Subject: Newsletter // Innovation, health, housing, sustainable development, elections and more
From: Friends of Europe <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:15:00 +0100

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**Newsletter **// 22 February 2017

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**Greater innovation needed to fight neglected diseases, say
Gates and Moedas**

**Bill Gates**, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
and **Carlos Moedas**, European Commissioner for Research,
Science and Innovation, joined us for a Policy Insight on
**'Shaping the world: a pivotal moment in research and innovation
for global health'**.

Visit our website for more on their call for Europe to lead
innovation to fight infectious diseases in the developing world,
to see photos from the event and to download the G-FINDER report.

[*See more*][3]

**Don't miss out...**

Join Friends of Europe to make sure that you don't miss out on
our debates with top-level speakers, and much more besides.

Get more info: call +32 2 300 89 58 or email
[[email-masked]​][4]

**FRIENDS OF EUROPE ON YOUTUBE**

Kathleen Van Brempt on Dieselgate and the work of her European
Parliament inquiry committee  [// ][5][w][6][atch][7]

'Diseases know no borders': Carlos Moedas on why Europe should
fund health research  [// ][8][watch][9]​

**On the agenda: Asia, European defence, digital skills and
more**

We have a wide range of events over the next few weeks, both in
Brussels and elsewhere. Check out our forthcoming debates and
seminars:

22 Feb in Brussels: [**Japan, China and South Korea –
Trilateral cooperation in the Trump era**][10]

8 Mar in Brussels: **W**[**omen and the new humanitarian
agenda**][11]

10 Mar in Berlin: [**France and Germany – Driving European
defence**][12]

16-18 Mar in Lisbon: **E**[**uropean Young Leaders
seminar**][13]

23 Mar in Brussels: [**Work, skills and economic growth:
harnessing the 4th Industrial Revolution​**][14]

**QUICK READS ON EUROPE'S WORLD**

Behind the headlines, Merkel’s refugee policy is working for
Germany, by **Markus Heinrich**  [// read][15]

European Young Leader **Jamila Aanzi** on why migrants may be
game-changers in the Dutch elections  [// read][16]

Go with the flows: McKinsey's **Jacques Bughin** on the
digitalisation of globalisation  [// read][17]​

**Healthcare, sustainable tourism and housing feature in our
latest reports**

Did you know that Friends of Europe publishes around 50 reports
and other publications each year? Here are some of the latest:

**Sustainable tourism:** what is it and how can it support
development?  [// download the factsheet][18]
**Housing:** does Europe need a Housing Solutions Platform?
 [// read the report from our workshop][19]
**Disruptive models of healthcare: **preview from a new
publication to be launched this Spring  [// read][20]

**LATEST DEBATES FROM DEBATING EUROPE**

*Join the latest debates in our Me&EU series, hear the views of
MEPs, and vote!*

Does EU enlargement still make sense?  [// join the debate][21]
Should same-sex marriage be legalised across Europe?  [// join
the debate][22]
Is Erdoğan’s Turkey compatible with EU membership?  [// join
the debate][23]

**Introducing our areas of expertise: Migration and Integration**

Migration and integration are not new to our continent, but the
EU is yet to forge a proper response to the current flows.
Friends of Europe seeks to play a role in developing policy that
addresses both the challenges and opportunities of
migration, seeing migration as an asset rather than a threat,
taking bad experiences as instructive and ensuring that the
potential benefits are heard.

**Friends of Europe event - 29 Mar in Brussels:** [Migration and
integration - a cost-benefit analysis][24][​][14]

**Europe's World: **[Read Bart Somers, Mechelen's newly-awarded
World Mayor of the Year, on refugee integration in his city][25]

**​Debating Europe:** [Our 'Cities & Refugees' series looks at
how European cities tackle integration challenges][26]​

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