EURORDIS Black Pearl Awards Patrons & Committee Members

We are grateful for the ongoing support of all of our Patrons.

Honorary Chairpersons | Honorary Patrons | Committee Members

Honorary Chairpersons

We thank all of our distinguished Honorary Chairpersons listed below who have supported the event since the very first edition in 2012.

We thank David Maria Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, for serving as the Honorary Chairperson for the 10th anniversary of the EURORDIS Black Pearl Awards, taking place on 24th February 2021 is

2019 – Pavel Telička
Vice-President of the European Parliament

2015- Giovanni La Via
former Chair of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, European Parliament

2018 – Georges Dassis
former President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

2014 – Martin Schulz
former President of the European Parliament

2016 – Jerzy Buzek
former Prime Minister of Poland and former President of the European Parliament

2012 & 2013 – Herman van Rompuy
former Prime Minister of Belgium and first President of the European Council

Honorary Patrons

We sincerely thank the Honorary Patrons of the 2021 EURORDIS Black Pearl Awards for supporting the rare disease cause.

Sandra Zampa
Under-Secretary of State for Public Health
Italy

Arlette Conzemius
Ambassador of Luxembourg to the Kingdom of Belgium

Michelle Muscat
Spouse of the former Prime Minister of Malta

Philippe Leglise-Costa
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary — Permanent Representative of France to the EU

Rado Genorio
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to the Kingdom of Belgium, to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Cabo Verde, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and to the African Union