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Delivering the Right to Health with the Health Millennium Development Goals

A conference on Europe's role on how to combat poverty-related crises by 2015

PROGRAMME
 

Monday 1 March 2010 09:00-18:00 - Room ASP 01G2

European Parliamentary Forum (EPF) Parliamentary Conference

09:00-18:00

  • Hon. George Tsereteli, MP (Georgia), EPF President
  • Hon. Hilde Vautmans, MP (Belgium)
  • Hon. Françoise Castex, MEP (France)
  • Experts from the Global Fund, GAVI, WHO, UNFPA, RBM

Tuesday 2 March 2010 09:00-18:00 - Room PHS03C50

Action for Global Health Cross Europe High Level Conference

09:00-09:30 

Welcome and registration

09:30-09:45

Official opening of the Conference
by Ms. Eva Joly MEP

09:45-09:55

Key note address
by Ms. Susanne Weber Mosdorf, WHO

10:00-11:00

EU Presidencies High Level Panel

This panel will bring together the Trio EU Presidency of Spain, Belgium and Hungary to discuss how the EU should follow up on its commitments to enable developing countries to achieve the health MDGs by 2015.
The panelists are :

  • Ms. Soraya Rodriguez, State Secretary for Development Cooperation of Spain;
  • Mr. Charles Michel, Minister for Development Cooperation of Belgium;
  • Mr. Laszlo Varkonyi, State Secretary for Development Cooperation of Hungary.
11:00-11:30Coffee break (photo session and interviews)
11:30-12:30

EU Institutions Panel

This panel will bring together representatives of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council to discuss what role each EU Institution should play to ensure the health MDGs remain a priority on the EU Development Cooperation agenda for the coming five years.

Panelists are :

  • Mr. Miguel Angel Martinez Martinez MEP, Vice Chair of the European Parliament
  • N.N., European Commission (speaker tbc).

Both panels will be moderated by Mr. Nigel Chapman, Chief Executive of Plan International, former Director of BBC World Service.

12:30-14:00Lunch break
14:00-14:15Opening afternoon session
14:30-16:45

Thematic workshops

The thematic workshops will be organized to enable conference participants to discuss more in detail key issues relevant to achieving the health MDGs: financing for health, health systems strengthening, and equity and equitable access. 

17:00-17:45Outcomes of the workshops and feedback to the plenary
17:45-18:00Conclusions and closing remarks by Action for Global Health
Simultaneous translation will be available
For further information, please contact :
  • Office of MEP Eva Joly
    eva.joly@europarl.europa.eu
  • Emanuela Russo, Plan EU Liaison office
    Emanuela.Russo@plan-international.org

     

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