COTEC

Council of Occupational Therapists for the European Countries - Improving standards of professional practice and education across Europe

COTEC is the European organisation for all occupational therapists through their National Associations, with the purpose of promoting and supporting the mobility of individuals within Europe and increasing visibility of the profession. COTEC was established in 1986 with the purpose of co-ordinating the views of the National Associations of Occupational Therapy within Europe. The aim of COTEC is to enable National Associations of Occupational Therapists in Europe to work together to develop, harmonise and improve standards of professional practice and education, as well as advance the theory of Occupational Therapy throughout Europe.
 

9th COTEC Congress of Occupational Therapy - call for papers

The Programme Committee invites abstract proposals for the 9th COTEC Congress of Occupational Therapy (24–27 May 2012, Stockholm). The congress will provide a forum for the sharing of ideas, presentation of research, development and pedagogical projects, and discussion of professional issues relevant to the practice of occupational therapy. Participants will have opportunities to update knowledge of the profession, the chance to network and to learn from each other as well as exhibitors.
You can choose between the these presentation forms:

• Oral presentation: limited to 20 minutes including 5 minutes for discussions, guided by a moderator
• Workshop: limited to 1 hour.
• Poster presentation: with a 5 minutes presentation guided by a moderator. Posters will displayed for one day each, Thursday-Saturday.
   

The presentations will be grouped by topics. Using the on-line abstract submission form you will be able to select a topic category that best fits your submission.
 
Download the COTEC Call for Papers 2012
 
Visit the COTEC website for more information
 

COTEC now represents 27 European Countries and more than 120,000 occupational therapists

COTEC publishes a European Code of Ethics and an annual summary of the profession, which has been recorded and archived for the last 20 years. The full Council meets twice a year for two days to discuss and co-ordinate the work agreed in the action plan.  Each member association takes the opportunity to host a meeting and in return we try to meet with the political figures within the country to support and promote the role of Occupational Therapy locally.
 

Occupational therapy profession in Europe 2011

Download The Summary Of The Occupational Therapy Profession In Europe 2011
 

COTEC has an Executive that meets twice a year to address ongoing work within COTEC

The Council is divided into four work streams, the Executive, EU Group, Professional Practice and Organisational Group. Each has clear aims and objectives to meet and report back to the wider group on the progress in each area. Comprehensive minutes are taken by the secretariat (currently managed by the UK) to keep each member association up to date on progress on the work of the organisation. Its member associations, who pay an annual fee, finance COTEC’s work. The fees are based on their membership numbers and have a sliding scale, so as to encourage membership from all associations regardless of size.
 

Forthcoming meetings

• Spring 2012 - Stockholm, Sweden
• Autumn 2012 - Brussels, Belguim
• Spring 2013 - Denmark (75th anniversary celebration)

COTEC vision statement

Visible and valued occupational therapists throughout Europe!
 

COTEC mission statement

COTEC is the European organisation for occupational therapists through their national associations. COTEC promotes and supports the development, mobility, use and practice of occupational therapy in all the European countries.
 

COTEC Executive positions

• President - Anu Söderström
• Vice President- Mette Kolsrud - Norway
• Treasurer - Vera Krähenbühl - Switzerland
• Honorary Secretary - Aideen Gallagher - Ireland

BAOT COTEC Delegate

Tina Gericke
COTECdelegate@cot.co.uk
 

BAOT COTEC Alternate

Claire Brewis
c.brewis@tees.ac.uk
 
Visit COTEC
http://www.cotec-europe.org