Accreditation of live educational events (LEE)

Submission process

The recommended time for submission of an application is at least 14 weeks from the planned start date of the event. The latest date for receipt of a fully completed application form, supporting documents and confirmed payment of the ECPhA fee is 12 weeks before the planned start date of the event

The whole evaluation process should take no more than 7 weeks from the moment the applicant has been informed by the ECPhA office that the application is complete and payment of the accreditation fee has been received. 

The ECPhA will not accept late applications.

Who is eligible to apply?

ECPhA considers accreditation events submitted by:

  • an individual pharmacist representing entity responsible for continuing pharmacy education
  • a university or hospital department
  • a scientific pharmacy society
  • a national pharmacy association
  • a pharmacy communication agency
  • a professional congress organiser (PCO)
  • applications by other types of providers will be considered on a case by case basis

as long as the application is supported by a person or entity who will take responsibility for the application.

ECPhA will not consider for accreditation events where the content, format or faculty is influenced by industry.

Fees

The fee for an application to ECPhA for the accreditation of LEEs is determined in accordance with the expected total attendance of learners and is not dependent on the number of ECPEC awarded. 

The ECPhA® scale of fees for LEES is (for fees regarding webinars and e-learnign materials please contact the team at ecpha@eahp.eu): 

  • 1-100 participants .............................................................. 175 €

  • 101-250 participants......................................................... 375 €

  • 251-500 participants......................................................... 675 €

  • 501-1000 participants .................................................. 1,000 €

  • 1001-2000 participants ............................................... 1,300 €

  • 2001-5000 participants ............................................... 2,550 €

  • more than 5000 participants................................... 4,400 €

The above fees are VAT excluded. 

ECPhA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change its fees at any time. An application already submitted will be charged at the rate applicable at the time that it was made.  The applicant will have no right to reduce the expected number of participants after submission of the application.