The ESICM Council

 The Council members are:

• The national representatives of the members in the individual European countries.
• The representatives of the international members.
• The Chairpersons of each scientific section of the Association
• The members of the Executive Committee
• The Chairperson of the N&AHP Committee

The representatives of the members of the Association in individual countries should be elected by the Ordinary and Honorary members of these countries.
The number of representatives which can be elected are:

• European countries:
  • One national representative per European country with more than 15 ESICM Or- dinary and Honorary members.
  • One common representative for all European countries having less than 15 ESICM Ordinary and Honorary members.
• International members may elect one representative for each of the following five defined regions if they have 100 or more members (alphabetic order):
  • Africa
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Central and South America
  • Middle-East
  • North America
• National and international representatives are elected for one term of 3 years, non- renewable.
• The definitions for the five regions are given in Appendix A of the ESICM General Standard Operating Procedures.

The duties of a Council member include

• To be responsible for mutual contacts between the Society and the country members, the local intensive care society and the health authorities
• To promote the Society in the country and to recruit members
• To attend the Council meetings twice a year. One is held in March in Brussels, and one in the Fall during the Annual Congress of the Society
• To vote on resolutions from the Executive Committee
• To present proposals to the Executive Committee
• To actively participate in the ESICM’s various activities and committees
• To help in the organisation of EDIC
• To ratify the Executive Committee changes in the SOPs. 

National Representatives 

International Members Representatives

Executive Committee members

Sections Chairs