title: The European Respiratory Society evaluates its 2013-2018 strategic plan implementation.
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for TB and lung diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy giovannibattista.migliori@fsm.it.
authors.forename: Giovanni Battista
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Migliori
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bel
authors.affiliation: Dept Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent Belgium.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joos
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Medicine, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gernot
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rohde
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton University Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
authors.forename: Stephen T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Holgate
authors.affiliation: University Respiratory Medicine Unit, Evgenidio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gratziou
authors.affiliation: European Lung Foundation, UK.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.affiliation: 7th Respiratory Medicine Dept, Athens Chest Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Mina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaga
authors.affiliation: Centre of Pneumology, Coimbra University Hospital, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Carlos Robalo
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for COPD and Respiratory Epidemiology, Otto Wagner Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Otto C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Burghuber
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Depts of Epidemiology and Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brusselle
authors.affiliation: ERS Executive Director 2012-2015, European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martin-Burrieza
authors.affiliation: ERS Deputy Executive Director/Director of Finance and Administration, European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bill
authors.affiliation: ERS Head of the Executive Office, European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sax
authors.affiliation: Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, The University of Manchester and University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Jørgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vestbo
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D000070318:Strategic Planning