In the framework of its corporate campaign "EU Protects", the European Commission partnered with CIRCOM - an association of European regional TV broadcasters, whose members took inspiration from the corporate campaign and produced videos, in full editorial independence, on ordinary European heroes who help protect their fellow citizens across the continent. Fifteen broadcasters created 16 stories showcasing the actions of the EU through the work of these citizen heroes in the fields of security, society, the environment and health.

France Télévisions (French television) chose to cover ERN-EYE and the virtual clinic - CPMS (Clinical Patient Management System). A team of journalists went first to the ERN-EYE HCP in Riga and then to the coordinating Centre in Strasbourg. They filmed patients whose cases had been examined in the CPMS. You can see the full report here.

The Commission has already featured ERNs in one of its own EU Protects campaign videos. The emotional story recounts the experiences of Onni, a young Finnish boy whose rare form of epilepsy was treated under the guidance of ERN EpiCARE.