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To improve the quality of care in Congenital Heart Surgery in Europe
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To optimise exchanges between surgeons and promote friendship and mutual respect
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To enhance the scientific level of the Annual Meeting: - Select presentations along with the Programme Committee
- Organize the Postgraduate Course along with the Postgraduate Education Committee
- Organize multi-centre studies with the ECHSF and other interested parties
- Propose new modes of sessions like interactive sessions
- Participate in selection of Award papers
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To inform Congenital Heart surgeons during an Annual Business Meeting
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To develop Basic Sciences Research in Congenital Heart Surgery
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To create, organize and develop the EACTS Congenital Database along with the ECHSF and the Database Committee
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To create and update the International Nomenclature in Congenital Heart Surgery in close collaboration with the STS and the AEPC
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To create a risk stratification score in Congenital Heart Surgery
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To publish the optimal structures of a Department of Congenital Heart Surgery
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To participate to the Good Practice Strategy in motivating the Congenital Heart surgeons
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To help the development of Humanitarian Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Programmes