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Manufacturing Resilience in Europe - Availability of Medicine and Vaccines
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clear that public health is an area where more European cooperation is both desirable and necessary. Among political leaders throughout the European Union, willingness and awareness has grown to tackle long-standing issues, such as medicine shortages.
In this light, the pharmaceutical strategy, published by the European Commission in November last year, could be considered as one of the next steps towards closer European cooperation on public health. One of the objectives of the Pharmaceutical Strategy is to improve affordability, access and availability of medicines in Europe. At the heart of this agenda is the diversification of the sources of supply for essential medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and reinforcing the manufacturing capacity within the EU.
On top of the resilience of the manufacturing capacity, there is also a need to invest in and expand the innovation capacity of the European Union. Expertise and research, development and innovation are core strengths of European companies and should be kept at the heart of the industrial competitiveness of the EU.
With this webinar, Renew wish to put spotlight on the manufacturing resilience debate and the innovation capacity to support the implementation of the pharmaceutical strategy. The webinar will focus on access, development and availability of medicines and bringing concrete policy recommendations to move the agenda forward.
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Soil and the Green Deal
Soils provide important ecosystem services, they are crucial for food production and are key enablers in achieving climate, biodiversity and other objectives of the European Green Deal.
The effective protection of soils is crucial to addressing land degradation and erosion, while preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment, the livelihood of farmers and rural communities, human health and natural resources.
This Renew Europe webinar will address the role of soil and its contribution to the European Green Deal together with representatives from the European Environmental Agency, academia, farmers’ organisation, businesses and international initiatives in the field. A keynote speech will be given by Mr Virginijus Sinkevičius (tbc), Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries. Please join us for discussion!
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Delivering sustainable batteries - From ambition to action
Batteries play an essential and growing role in our society. They ensure that many daily-used appliances and services like mobility and energy storage work properly. They constitute indispensable energy source and are essential for the green transition. Global battery demand is expected to increase 14-fold by 2030, making this market an increasingly strategic one.
On 10 December, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation concerning batteries and waste batteries. The proposal is designed to modernise the EU's regulatory framework for batteries in order to secure the sustainability and competitiveness of battery value chains. It is one of the first key deliverables of the Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan.
In this webinar, Renew Europe will discuss the proposal and its scope with the representatives of the European Commission, the Portuguese EU Presidency, business representatives and environmental organisations. The debate will focus on the innovations and obstacles in the EU’s battery development, the solutions the European industry can provide as well as the sustainability of batteries and how to enhance it.
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RENEW EUROPE’s Values Talk with Margrethe Vestager
The official launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe in May opened a great opportunity to re-connect with our citizens and present to them our Renew Europe leadership and values. Join the second edition of the series Values Talk with Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, Margrethe Vestager and the President of Renew Europe Dacian Cioloș to talk about Artificial Intelligence, one of the key priorities of Renew Europe, on Thursday June 17 at 15h.
The Values Talk series offers every month a public discussion between the Renew Europe group's President and one of the leading figures of the Renew Europe liberal and pro-European family.
We invite you to ask your questions via this link
Watch a live-stream event here
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How to maximise funding opportunities for SMEs through the new InvestEU programme?
The object of the event is to outline the state of play of InvestEU, raise awareness of the instrument itself, underline the necessity for SMEs to be at the heart of the InvestEU system and outline how SMEs themselves can improve their chances of successful applications for funds.
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The EU's Recovery Efforts: The Importance of Civil Society and the Fight Against Fraud
The object of the event is to outline the feedback of relevant stakeholders on the state of play of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, on the drafting of the national recovery and resilience plans and on the overall involvement of national stakeholders in the process.
As Renew is clearly committed to the proper implementation of the RRF, the webinar will allow stakeholders express themselves before COM gives their assessments on the Recovery plans.
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