The core of the PROMS participatory governance is an innovative framework used to engage patients. Within this framework, patient advocacy organizations play an important role, as boundary organisations between science and society, to define and implement the “how to” patient engagement. Hence, the Engagement Coordination Team (ECT), including people affected by MS, was established to support the PROMS Initiative, integrating the unique experience of living with MS to initiative.

Born as a multi-stakeholder initiative gathering 60+ organisations worldwide and several scientific/advocacy experts, the PROMS initiative is rooted upon an open and participatory governance structure.

Within it, people living with MS (PwMS) inform the initiative’s direction via the ECT and bring their experiential knowledge in the WGs.

The concept of the ECT was developed within the EU-funded MULTI-ACT proiect to enable representativeness and inclusivity of the relevant PwMS community.