31 May 2010

In what is being called a "marketplace for ideas" the World Economic Forum has convened a meeting of decision makers and opinion leaders from the communities of policy, business and civil society in Doha to discuss how to improve international cooperation. The event "The Global Redesign Summit" looks at issues ranging from building institutions for an empowered society and creating a global values framework, to looking at security, managing global risks and ensuring health for all. On 31 May there was a session dedicated specifically to global health governance.

Delegates and observers at the 63rd World Health Assembly gathered today at the UN in Geneva for a side-event organized by the Spanish Presidency of the EU, the European Commission and Global Health Europe. Reaching out to a broader community of global health stakeholders, the event brought together experts from Brazil, Thailand and South Africa with experts from the EU, the World Health Organization and Global Health Europe to discuss the challenges and opportunities for improved collaboration between the EU and other regions for global health.

The Swedish Presidency of the European Union convened a meeting of high level European global health stakeholders in Stockholm on Friday, 4 December 2009. The meeting was co-organised by the Karolinska Institutet and Global Health Europe. The seminar came at a crucial moment for European engagement in global health; its objective being to give feedback into the European Commission's present work toward a new EU policy on Global Health.

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