IDF Europe World Diabetes Day Events

October 10 2019

To mark World Diabetes Day, IDF Europe will be holding a series of events in Brussels during the month of November. The main event will be a lunch session at the European Parliament on November 14. Organised under the auspices of the Finnish Presidency, speakers from a range of organisations, including MEPs, EUBIROD,  DG Research and Innovation and the National Health Institute of Finland will discuss the burden of diabetes and ways of “Improving the well-being of people living with diabetes and those at risk”.  

Other events during the month of November will include some awareness-raising and blood glucose testing sessions in various European Commission buildings.

For more information about these events, please contact idfeurope@idf-europe.org.

Deadline for application to the long-standing achievement in diabetes prize: 25th October 2019

October 10 2019

Since 2012, the International Diabetes Federation European Region (IDF Europe) with the support of Lilly Diabetes have recognised excellence, innovation and commitment in diabetes through the IDF Europe Prizes in Diabetes.

We are now accepting submissions for this year’s Long-Standing Achievement Award. The award is given to an association or an individual in alternate years; in 2019, the award will be given to an individual.

Please apply for the prize by October 25 at the latest. The Prize Winner will be notified by November 3, and the award will be presented in November in Brussels.

For further details, please download the application form.

Ukranian Diabetes Federation organises Diaeuro 2019

July 07 2019

More than 120 people living with type1 diabetes participated in the DiaEuro 2019, the 8th European Futsal Championship for people living with diabetes, that took place on July 22- 26 in the Sports Complex NUFFS in Ukraine. The contests, organised again this year by the Ukrainian Diabetic Federation (UDF), hosted 10 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Croatia, Ireland, Portugal, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and Ukraine.

DiaEuro is much more than football. Created by IDF Europe member, the Ukrainian Diabetic Federation, DiaEuro was first held in Ukraine in 2012 at the same time as the Euro 2012. Since then, it has become an exceptional annual event to raise awareness of diabetes at a national and international level. More than 200 youngsters living with diabetes from all around the European Region gather to engage in a competitive physical activity, network with fellow people living with diabetes and send one powerful message to Europe and beyond: diabetes is not a barrier to sports.

According to the former UDF chair Valentina Ocheretenko, this unique social project is intended to draw the attention of society to the global diabetes problem in Ukraine and in the world and to prevent the disability of people with diabetes.

"I firmly believe that with proper support, education and mentality, type 1 diabetes does not necessarily have to be "a difficult  mountain", but only an additional barrier through which you must jump over. It's like while running through obstacles. This distance - is our life. I consider the DIAEURO project to be the biggest of my achievement. And now you have a group of people who help you implement the project. Special project with special members!” says Valentina Ocheretenko. 

The gathering was not only about futsal! The program also included activities such as walking the city and the "Health Fair" at the closing day,which included the winner awarding ceremony, workshops, competitions, and communication with experts in diabetes, nutrition, and more.