Volume 20, Issue 2

Dear ECCO Family and Friends, we would like to invite you to read the ECCO Code-of-Conduct, which summarises the correct compliance and transparency procedures that ECCO is already following for many years.

The Educational Programme of the 21st Congress of ECCO will commence prior to the official start of the ECCO Congress, and courses will take place from February 18 to 20, 2026.

At the 21st Congress of ECCO in Stockholm, the Nurses of ECCO (N-ECCO) will host the educational activity for IBD Nurses, N-ECCO School, for the 17th time. ECCO intends to give nurses, who might be still in training and have an interest in IBD, the possibility to attend an IBD-focused course. The ultimate aim of this programme is to improve nurse education throughout Europe.

The 24th ECCO IBD Intensive Course for Trainees designed for residents, fellows in gastroenterology and junior faculty will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 18, 2026, immediately prior to our next Congress. We are pleased to inform you that the preliminary programme for this course is already available. Since ECCO wants to make the course as attractive as possible for participants, we limit the general number of participants for each ECCO Member Country to two, which will ensure a more interactive atmosphere. Three seats will be open for countries with a population of over...

Dear colleagues, It is my great pleasure to introduce JCC Plus, ECCO’s newest publishing venture—an open access, peer reviewed journal that will open for submissions in August 2025.