1. 2016 FIP congress highlights

2. Introduction to FIP International Pharmaceutical Federation
Founded in 1912
Representing over 3 million experts in medicines and their responsible use
Gathering:
139 national associations of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists (with 4 new member organisations from Benin, France, New Zealand and Rwanda accepted this year)
156 schools of pharmacy
3,500 individuals gathered in:
8 (practice) sections
9 (science) special interest groups

3. FIP Council Key decisions The FIP Council is the supreme body of FIP.
The FIP Council met twice during the FIP congress and decided to:
Adopt new FIP statutes with some important changes.
Introduce a President-Elect (for one year)
Reduce the number of Vice-Presidents elected via the Board of Pharmaceutical Practice and Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Direct that Vice-Presidents cannot seek a second mandate immediately at the conclusion of their first mandate
Include FIPEd (the branch of FIP dedicated to education) in the FIP statutes
Introduce a new category of members (schools of pharmacy affiliated to FIP): the Academic Institutional Membership (AIM)

4. FIP Council Key decisions The FIP Council also decided to:
Adopt the FIP Statement on “Environmentally sustainable pharmacy practice: green pharmacy” (available at:
Present the Reference Paper “Pharmacy: Gateway to Care – Pharmacists supporting self-care” [representing a collection of evidence on the role of pharmacists in self-care]; subject to comment of the Council members

5. FIP Council Election results
Ratification of the election of the Chairman of the Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences by this Board (the group within FIP in charge of all scientific aspects):
Prof. Tatsuro Irimura (Japan)
Ratification of the election of two FIP Vice-Presidents by the Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences:
Dr Linda Hakes (UK) and
Prof. Ross McKinnon (Australia)
Ratification of the election of an FIP Vice-President elected by the Board of Pharmaceutical Practice (the group within FIP in charge of all practice aspects):
Ms Eeva Teräsalmi (Finland)
FIP Vice-President elected directly by the Council:
Dr Thomas E. Menighan (USA)

6. New evidence and guidance presented
The role of pharmacists in immunisation – a global report
Evidence that at least 940 million people live in countries where over 193,000 community-pharmacies can potentially immunise
Available at
Transforming our workforce – workforce development and education systems, tools and navigation
Description on how to transform pharmacists’ education to meet the development of the profession through the many tools developed by FIPEd to assist in this work
Illustrated by a series of case-studies
Available at:
These join a number of reports released since August 2015 on mental health, emergency preparedness and response, tobacco, antimicrobial resistance, green pharmacy, main projects of FIP member organisations… (most available at:

7. Recognition for FIP member organisations’ work
For the first time, FIP gave awards to two of its member organisations for their work:
The Ordem dos Farmaceuticos (Portugal) for its campaign “Medicines use — We are all responsible” (Health Promotion Campaign Award)
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia for its programme “Health Destination Pharmacy” (Pharmacy Practice Improvement Programme Award)

8. Key Presidential messages
Dr Carmen Peña said:
“The Board of Pharmacy Practice has identified new opportunities for improving the quality of pharmacy practice pillars that will form a common vision and strategy for pharmacy all over the world.”
“The Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences is working to strengthen coordination of our clinical work with our scientific work, identifying common ground between pharmaceutical scientists and clinical pharmacists.”
“FIPEd provides a global platform of exchange and learning for all profesional leaders. It aims to facilitate a policy and to foster innovation”.

9. Key Presidential messages
Dr Carmen Peña said:
We need to rethink health care. . . We need to be more concerned with continuity, integration of processes and socio-health coordination health care can no longer be separated from social issues.
The goal is collaboration between different healthcare professionals to improve patient care, generating coherence and continuity… to establish cooperation models, enabled by policies that strengthen coordination for the benefit of patients.
Patients should be empowered with a more active role to achieve the best treatment results.
Women are the non professional care givers closest to health professionals…we want to bring about alliances between women and pharmacists to ensure ongoing, quality access to medicines for our population.

10. Key Presidential messages
Dr Carmen Peña said:
We, as FIP, have to work for a better world:
With a strong workforce supported by a well connected society, giving as a result a healthy population.
Where health and social policies are no longer separated: it is a question of coherence underlined by the WHO concept of universal health coverage.
FIP and our local and regional professional platforms, must achieve this coherence all over the world:
By empowering people, through the clinical work of our local practitioners.
By integrating pharmacists within health teams through collaborative practice and integrative health policies.
And by providing a relevant future for our young pharmacists, through Education, so they can help to build a better world.

11. Coming up Future FIP congresses
FIP Global Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Education:
2016: Nanjing, China; 7-8 November 2016
FIP Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress
2017: Stockholm, Sweden; May 2017
FIP annual congress:
2017: Seoul, Korea; September 2017
2018: Glasgow, Scotland, UK; 2-8 September 2018
2019: Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: September 2019

12. Coming up Next Council meeting Next Council meeting and events:
Saturday 9 September 2017
Morning: roundtables exclusively for FIP member organisations on two topics:
Digitisation and impact on pharmacy
Women and responsible use of medicines
Afternoon: First Council meeting
Sunday 10 September 2017
Morning: Second Council meeting
Thursday 14 September 2017
Afternoon: Third Council meeting (if required)

13. Coming up Current themes and activities of FIP under development
Reference papers / reports:
Women and responsible use of medicines
Harm reduction
Non communicable diseases
Role of pharmacists in the supply chain
Pharmacy technicians
Statements
Antimicrobial resistance (an updated statement)
Medicines and information

14. Coming up World Pharmacists Day 2017
The theme of the 2017 World Pharmacists Day, to be held on 25 September 2017, was announced as:“From research to Healthcare: Your pharmacist is at your service”.
All FIP member organisations are invited to develop local celebrations.
Guidance and examples of activities available at: