WS 07 - Defining an EU Global Health Strategy

In 2010 the EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted the EU Council Conclusions on Global Health. It took as its starting point a commitment to equity and Health in all policies and provided a framework for EU input regarding SDG cooperation. It was based upon an intersectoral Commission Communique. Now that the Agenda 2030 has been adopted it is time to revisit the EU`s role in global health. The global environment has changed significantly and new priority issues and key actors have emerged.

In July 2017 the EU adopted its new development consensus, which includes references to the SDG health goals. The biggest challenge however will be how other EU policies and investments - trade, research. foreign affairs, agriculture etc., will contribute to the determinants of global health and policy coherence for SDG achievement. This workshop will aim to identify strategic steps to reinvigorate the EU's role in global health.