AMR: setting the agenda for change
Official launch of the MEP Interest Group on AMR READ THE PRESS RELEASE
19 February 2020
16.00 - 18.00
European Parliament
The global threat of AMR is not only a serious cross-border health challenge, directly affecting the lives of all Europeans but also threatens global economic development and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The European Parliament can play a key role in boosting actions to tackle AMR at EU level. The MEP Interest Group on AMR offers a unique opportunity to address AMR. This first official meeting kickstarted the activities of the MEP Interest Group on AMR for the parliamentary term 2019-2024.
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Opening remarks
Press Release
Programme
16:00 - 16:10 Welcome
Sarah Wiener MEP, Chair of the MEP Interest Group on AMR
16:10 - 16:25 Opening remarks
Stella Kyriakides, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
16:25 - 16:35 Living with AMR: A personal experience
Silviu Ciocanelli, Musician and Colectiv fire survivor
16:35 - 17:00 MEPs fight AMR: Strategic work programme
Nicolae Ştefănuţă MEP, Vice-Chair of the MEP Interest Group on AMR Ann Marie Borg, European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) Jean-Yves Stenuick, Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe Tiemo Wölken MEP, Vice-Chair of the MEP Interest Group on AMR I’m an AMR champion: MEPs’ pledges Members of the MEP Interest Group on AMR Sara Cerdas, MEP, S&D, Portugal
17:00 - 17:20 Reactions from the audience
ECDC (video message) Tripartite Collaboration on AMR (FAO/OIE/WHO) Member States’ representatives Wellcome Trust AMR Stakeholder Network members
17:20 - 17:30 Closing remarks
Herman Goossens, Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Antwerp
17:30 - 18:00 Cocktail reception
Hosted by
Sarah Wiener, MEP
Chair of the MEP Interest Group on AMR
Greens/EFA, Austria
Tiemo Wölken, MEP
Vice-Chair of the MEP Interest Group on AMR
S&D, Germany
Nicolae Ştefănuţă, MEP
Vice-Chair of the MEP Interest Group on AMR
RE, Romania
Speakers
Stella Kyriakides
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
Silviu Ciocanelli
Musician, Colectiv fire survivor
Herman Goossens
Professor of Medical Microbiology at the University of Antwerp