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The European League of Stuttering Associations (ELSA) was set up in 1990 by organisations in 12 countries to promote a greater knowledge and understanding of stuttering and to bring together, as a top umbrella organisation, the national stuttering self-help organisations of Europe. ELSA is a trans-national, cross-cultural organisation. It seeks resources only open to multi-national groups, extends the exchange-of-information network, and lobbies for stutterers at a prominent international level. Its main roles are: * to link together and further the co-operation of Europe's national organisations. * to provide a forum for exchange of concepts and experiences in stuttering therapy and self-help. * to help represent the interests of stutterers to European and international bodies. * to put stuttering onto the European agenda to ensure that the needs and challenges faced by people who stutter are considered in a European context. ELSA's work has been recognised by the International Labour Office in Geneva, the World Health Organisation in Geneva and the United Nations Office in Vienna. ELSA is also a founding member of the European Disability Forum, an umbrella disability organisation based in Brussels. ==Governance== The current executive board consists of Edwin Farr MBE (Chair), Anita Blom (Vice-Chair) and Richard Bourgondiën (Webmaster).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About ELSA )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European League of Stuttering Associations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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