Accreditation Costs

There is a (re)accreditation administrative fee of 1.100 EUR due for the Advanced Ovarian cancer surgery (re)accreditation from applicant centres from High income countries and 500 EUR from centres from Low and Middle Income Countries. (Please consult the list of LMIC countries as of the World Bank).

However, if the same centre has already been accredited for Training or Endometrial Cancer surgery, the fee is as follows:

* Any of the following Centre (Re)Accreditations: Training, Ovarian or Endometrial Cancer Surgery

Besides, a formal acceptance and commitment to pay the travel expenses of the expert, a random full-day audit that might be necessary in exceptional cases.

Application Review & Reaccreditation Process

Once your application is submitted via REDCap, it is forwarded to a jury of experts (3 members, rotating every 2 years) outside the country of the applicants institution.

As the maximum score is 40, centers meeting 80% (score 32) of the maximum score are proposed for certification to the ESGO Centre Accreditation and European Database Committee who make the final decision.

Accreditation is valid for 5 years, subject to renewal as a result of maintenance of the standards. Reminders are automatically sent from REDCap to prompt re-accreditation. It is therefore of utmost importance that your centre provides a valid email address in REDCap for correspondence.

In general, centers scoring less than 32 points will be rejected and can resubmit after a minimum of one year.

Centres of Excellence Award

Some high volume and high quality accredited centres can in addition apply for the Centre of Excellence award.

The criteria defining a Centre of Excellence are:

• performing ≥ 50 stage III-IV cytoreductive complete surgeries per year
• actively participating in at least one clinical trial in ovarian cancer

• having published at least 3 papers on ovarian cancer per year authored by a gynaecological surgical oncology member of the team during the last three years, including at least one paper as first or last author in peer reviewed journals

• optionally, having a basic research program and a biobank facility

The role of Centres of Excellence is to highlight the ESGO quality assurance program and to offer education aimed at improving quality in non accredited centres. Centres of Excellence should also offer complementary education to colleagues from lower volume certified centres, and also form the base for a European network of Centres of Excellence.

The founding Centres of Excellence are represented within the International Development Group. They also form the core of accreditation jury.

The award as Centre of Excellence will be delivered by the Centre Accreditation&European database Committee of ESGO.