Activities of the NFOG Board General Assembly, June 17th 2010 Ragnheiður I. Bjarnadóttir, Secretary General

President: Seija Grénman, Finland Secretary: Ragnheidur I. Bjarnadóttir, Iceland Treasurer: Thea Lousen, Denmark Webmaster: Peter Secher, Denmark DSOG: Morten Lebech->Charlotte Sögaard SGY: Juha Tapanainen->Aila Tiitinen FIFK: Arnar Hauksson->Hulda Hjartardóttir NFG: Rolf Kirschner-> Björn Backe SFOG: Charlotta Grunewald->Ulf Högberg

7) Acta: Reynir T. Geirsson, Iceland Scientific Committee: Lars-Åke Mattsson, Sweden-> Alexander Smarason, Iceland Educational Committee: Jens Gudmundsson, Iceland-> Anders Atke, Denmark->? NFYOG: Stig Hill, Norway->Alda Birgisdóttir, Iceland NFOG 2010: Peter Hornnes, Denmark. Internal Auditors: Ditte Trolle, Denmark & Nils-Erik Backas, Finland. External Auditor: Bo Hendriksen, Aaen & Co.

Meetings in : 4 meetings ( incl. one telephone meeting). 2009: 2 meetings. On the Agenda: Acta National Societies and NFYOG Educational and Scientific Committees NFOG Congress, Educational Meetings EBCOG, FIGO (Twinning project) NFOG economy NFOG Fund

OBJECTIVES OF NFOG AS DEFINED IN THE STATUTES Encourage scientific cooperation in Nordic countries Encourage clinical cooperation in Nordic countries Work towards high standard of training at all levels Improve reproductive health all over the world

NFOG Objectives Scientific co-operation NFOG Congress Acta Thesis Registry (started 2003) Collaborative programme (started 2009) Clinical co-operation NFOG Congress Hot Topics Visitor Program (started 2003) Training at all levels NFYOG Meetings Summary of training Hot Topics Educational courses (2009) NFOG congresses Lillehammer scholarship Special initiatives Improving reproductive health globally FIGOEBCOGTwinning Project NFYOG symposium 2009

The NFOG Clinical Visitor Program Program started in DKK allocated per year 31 specialists have visited another Nordic country through this program. In 2008, 2 applications were supported: In 2009, 5 applications were supported: Positive feedback from all parties. Reports of the visits have been published in national bulletins and on the website of NFOG.

The NFOG Collaborative Program Program started in 2008 To encourage scientific collaboration between at least two Nordic countries DKK allocated per year 2008: 4 applications were supported (for 2009) 2009: 3 applications were supported (for 2010) NFOG Fund to replace and expand both Visitor and Collaborative Programs…

Twinning programme FIGO has organized twinning to 12 developing countries to strengthen their National Societies of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Pakistan has been twinned to Sweden. Nigeria has been twinned with Denmark. 2 colleagues from Pakistan and 1 from Nigeria were invited to the NFOG Congress 2010.

Scientific Committee Chairman Lars-Åke Mattsson, Sweden ->Alexander Smarason, Iceland in 2009 Thue Bryndorf->Annette Tornes Pedersen, Denmark Oskari Heikinheimo, Finland Alexander Smárason Iceland-> Lars-Åke Mattsson, Sweden->Pelle Lindquist, Sweden Knut Hordnes, Norway

Scientific Committee Visitor and collaborative program each year. Discussion, planning of new NFOG fund NFOG congress 2010  Planned the scientific program collaboration with the local organising committee.  Selected abstracts for oral and poster presentations.  Prizes and grants at NFOG 2010: Thesis presentations (5), Young Scientist award (1), Best oral (3) and poster presentations (3) and Lillehammer Scholarships (2):

Educational Committee Chairman: Anders Atke, Denmark->Pepe Salvesen, Norway->? Current Educational Committee: Marie Bixö, Sweden Jakob Nakling, Norway Ali Shokouh-Amiri, Denmark Kaarin Makikallio, Finland Kristín Jónsdóttir, Iceland

The Educational Committtee Established by the NFOG Board in 1990 Focus on educational matters, mainly for Nordic specialists in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Hot Topics courses replaced with yearly Specialist courses. NFOG Specialist Course on vulvar diseases in Copenhagen 2009, with 147 participants. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Through Life Copenhagen, 17-18th November 2010

NFOG Website

The NFOG website, was established in The number of daily visitors has increased steadily from an average of 20 in 2004 to about 50 in 2010.

In the last two year period the activities on the website consisted of: The publication of minutes of the board meetings and General Assembly. The thesis registry has been updated regularly. The thesis registry lottery was introduced in 2008 in order to attract authors to submit new theses. This has attracted some more theses after a period of declining numbers. Various courses of interest to Nordic colleagues have been made available and frequently updated.

The pages most frequently visited has been: Boardmembers Theses Congresses Abstracts NFOG 2004 NFOG Congresses Abstract NFOG 2006

Thesis Registry received this number of theses:

The numbers clearly show a decrease in thesis submission from the year As early as in spring 2008 the board became aware of this tendency and thus, the thesis registry lottery was introduced in order to attract more submissions. Nevertheless, the number of submissions has declined further.

NFYOG Board consists of 10 members, 2 from each Nordic country. NFYOG Symposium “Third world challenges in obstetrics and gynecology: issues, facts and personal experiences” in Copenhagen NFYOG Pre-congress Symposium: Transplantation of female genital organs

Motivation and stimulation Best posters: 3 x DKK Best Oral Presentations: 3 x DKK Young Scientist Award: DKK Lillehammer Scholarship: 2 x DKK Acta Prize (most quoted article): DKK Twinning Fellows total sum: DKK NFYOG / DKK per year

Suggestions at GA NFOG should be made more visible: News Letters from Chairman and Committees. 2. Twinning Project suggested : Twinning with Nigeria and Pakistan. 3. A plan of how the money of NFOG could be used: Development of Acta. Good ideas needed from members.

Suggestions at GA 2008 Establishing a fund similar to the Danish FIGO fund to support research, especially in the global perspective. A draft of NFOG fund has been made and will be presented...

Suggestions at GA 2010 NFOG Fund: To strengthen Scientific and Clinical Cooperation Towards high standard of training Global reproductive health