About ECA

Table of Contents

• What Is ECA?

• ECA's Mission

• ECA's Tools

• Chairman of ECA

• ECA Advisory Board (Foundation Board)

• ECA Membership Opportunities

• Become an ECA Speaker

• ECA Annual Reports

What Is ECA?

The European Compliance Academy (ECA) was founded on the 1st of January 1999 as an independent membership association and is today the leading European association with regard to pharmaceutical Quality Assurance and GMP compliance. Close to 4.000 members from all over Europe and abroad represent more than 60 countries.

With the beginning of 2010 the organisation was transferred to a Foundation. The purpose of ECA remains “the exchange of information between representatives of the industry, the medicines authorities and the universities in the field of pharmaceutical quality assurance, especially with regard to the area of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP).” It is comprised of a non-profit educational organisation (ECA Academy) and various non-profit interest groups. The modern Foundation structure allows to develop and include the activities of the interest groups and to have more flexibility to build new interest groups that support the needs of our members.
The ECA Academy is an educational organisation managed in co-operation with Concept Heidelberg, a professional conference organiser. Administrative tasks in this co-operation like the organisational handling of events and management of web services will be provided by Concept Heidelberg since the ECA Foundation does not employ own staff. This new organisational structure and the visualisation of the responsibilities provide the basis for a prosperous development of the organisation.

To learn more about the ECA please also see the ECA Image Folder and the two videos about the services ECA provides and about social events at every course and conference.

For more information on the staff behind the ECA please see the organisation chart.
 

ECA's Mission

This includes among others:

• The development of the GMP Guideline Manager Software with annual update of all GMP-relevant regulations issued by the most important medicines authorities and organisations worldwide
• Providing an Internet platform (www.gmp-compliance.org) for research on and interpretation of the regulations regarding pharmaceutical quality assurance and regulatory compliance
• The development of GMP tools aiming at the fulfilment of GMP requirements defined by various regulatory authorities (e.g. GMP Matrix)
• The organisation of education courses and conferences on topical subjects concerning GMP and regulatory compliance.

All of the tasks are taken on by members, partners and the Advisory Board.

With regard to the ECA’s goal to support the industry and authorities in promoting a harmonisation of GMP and regulations in Europe, the Academy initiated the European Qualified Person Association in 2006. QPs from all over Europe already signed up for a membership. You’ll find more information on this new group and its goals in the initial news and on the association’s website at www.qp-association.eu.

ECA's Tools

• The development of the GMP Guideline Manager Software
• Providing an Internet platform (www.gmp-compliance.org) for research on and interpretation of the regulations
• The development of GMP tools (e.g. GMP Matrix)
• The organisation of education courses and conferences on topical subjects concerning GMP and regulatory compliance.

Chairman of ECA

In order to do justice to the quickly-growing number of members, on 15 July 2001 Dr Peter Reichelt, Managing Director of Reichelt Chemietechnik, was appointed Chairman of the European Compliance Academy. Starting from October 2005, Daniel Scheidegger, Vice President Operations and Managing Director of Genzyme Pharmaceuticals Liestal, has been appointed as the new ECA Chairman. The ECA Chairman is elected by the Advisory Board for a period of 2 years. After this period, a new Chairman can be named, or the same Chairman can be re-elected.

ECA Advisory Board (Foundation Board)

ECA Membership Opportunities

So far it was only possible to become an ECA member through attending one of the ECA courses or conferences. Since 2007 this has changed.

In addition to automatically becoming a member by participating in one of the European Compliance Academy courses or conferences marked with ECA (exception: Webinars) the Academy will offer two membership opportunities - an individual membership and a company membership.

Both will offer a whole range of benefits without requiring the attendance of a course or conference. To get more information, please read here.

If you have any further questions regarding our organisation, please contact us.
European Compliance Academy
P.O. Box 10 21 68, 69011 Heidelberg, Germany

Become an ECA Speaker!

ECA annual reports

ECA's 2nd Annual Review (2000)

ECA's 3rd Annual Review (2001)

ECA's 4th Annual Review (2002)

ECA's 5th Annual Review (2003)

ECA's 6th Annual Review (2004)

ECA's 7th Annual Review (2005)

ECA's 8th Annual Review (2006)

ECA's 9th Annual Review (2007)

ECA's 10th Annual Review (2008)