International Gynecological Cancer Society Membership & Workshops Council Meeting, 12 February, 2007.

RegionNumber of countries Countries with members Percent % Asia Africa Australasia Caribbean Europe Middle East North America South America Total CURRENT IGCS CONTACTS

RegionNumber of countries No membersPercent Asia3214- Africa57468 Australasia2729- Caribbean2420- Europe Middle East1462 North America 126- South America 147- Total NEW CONTACTS

IGCS Presence around the World N = 1461 Members N. America S. America - 53 C. America - 10 Africa - 19 Europe – 416 Middle East - 61 Asia Australia/New Zealand - 61

Invitation for partnership – prepared Questionnaire to identify K-persons and explore the needs to be sent to: - all new contacts - old contacts in low resource countries Workshop program - to be designed THE ACTION PLAN

IGCS WORKSHOPS – THE PROCEDURE Description Input to be defined for - IGCS - Local organizers - Speakers Application Organization Financial issues

IGCS WORKSHOPS – THE PROCEDURE Documents: Application form - Dates - Topics - Preliminary budget Final report/ financial report forms Evaluation form for participants

IGCS WORKSHOPS – THE SPEAKERS List of IGCS speakers - to be prepared Invitation letter - prepared IGCS Presentation - to be prepared Evaluation form for speakers - prepared

Question to be discussed: Council members Volunteer speakers- IGCS members Selection of lecturers How to make a list of potential speakers ? Each Council member to propose the names from the Membership directory ?

IMPORTANT ISSUES To plan no more that 4-5 events per year Council approval Need for involvement of IGCS in planning the program Questions to be discussed : Selection of countries 1 st phase - Direct communication 2 nd phase - Application form to be put on the Website Proposal to Council made by Educational committee Should we offer to participants free trial membership ?

IMPORTANT ISSUES It is important to attend local meetings in order - to appreciate our target - to see how the meeting functions - to identify who is our target IGCS should be involved in planning the program Local organizer should be provided with a check-list of what is required prior to finalizing mission program

Questions to be discussed Financial issues What exactly means IGCS Workshop ? Speaker’s travel & accommodation Defined amount of money

WORKSHOPS 2007

Lebanon Place: Beirut Date: May, Type of the meeting: IGCS Workshop Topics: Breast, Cervix and Ovary Organization: Lebanese Society for Oncology IGCS speakers: Nadem Abu-Rustum, Adem Munkarah, Vesna Kesic

OrganizationNumber of events per year Type of support FIGO?2 speakers Travel expenses only ESGO5 Workshops1-2 speakers Travel & accommodation ASCO4 MCMC 4 Advanced cancer courses IARE4 Workshops UICCCervical cancer prevention courses ESMO & ESTRO? COLLABORATIVE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Questions to be discussed What can we expect ? What we should give? Collaborative activities

Questions to be discussed The type of Collaborative activity ? The input of each particular group should be defined Collaborative activities