The GIRP
Founded in 1960, The GIRP (Groupement International de la Répartition Pharmaceutique - The International Group of Full-line Pharmaceutical Wholesalers) is a non-profit association who aims to represent all the European wholesalers and retailers/distributors. It is a platform of communication for the direct members, associations, different partners of the health sector and European institutions.
SECOF is direct member of GIRP. It represents the interests of pharmacist cooperatives thanks to its lobbying activities beside European authorities.
The Representatives of SECOF within the governing bodies of the GIRP.
Member of the board of Directors
Olivier Bronchain
Legal Affairs Committee
Alain Roudergues
Technical Committee
Alain Roudergues
Economic and Social Committee
Alain Roudergues
Logistics advisory council
Alfredo Sassi
Retail advisory council
Alain Roudergues
For further information, you can visit the website at www.girp.eu
UGAL
Established in 1963, UGAL – the Union of Groups of Independent Retailers of Europe – is the European association that acts as an umbrella organization for the main groups of independent retailers in the food and non-food sectors.
UGAL represents:
- - more than 313,000 independent retailers
- with a combined retail turnover of more than 471 billion euro
- and more than 446,000 sales outlets
- - about 30 groups and associations of groups in Europe
- employing a total of over 3,808,000 people
- and generating wholesale turnover of more than 284 billion euro
the UGAL objectives are:
- - promote independent retailers through groups
- - support and represent the interests and particularities of these groups within the representative institutions and more in particular the European institutions.
- - to make bilateral and multilateral exchanges of experiences possible for those interested
For further information, you can visit the website at www.ugal.eu