European Development Days – Global Health sessions
30/05/2017

Organised by the European Commission, the European Development Days (EDD) bring the development community together each year to share ideas and experiences in ways that inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
The programme for EDD 2017 is available. As Be-cause health we have selected for you some sessions and stands related to global health.  Please let us know which sessions you are attending and keep us informed on Facebook or Twitter:

Time When Type of session – Location Theme
Wednesday 7 June
09:30 – 10:45 Bringing health services to reach migrant mining populations in Southern Africa through multi-stakeholder partnerships Debate – D3 Building global partnerships
09:30 – 10:45 Moving towards inclusive participatory and representative implementation agenda 2030 Brainstorming – B2 Partnerships for CSOs and local actors
11:00 – 13:00 Opening ceremony special event A1, A2, A3
14:00 – 14:30 Sexuality education in jeopardy  Youth Lounge Gender equality/Women empowerment
16:00 – 17:30 Reducing health inequalities through global partnership and collaboration A1 Inequalities
16:15 – 17:30 Digital Disruption of Development: the impact on Inclusive Healthcare
18:00 – 19:15 Vulnerability during migration process health perspective Debate – D1 Migration and mobility
19:00 – 19:30 ‘Post-It to Myself’ – Dispelling the equality feud between the sexes Creative Youth Activities – Youth Lounge Young People
Thursday 8 June
09:00 – 10:15 Harnessing the Power of the Private Sector to Achieve the Health SDG  Debate – D1  Partnering with Private Sector
09:00 – 10:15 Investing in women – to counter the influence of fundamentalism on women’s sexual and reproductive rights Project – S2 Gender equality/Women empowerment
10:45 – 12:00 Investing in youth to end gender-based violence Project – S4
13:30 – 14:45 Putting digital into development: connecting people’s potential Debate – D7 Digitalisation
Continuously Financing development – Investing in the SDGs stand 50 – EDD Global Village Building global partnerships
Continuously Investing in Young African Women to end Gender-Based Violence stand 75 – EDD Global Village Young People
Continuously MomConnect: MHealth empowering South African women Stand 18- EDD Global Village Gender equality/Women empowerment
Continuously Alliance for Digital & Development: Digital is a growth enabler for Africa Stand 6 – EDD Global Village Digitalisation
Continuously Supporting the drive for Universal Health Coverage in the DRC Stand 13 – EDD Global Village Partnering with the private sector
Continuously Imagine2030: Invest in innovation. End diseases of poverty Stand 33 – EDD Global Village Inequalities
Continuously Making polio history Stand 45 – EDD Global Village Demography and Development