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EAPC membership - Some numbers
The EAPC was founded in December 1988, by 42 founding members from nine European countries. In its first years, the EAPC offered only individual membership, which increased steadily with an ever higher number of new subscriptions each year following the EAPC Congresses.
The rapid development of the palliative care movement and the growth of national associations in the European countries made a change in the EAPC's structure necessary to enable these associations to join the EAPC collectively. This decision was a big step forward in the development of the membership.
In 1992, the EAPC accepted 3 associations as its first collective members increasing the number of persons represented to 1028 persons.
By End 1996 the EAPC counted 12 associations collective members of with 8,312 persons, and 481 individual members.
End of 2001 the EAPC represented with its 25 associations collective members over 25,000 persons.
End of 2002 the number of associations has increased to 28 representing a total of approximately 50000 persons, and there are 200 individual members. The members come from 24 European countries and 9 Countries from outside Europe
End of 2003 the number of associations was 29.
End of 2004 the number of associations has increased to 30 (with two further requests pending).
End of 2005 the number of associations has increased to 33 in 22 European countries.
End of 2006 the number of associations has increased to 35.
End of 2007 the number of associations has increased to 38 in 23 European countries.
2008 the number of associations has increased to 41 in 25 European countries.
Even though the EAPC is a European association, it has members from many non-European countries, for example 23 from USA, 10 from Canada, 5 from Australia, 6 from Japan, 2 from Saudi Arabia, etc.
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