Working Groups - CUPID PROJECT - Cancer and Intellectual Disabilities

DESCRIPTION OF WORKING GROUPS, TASKS AND ACTIVITIES

COHERENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WORKPLAN

In order for this Action to succeed the Management Committee (MC) will coordinate the activities of the Working Groups (WG). The main task of the MC will be to supervise and coordinate the WG’s activities. In this Action this task is particularly important since the basis of the whole Action centres on the coordination between people with intellectual disabilities and interdisciplinary stakeholders to tackle specific areas of interest in cancer prevention activities. The MC will have at least one named member from each of the participating countries. The MC will also implement gender policies aiming at a balanced representation of women and men in the MC itself, WG leaders, and STSM’s amongst others. From the outset the current CUPID network has a good gender balance. It will also follow the involvement of Early Stage Researchers in the Action, using available tools to enhance their career opportunities. Finally, the MC will continually seek new partners to drive the Action forward, especially from Inclusiveness Target Countries.

DESCRIPTION OF WORKING GROUPS

Cooperation within the COST Action is organised around four closely interconnected WG’s working in parallel. The rationale for establishing the WG’s is twofold. First there is a need to exchange knowledge and expertise between the different groups that constitute an interdisciplinary approach to understanding integrated cancer prevention efforts for and with people with intellectual disabilities on many levels: co-production of a research agenda and knowledge base with people with intellectual disabilities and relevant stakeholder groups and at the level of policy making and resource provision. Second the timeline of the Working Groups is created to drive the Action towards the specified outcomes and enable coordination of European efforts in determining which way a multidisciplinary approach will be the most effective while meeting the rights of people with intellectual disabilities for equal access to healthcare in accordance with Section 25 of the UNCRPD.