The EFORT FOUNDATION was launched officially at the 10th EFORT Congress in Vienna, the proclamation being part of the opening ceremony on Wednesday 3 June 2009. Demonstrating its alliance with EFORT, the EFORT FOUNDATION was present at the EFORT booth at the Congress in Vienna. The FOUNDATION has got its own Internet representation as it was assigned a separate domain within the EFORT web portal.

As a first public activity and the first fund raising action the EFORT FOUNDATION carried out a charity event during the congress in Vienna in form of a 5 km run and a 2.5 km walk in the early morning of 5 June. This was the perfect possibility to exercise for a good cause before the sessions start.

The Vision

“Our vision is that the EFORT FOUNDATION might become a preferred partner for funding research in the field of musculoskeletal diseases and injuries in Europe, and an organisation large enough to give substantial support to many major projects in this area", concluded Karl-Göran Thorngren.

Read the full interview with Prof. Karl-Göran Thorngren