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HUPED (Engl. CFNES – Croatian Federation for Natural, Energy and Spiritual Medicine) was registered on February 28, 2000, at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia (Reg.nr. 00001647). Since then, it has been working as the key organization of therapists and healers in Croatia with the current membership of over 5000 members (therapists, healers and clients) to whom the organization provides all the necessary legal and institutional support with the final aim to establish legislation of unconventional medicine in the Republic of Croatia following the example of other EU countries.

We have participated in numerous TV and radio shows, news reports, etc, and all the related information can be found on www.huped.hr. We are also publishing a web magazine ‘Terapeut u kući’ (www.terapeut-u-kuci.huped.hr) and an e-journal ‘HUPED info’ which is now being send to more than 5600 e-mail addresses from our mailing list. 

Our organization is also an active member of the Croatian Society for Consumer Protection – POTROŠAČ. 
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We have organized numerous round tables, lectures and seminars for the general public as well as professional seminars for therapists, and in the last seven years we have organized seven international congresses:
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1st Congress on Cooperation between Clinical and Unconventional Medicine was held from June 30 – July 1, 2000, under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia and with the participation of the few Ministry representatives,
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2nd Congress was held at the Institute of Public Health in Zagreb in 2001,
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3rd Congress was held at the Medical School of the University of Zagreb in 2002,
- Prof Esad Prohić, adviser to the President Stjepan Mesić for science and education emphasized in his opening remarks: ‘(…) We hope that health policy makers in the Republic of Croatia will recognize the importance of this project and, in cooperation with the experts of unconventional medicine, create all the necessary prerequisites (primarily legal) for its successful implementation.’
- After him, Dr Tomislav Budimir from the Ministry of Health greeted the congress and wished us success in our work.
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4th Congress was held at Zagrebački Velesajam on May 24, 2003. The opening addresses were given by:
- Prof Ante Simonić, who was then the Vice President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia: ‘(…) the right of the patients to choose the health care they prefer is a link between conventional and unconventional medicine (…) I am certain that this fourth consecutive congress (…) will help solve formal and legal status of unconventional medicine, establish a better cooperation between clinical and unconventional medicine and therefore contribute to a better health for all the citizens of Croatia’.
- Ms Snježana Biga Friganović, who was then the President of the Committee for Labor, Health Care and Social Policy of the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia: ‘(…) Committee for Labor, Health Care and Social Policy of the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia will, inside its jurisdiction, support the amendments to the Health Care Act in that direction, having in mind that legal regulation of this field will bring Croatia closer to the EU standards. This will enable the citizens of Croatia, and according to some data almost 40% of Croatian citizens have used some type of unconventional therapies at least once, to have a better, safer and more reliable health care.
Hence the contribution of Croatian Federation for Natural, Energy and Spiritual Medicine, the organization of therapists from all regions of Croatia, is extremely important. Only through joint efforts and together in cooperation with, the so-called, conventional, clinical, medicine, we can achieve success, and the way in which CFNES has approached this problem highly motivates us to give our contribution to your noble efforts (…)’.
- Dr Marija Gajski Kneklin, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia: ‘(…) We are welcoming the initiative of CFNES which has organized this fourth consecutive congress and this is the evidence of a very serious approach to this problem (…)
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5th and 6th Congress were organized as parts of the MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR at Zagrebački Velesajam and the 6th Congress had a dual sponsorship: of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Croatia.
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On November 26, 2004, the Croatian Ministry of Justice issued a decree on founding a Council of the Minister of Justice for Regulation of Unconventional Medicine the members of which were Vedran Korunić, as the president of the Council, Ivica Žigolić and M.A. Drago Plečko. A working group was also formed shortly after to prepare a preliminary draft of the bill and the representatives of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice and the Council were the members of that working group. A year ago the Council and the Working group have been dissolved, and the process of legal regulation has not yet been finished.  
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On June 7- 8, 2008, we are organizing, in cooperation with the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, the 7th Congress on Cooperation between Clinical and Unconventional Medicine with the topic Legislation of Unconventional Medicine – EU and Croatia. The Congress will be held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. More information can be obtained from the following e-mail address: huped@huped.hr.

CFNES protects the rights and represents the interests of therapists and professional organizations, improves their activities and is taking care of their professional status and expertise. CFNES also protects the rights and represents interests of clients (customers) who ask for help in these fields of medicine - natural, energy and/or spiritual medicine.

CFNES supports and enables therapists to practice legally different types of natural, energy and spiritual medicine if they follow the regulations from the "Code of Ethics and Practice of CFNES", and provides them with all the necessary information in that respect.

CFNES encourages and supports cooperation between therapists (of unconventional medicine) and doctors of conventional medicine.

CFNES works in collaboration with Croatian Ministry of Health and with other relevant state organizations and regularly organizes professional congresses, seminars, lectures and other professional events, radio and TV shows which the objective to promote discussions about cooperation between conventional, natural, energy and spiritual medicine, safety in providing services, rights and obligations of therapists and clients, legislation and other topics connected to this field.

CFNES is dedicated to the introduction of appropriate legal provisions and the change of the existing ones, which are connected with the field of alternative medicine, and all that to the benefit of the clients and for the advancement of the therapeutic profession.

- clients can directly contact CFNES for advice and the CFNES is going to refer them to the appropriate therapist and advice them on the best solution for their problem
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- this applies to all those who professionally engage in a certain therapeutic discipline or this represents their additional source of income

Associate members

- all those who do not professionally do therapeutic disciplines, and if they do therapies, they do not charge for their services;

- all those who are interested in unconventional discipline either as users of the therapeutic services or as prospective therapists;

- all those who are subscribed to an e-mail list, and are not regular or honorary members.
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Honorary members

- all those who with their own work and effort have significantly contributed to the work and reputation of the Association; this decision is taken by the Governing Council.

Governing Council

President of the Federation

- is in charge of the Association in accordance to the articles and regulations of the Assembly, Governing Council and the Committee

- is responsible for the relations with the official representatives of the health policy in the Republic of Croatia (the Ministry of Health...)

- is responsible for the real estate of the Association in accordance with the articles of the Association

- performs other duties set out by the statute and the general provisions of the Association

Counsellor for professional matters

- controls the proper work of the Committee

- counsels the Governing Council and the Committee in professional matters

Legal advisor

- counsels the Governing Council and the Committee in legal matters

Public Relations Officer

- public relation officer

Secretary

The Committee for Natural, Energy and Spiritual Medicine

- has a control and executive power

- is responsible for professional and vocational advancement of a therapist

- is responsible for the proper performance of the therapeutic profession