European Society of Endocrinology
Budget
€4,738,623
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
4
1.2 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The European Society of Endocrinology is at the centre of Europe's endocrine community. It is our vision to shape the future of endocrinology to improve science, knowledge and health. It is our mission to advance endocrinology. We unite, support and represent our specialty, promoting collaboration and best practice, and enable our community to develop and share the best knowledge in endocrine science and medicine. Through the 50 National Societies involved with the ESE Council of Affiliated Societies (ECAS) ESE represents a community of over 22,000 European endocrinologists. We work together with other European Societies that are focussed on sub-segments of endocrine disease and health, and which are focussed on prevalent as well as rare endocrine disorders. We inform policy makers on health and research policy decisions through advocacy efforts across Europe. We also create awareness about what each individual can do to lead a healthy hormonal life.
EU Legislative Interests
• Classification Labelling and Packaging regulation (CLP). • Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulation (REACH). • Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. • European Beating Cancer Plan. • European Health Data Space (EHDS). • In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR).
Communication Activities
1. Publication of the White Paper Hormones in European Health Policies, How Endocrinologist can contribute towards a healthier Europe (May 2021). 2. Publication of 'the Milano Declaration' Recognising the Key Role of Hormones European Health (May 2022). 3. Publication of 'Ten recommendations for Good Hormone Health' Annex of the Milano Declaration (May 2023). 4. European Hormone Day 'Because Hormones Matter' - Building Public and Policy Awareness for the Role of Hormones in Public Health - 24 April 2025. 5. Response to consultations in the field of the policies listed above. (CLP Regulation, BPA, European Health Data Space, PFAS regulation, and others). 6. Participation and support to the event 'Shaping an ambitious legislative framework for Endocrine Disruptors' - a high level panel discussion on the gaps between science and legislation' - (European Parliament - Brussels) - 7 June 2023 7. Participation to the Annual European Commission Endocrine Disruptors Forum (Brussels, October 2023 - October 2024). 8. Participation to the BE EU Presidency Event (April 2024) on chemicals legislation - ESE expert speaker Pr. R. Peeters - Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL 9. Engagement with European Commission related to the REACH Legislative Proposal (March 2025) -cabinet of Commissioners Ribera and Rosswall 10. Organisation of the event: Minimizing the impact of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on Health and Environment: a scientific update. 14 May 2025 (Copenhagen) with representation of European Commission DG ENV and Member of European Parliament
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
The European Society of Endocrinology is member of 1. The Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe (Biomed Alliance): https://www.biomedeurope.org/ 2. The European Cancer Organisation: https://www.europeancancer.org/ The European Society of Endocrinology is associated to other Endocrine societies around the world. These organizations can be found at https://www.ese-hormones.org/membership/organisational-memberships/associate-partner-societies/
Organisation Members
ESE has an individual membership exceeding 5200 (Oct 2025) endocrine health care professionals from close to 100 countries. These represent the spectrum of clinical care, basic science and the translational research inbetween. Nursing staff and medical students / physicians in training can also apply for membership. Individual membership applications are approved by the ESE Executive Committee. ESE has formal affiliations and organizational membership with 50 National endocrine societies across geographical Europe as well as 15 specialist partner societies, dedicated to their respective and specific fields of endocrinology. A full list of these societies can be found here: https://www.ese-hormones.org/about-us/our-communities/ese-council-of-affiliated-societies/ ESE also has formal affiliations with 31 Patient Advocacy and support groups covering the diverse spectrum of endocrinology disease: https://www.ese-hormones.org/membership/membership-information/other-memberships/patient-advocacy-group-affiliated-membership/ ESE also has Corporate Members. Corporate members are companies operating within the field of endocrinology and responding to the below criteria: • Has a scientific, diagnostic, technical, or clinical focus, and • Works in, or is associated with, any of the 8 different areas of endocrinology • Is developing or commercialising products or services at any stage of their life cycle. Applications for Corporate Membership are reviewed and approved by the ESE Executive Committee. https://www.ese-hormones.org/membership/organisational-memberships/corporate-membership/ Present members (Full year 2025) include Esteve Pharma, Recordati Rare Diseases, Novo Nordisk, Ascendis Pharma, Diurnal, Neurocrine Biosciences, Uni-Pharma, Crinetics, Horizon Therapeutics (now Amgen), Ipsen, Alexion, Innozyme pharma, Amolyt, BridgeBio, KiowaKirin and Camurus ESE is a partner to the European Reference Network for Rare Endocrine Disorders - endo-ERN. https://endo-ern.eu/partners/
Additional Information
None of the contributions received from corporate or other members, and or entities sponsoring the society exceeded 10% of the total income of ESE (i.e. 473 862 €) Within the total income received from corporate members (total of € 1,844,452) the following companies contributed with more than € 10 000 and represented more than 10% (€ 184, 445) of the total sponsors income: Ascendis Pharma: € 240,350 13.03% Recordati Rare Diseases: € 225,850 12,24% HRA Pharma (Esteve Pharma) : € 217,482 11,79% NovoNordisk: € 200,743 10.88% ESE provides full transparency eg towards the European Medicine Agency.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.