The main objectives of ERN ReCONNET are:
- Realisation of the potential of European cooperation among rCTDs stakeholders, by providing a stable and fully functioning European infrastructure on rCTDs
- Provision of highly-specialised care for rCTDs patients and promotion of improvements in the cost-effective delivery of diagnosis, management and monitoring of rCTDs patients
- Pooling, advancing and exchanging of knowledge and information on rCTDs by providing training and education for rCTDs stakeholders and by facilitating the mobility of expertise
- Stimulating and encouraging collaborative patient-centered research in rCTDs
- Promoting the empowerment and the involvement of rCTDs patients in the rCTDs community
On these premises, 5 ERN ReCONNET Working Groups (WG), formally established, are the:
The ERN ReCONNET Working Groups are composed of:
- 2 Chairing Healthcare Providers or organisations
- 2 representatives for each disease covered by ERN ReCONNET*
- ePAG Advocates*
- The ERN ReCONNET Coordination Team
*Only for the ERN young WG, the 2 representatives and the ePAG Advocates have to be under 45 years of age.