The Jean Monnet Summer School "The European Union and Global Health", organized by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence "New Visions of the European Union's Role in Global Health" (EU4GH), cofunded by the European Union at the Università degli Studi di Salerno, will be held at UNISA Campus from 3 to 7 June 2024.

The course is organised in collaboration with the European Association of Health Law, the Global Health Law Consortium and the Observatory on Human Rights: Bioethics, Health, Environment. Teaching Staff:  Pia Acconci, Sandro Bonfigli, Joaquín Cayón, Emanuele Cesta, Mirko Đuković, Mark Eccleston-Turner, Lisa Forman, Steven Lierman, Benjamin Mason Meier, Gabriela Oanta, Katharina Ó Cathaoir, and Stefania Negri, Director of the EU4GH Centre.

 No tuition or registration fee is required.

For more information and expressions of interest, please contact the EU4GH Secretariat at  or check it out Linkedin @ EU4GH Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence

PROGRAM 

Monday, 3 June
OPENING CONFERENCE
KEYNOTE SPEECHES
EU Health Protection at the Crossroad of Innovation and Precaution
Prof. Steven Lierman, University of KU Leuven
European Health Law & Human Rights at the Crossroads: Harmonisation vs National Diversity
Prof. Joaquín Cayon de Las Cuevas, University of Cantabria
Tuesday, 4 June
THE EUROPEAN HEALTH UNION
Improving Global Pandemic Preparedness through the EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority
Prof. Pia Acconci, University of Teramo
The Strengthened Role of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Public Health Emergency Prevention and Response
Dr. Sandro Bonfigli, Ministry of Health of Italy

Reinforcing the Role for the European Medicines Agency in Crisis Preparedness and Management for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices
Dr. Mirko Đuković, European University Institute

Wednesday, 5 June
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND GLOBAL HEALTH
The Legal and Institutional Framework for EU-WHO Relationships
Prof. Gabriela A. Oanta, University of La Coruña
The EU Health Data Space and Global Health
Prof. Katharina O’ Cathaoir, University of Copenhagen

Equitable Access to Medical Countermeasures in Times of Emergency: Global and EU Perspectives
Dr. Emanuele Cesta, Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)

Thursday, 6 June
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GLOBAL HEALTH LAW AND EU HEALTH LAW
Global Health Law and Policy
Prof. Benjamin Mason Meier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Universalism vs Regionalism in Global Health Law Security
Dr. Mark Eccleston-Turner, King’s College London

Interactions between Global and EU Health Law in Times of Emergency
Prof. Stefania Negri, University of Salerno

Friday, 7 June
GLOBAL HEALTH LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Human Rights in Global Health
Prof. Benjamin Mason Meier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Human Rights in Times of Public Health Emergencies of International Concern
Prof. Lisa Forman, University of Toronto