Programme

Consensus meeting on a proposal for a second phase of the
European & Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP)

27-28 September, Brussels

Chairs: EU Presidency Troika 2011
Bogdan Van doninck, Belgium
Ferenc Oberfrank, Hungary
Pawel Piotrowski, Poland

27 September 2010 - 14.00 - 18.00:
Setting the scene
13:00 Welcome coffee and refreshments
13:30 Welcome and introductions:
- Bogdan Van doninck, Federal Science Policy Office (Organiser)
- Patrice Debré, Vice-chair of EDCTP (on behalf of Hannah Akuffo, Chair)
13:45 The EDCTP: Past and Present
- Charles Mgone, Director-General of EDCTP
14:15 EC Evaluation and Impact Assessment of EDCTP
- Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, Director Health, Directorate General, EC
15:00 African political commitment and representation at EDCTP
- Pascoal Mocumbi, High Representative of EDCTP
15:15 Break
15:45 African capacity building needs
- Alioune Dieye, Chair of the Developing Countries Coordination Committee of EDCTP
16:00 Scientific strategy and priorities
- Sodiomon Sirima, Chair of the Partnership Board of the EDCTP
16:15 Proposal for EDCTP-II: overview
- Bruno Gryseels, Belgian delegate to EDCTP
16:45 Questions, answers and discussion
17:30 Drinks and snacks
19:00 End
   
28 September 2010 - 09.30 - 16.30:
Future vision and action
09:00 Updated context: the global health landscape anno 2010
- Dirk Van der Roost, Belgian alternate delegate to EDCTP
- Discussion
09:45 Extension of EDCTP participation to other member states
- Joachim Krebser, German delegate to EDCTP
- Interventions by new member states
- Discussion
10:30 Governance, management and partnerships
- Diana Dunstan, UK delegate to EDCTP
- Discussion
11:15 Coffee Break
11:45 Extension of EDCTP to other fields
- Marja Esveld, Dutch delegate to EDCTP
- Discussion
12:30 Co-funding and Coordination of national programmes
- Rafael de Andrés Medina, Spanish delegate to EDCTP
- Discussion
13:15 Lunch break
14:30 Over-all discussion
Further steps: what, who, how, when?
16:00 Conclusions
16.30 End

 

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