Epilepsy International

1976-1985

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In 1971 at a meeting in Amsterdam definite proposals were put forward to merge the ILAE and IBE into a single international organisation, called Epilepsy International. In the following years a full merger was considered to be too big a step and instead a shared administrative office was created to develop shared projects, produce a newsletter and to run fundraising activities. Epilepsy International operated as an agency of the IBE and ILAE and in 1978 it was decided to delegate to Epilepsy International all matters (including the organisation of the international congresses) except for commissions, membership and the Journal. The respective presidents, secretaries and later treasurers formed the Executive Committee while the League and Bureau's own Executive Committees formed the Board of Directors. A full merger never occurred however and the organisation was dissolved in 1985 as it never received the full backing of the ILAE chapters. Co-operation between the ILAE and IBE continued however in the form of the Joint Executive Committee.