Other ERNs

The Other European Reference Networks

ERN eUROGEN is just one of 24 European Reference Networks (ERNs) established by the European Commission to connect specialist centres across the EU and Norway for rare, low-prevalence, and complex diseases. As of October 2025, the 24 ERNs together include more than 1,600 specialised centres across 375 hospitals in 27 Member States and Norway.

Each of the 24 networks brings together hospitals, clinicians, researchers, and patient representatives around its own group of conditions, but all ERNs work in broadly the same way: through virtual expert case discussions on the Clinical Patient Management System (CPMS), shared clinical practice guidelines, patient registries, and training and education programmes.

The table below lists the other 23 ERNs, covering rare and complex conditions across other areas of medicine. For full details on the ERN system, see the European Commission’s ERN page.

ERN Name

Medical Field

Bone disorders

Craniofacial anomalies and ear, nose and throat (ENT) disorders

Endocrine conditions 

Epilepsies

Kidney diseases

Inherited and congenital anomalies

Adult cancers (solid tumours) 

Haematological diseases

Neuromuscular diseases

Eye diseases

Genetic tumour risk syndromes

Heart diseases

Congenital malformations and rare intellectual disability

Respiratory diseases

Hereditary metabolic disorders 

Paediatric cancer (haemato-oncology)

Hepatological diseases

Connective tissue and musculoskeletal diseases

Immunodeficiency, autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases

Neurological diseases 

Skin disorders

Transplantation in children

Rare multisystemic vascular diseases