The board of SOAZ/RACE agreed to support the 'EdMed' project. The project aims to improve quality of care by offering on-line courses for continuous medical education of physicians and nurses in Romania. The grant of SOAZ/RACE is used to build up the on-line system.

SOAZ/RACE has started a cooperation with the Titu Maiorescu University in Bucharest, Romania. The foundation will support international research projects and exchange of researchers.

SOAZ/RACE is invited to support the organisation of an international gerontology congress in India 2012. Members of the board will act as Faculty at the conference.

SOAZ/RACE is exploring a new research project on quality of dying and death, based on a recent study of the Economic Intelligence Unit in the UK.

PALIATIA vol 4, nr 4 has been published in October 2011. The issue presents the abstracts of the international palliative conference SHARING & NETWORKING, held in Bucharest, Romania, (see www.paliatia.eu) . The Journal is accreditated by the Romanian College of Physicians.

SOAZ/RACE organised an interesting workshop on goal setting in rehabilitation in June 2011 in Switzerland. A follow up meeting is planned in January 2012. The outcomes will be published end of 2012