Bill Gates to attend Development Committee | News | European Parliament
Tuesday, 24 June, 17:45-18:45 CET
European Parliament, ANTALL building, room 6Q2
MEPs from the Committee on Development, together with colleagues from the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Public Health, will host an exchange of views with Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation, on Tuesday 24 June.
The hour-long session with Mr Gates will focus on the role of official development assistance (ODA) and innovation as key drivers for improving health and living standards in the Global South.
The debate comes at a time when major global development donors – including the US administration under Trump and several EU member states – are cutting their aid budgets and questioning the value of traditional ODA. In doing so they are contributing to an already-acute global development financing gap reaching into the trillions of dollars.
Since its creation by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 2000, the Gates Foundation has grown to become one of the largest private philanthropic organisations worldwide, with a strong focus on public health in developing countries.
