F2 FORUM
Organised by the DG Health and Consumers, European Commission
This session will focus on global health, analysing it with a European perspective, mindful of EU interests, values, expertise and instruments.
The topic will be approached from the three different angles:
The starting point of the second session of the forum is that to be effective, modern health policy needs to involve partners across society in policy development and implementation. This is all the more relevant at EU level. The session will look at stakeholder involvement and at the link between science, evidence and policy through the role of the independent Scientific Committees.
Introduction
Martin Seychell, Deputy Director-General, DG Health and Consumers, European Commission
The first panel will assess the role played by the EU in the WHO governing bodies at a time when the WHO is in the middle of its reform process. It will also consider the cooperation processes put in place by the European Commission and the WHO.
Setting the scene
Louise van Schaik, Senior Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute
Responses
Lourdes Chamorro, Health and Social Affairs, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Leen Meulenbergs, Executive Manager, Strategic Partnerships, WHO Regional Office for Europe
The second panel will look at how other global policy areas have direct and indirect effects on global health. International trade and regulatory cooperation will be taken as an illustration of that process in the particular context of the negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Setting the scene
Meri Koivusalo, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Responses
Ratso Signe, DG TRADE, European Commission
Emma Woodford, Interim Secretary General, European Public Health Alliance
The third panel will look at the mechanisms and policies designed by health authorities, both at EU and Member States’ levels, to achieve coherence between internal and external policies through global health strategies. The 2010 Commission Communication on global health and some of the national strategies will be assessed and discussed and common goals and values will be highlighted.
Setting the scene
Mathias Bonk, Researcher, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
Responses
Kevin McCarthy, DG Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid, European Commission
Björn Kümmel, Ministry of Health, Germany
Conclusions
Young Forum Gastein perspective: Christoph Aluttis, PhD Candidate, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Ilona Kickbusch, Director, Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland