Members

	Belgium
Name	Union Professionnelle des Bandagistes et Orthopédistes de Belgique "BBOB/UFBOB" Beroepsvereniging der Bandagisten en Orthopedisten van Belgie "BBOB/UFBOB"
Address	BBOB/UFBOB Breevendreef 57B BE- 2880 Bornem Belgium
President	Mr. B. Raes
Telephone	+32 (0)3 899 6269
Fax	+32 (0)3 899 6270
E-mail	bbob.upbob@skynet.be
Website	www.bbob-upbob.be
Description	The Association is established in 1951 and unites nowadays about 110 P&O enterprises with ~ 1200 employees. The BBOB has close contacts with public- and private health care authorities and with national P&O manufacturers.

	Czech Republic
Name	Federace ortopedickych protetiku technickych oboru 'FOPTO'
Adress	FOPTO Jana Zajíce 12 CZ-170 00 Prague 7 CzechRepublic
President	Mr. Rudolf Pulpán
Telephone	+420 220 571 565
Fax	+420 233 372 187
E-mail	protetika@protetika.cz
Website	www.ortopedickaprotetika.cz
Description	Not available

	Germany
Name	Bundesinnungsverband der Orthopädietechnik "BIV"
Address	BIV Postfach 100651 D- 44006 Dortmund Deutschland
President	Mr. Fr. Jüttner
Telephone	+49 231 557 050 17
Fax	+49 231 557 050 40
E-mail	info@ot-forum.de
Website	www.ot-forum.de
Description	The Association is established in Dortmund and unites in 16 regional associations about 1550 P&O workshop with about 32.000 employees. The "Bundesinnungsverband für Orthopädie-Technik" has close contacts to public and private health care authorities, to the representatives of the political parties in Germany as well as to the national P&O manufacturers.

	France
Name	Union Francaise des Ortho-Prosthesistes "UFOP"
Address	UFOP 6 rue Léon Jouhaux FR- 75010 Paris France
President	Mr. Michel Pierron
Telephone	+33 1 424 050 60
Fax	+33 1 424 055 56
E-mail	ufop@club-internet.fr
Website	www.ufop-ortho.org
Description	The Association is established in 1951 and unites nowadays about 110 P&O enterprises with ~ 1200 employees. The BBOB has close contacts with public- and private health care authorities and with national P&O manufacturers.

	Hungary
Name	Ortopedikusok Magyarorszagi Ipartestülete "OMI"
Address	OMI Szent László utca 95 II em H-1135 Budapest Hungary
President	Mr. Sándor Balogh
Telephone	+36 1 465 0018
Fax	+36 1 465 0019
E-mail	omi@hu.inter.net
Website	www.omi.hu
Description	The national Association is established in 1994 and unites nowadays about 24 P&0 enterpresis with approx. 120 orthopedic employees. The OMI has close contacts with public health care and with national P&0 manufacturers.

	Italy
Name	Federazione Italiana Operatori nella Tecnica Ortopedica "FIOTO"
Address	FIOTO Via l'Aquilla 62 IT- 00176 Roma Italy
President	Mr. Marco Laineri
Telephone	+39 06 703 003 25
Fax	+39 06 703 002 67
E-mail	fioto@fioto.it
Website	www.fioto.it
Description	The Association is established in 1972 and unites nowadays about 500 P&O enterprises with ~ 3000 employees. FIOTO has closed contacts with public - and private health care authorities and with national P&O manufacturers.

	Japan
Name	Japanese Orthosists and Prosthesists Association "JOPA"
Address	JOPA 5-32-7 Hongo Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0033 Japan
President	Mr. Toshiro Nakamura
Telephone	+81 3 381 106 97
Fax	+81 3 381 452 50
E-mail	nakamura@nakamura-brace.co.jp
Website	Not available
Description	Not available

	The Netherlands
Name	Nederlandse Vereniging van Orthopaedisten en Bandagisten "ORTHOBANDA"
Address	Orthobanda Jan van Galenstraat 78 P.O. Box 405 NL-3100 KJ Schiedam The Netherlands
President	Mr. P. De Ruiter
Telephone	+31 10 409 05 40
Fax	+32 (0)3 899 6270
E-mail	orthobanda@sels.nl
Website	www.orthobanda.nl
Description	The Association is founded on the 1st of October 1940 and unites nowadays about 120 P&O enterprises with ~ 1400 employees. The Orthobanda has close contacts with public- and private health care authorities and with national P&O manufacturers.

	Norway
Name	Norske Ortopediingeniores Forening "NOF"
Address	NOF Postboks 6543 Rodelökka N-0501 Oslo Norway
President	Mr. Jørund Fjærbu
Telephone	+47 38 10 58 20
Fax	+47 38 09 35 41
E-mail	leder@noif.no
Website	www.noif.no
Description	National association of CPO's since 1972. Unites 140 members. Run seminars and congresses national and inter-nordic.

	Norway
Name	Ortopediske Vreksteders Landsforbund "OVL"
Address	OVL Högvollveien 109 N-2312 Ottestad Norway
President	Mr. Bjørn Rundhovde
Telephone	+47 625 761 40
Fax	Not available
E-mail	br@drevelin.no
Website	www.ovl.no
Description	The national association was established in 1984 and consists today of 16 P & O enterprises with about 320 employees. The association has close contact with public- and private health care authorities, government bodies and user associations.

	Spain
Name	Federacion Espanola de Ortesistas & Protesistas "FEDOP"
Address	FEDOP Capitan Haya 56 6H SP- 28020 Madrid Spain
President	Mr. Carlos Cordoba
Telephone	+34 91 571 6640
Fax	+34 91 571 5129
E-mail	fedop@fedop.org
Website	www.fedop.org
Description	The association is established in 1.988 and unites nowadays about 458 P&O enterprises with about 2.000 employees. The FEDOP has close contacts with public-and private health care authorities and with national P&O manufactures.

	Spain
Name	Federacion Espanola de Technicos Ortopedicos "FETOR"
Address	FETOR C/ Viadomat 174 4a SP- 08015 Barcelona Spain
President	Mr. Santi Maza
Telephone	+34 (0)93 496 4507
Fax	+34 (0)93 496 4532
E-mail	fetor@sefes.es
Website	www.sefes.es
Description	Not available

	Slovak Republic
Name	Asociácia Pracovníkov Technickej Ortopédie 'APTO'
Address	APTO Cernysevského 9 SK-851 01 Bratislava Slovak Republic
President	Mr. L'ubormír Hornák
Telephone	+421-2-50116301
Fax	+421-2-52442188
E-mail	apto@apto.sk
Website	www.apto.sk
Description	Not available