ask questions and give feedback. ESCIF member organisations are asked to spread this invitation also to their members.

To participate, please register for the Zoom presentation with the following link:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdO6tqzkqH9zhQZw2oxCfL15bMXGGu6BA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you have any problems, please contact Albert: secretary@escif.org

Presentation 2: Employment among people with SCI in 22 countries

The second presentation on Monday, 7th June, at 6 pm will be about the publication: “Employment among people with spinal cord injury in 22 countries across the world: results from the International Spinal Cord Injury (InSCI) Community Survey”. The presenter is Urban Schwegler, PHD and Group leader at Swiss Paraplegic research. Please save the date! The reservation link will be sent a few weeks before the event.


For the Executive Board 

Stefan Opresnik Jorlev
ESCIF President