The Federation

The UNICANCER Federation’s missions

• Patronal organisation
• 4th hospital federation in France
• Piloting the UNICANCER Group

Created in 1964, The French Federation of Comprehensive Cancer Centers (UNICANCER Federation) – formerly the National Federation of Comprehensive Cancer Centers – represents the French Comprehensive Cancer Centers with institutional players.
Since 2005 it has been recognised as the 4th representative hospital Federation in France.

The UNICANCER Federation is piloting the UNICANCER Group, a health cooperation group (GCS), with the means to pool strategic activities of the FCCC: research, human resources, purchasing, etc.

Governance of the UNICANCER Federation

General Meeting

The General Meeting includes the French Comprehensive Cancer. Each FCCC has one vote. A majority vote is required from present or represented members.

Board of Managers

The Board of Managers is a decision making body made up of members of the Bureau (see below) and three qualified persons who sit at the General Meeting in a consultative capacity.

The three qualified persons elected in October 2010:

• Prof. Gilbert Lenoir, President of the Ligue contre le cancer (anti-cancer League)
• Mr. Jean-Marc Monteil, University Professor, Honorary President of the Clermont-Ferrand University
• Mr. Philippe Ritter, President of the Board of Directors of the ANAP, Honorary Prefect

The President

The President of the UNICANCER Federation chairs the General Meeting and Bureau. The Bureau drafts the common strategy for the 20 Centers, which it then presents to the Board of Directors. The President represents the Federation to ministers, hospital and university establishments and manages exterior relations and communication, in collaboration with the Managing Director. He oversees the realisation of the triennial project approved by the Board of Directors.
In October 2010, the President was elected for a three-year term by the Board of Directors. His name is Professor Josy Reiffers, General Manager of the Institut Bergonié.

The UNICANCER Federation Bureau

The UNICANCER Federation Bureau is elected for a three-year term.

Bureau members elected in October 2010:

• Prof. Josy Reiffers, President of the Bureau, General Manager of the lnstitut Bergonié (Bordeaux)
   
• Prof. Alexander Eggermont, General Maneger of the Institut Gustave Roussy (Villejuif)
• Prof. Pierre Fumoleau, General Manager of the Center Georges-François Leclerc (Dijon)
• Prof. François Guillé, General Manager of the Center Eugène Marquis (Rennes)
• Dr. Bernard Leclercq, General Manager of the Center Oscar Lambret (Lille)
• Prof. Sylvie Négrier, General Managerof the Center Léon Bérard (Lyon)
• Prof. Patrice Viens, General Manager of the Institut Paoli Calmettes (Marseille)
• Mr. Alain Bernard, General Deputy Manager of the Institut Claudius Regaud (Toulouse)
• Mr. Pascal Bonafini, General Deputy Manager of the Center Henri Becquerel (Rouen)
• Mr. Yves Thiéry, Deputy Manager of the Institut Curie (Paris)

Steering Committee

To improve inter-Center medical and economic cooperation, the Federation has a Steering Committee that groups the management teams of the FCCC. It provides a thought and debate forum on major on-going projects and meets four times a year based on an agenda set by the Bureau. Through collective reflection, it helps define the strategic orientation of Federation activities. It aims to widely and directly inform the ‘vital forces’ of the Centers and gather their proposals with a view to integrating them into Federation programmes.

General Management

Along with the Managing Director, appointed by the President and the Federation Bureau, the directors of each major sector of the federal portfolio direct the various departments and participate in debates and brainstorming of the Bureau and decision-making bodies.

On 11 April 2011, Ms. Pascale Flamant was named General Managing Director of the UNICANCER Federation, replacing Mr Dominique Maigne, who had held this position since 2001.