Atividade Parlamentar “Pave the way for a competitive and dynamic EU knowledge economy: the way forward in rare diseases"
Today in the European Parliament, Maria da Graça Carvalho co-chaired with MEP Amalia Sartori the Brains for Brain Foundation policy roundtable focused on Paving the way for a competitive and dynamic EU knowledge economy: the way forward in rare diseases.
During the event, it was presented the Manifesto entitled Hunger for Knowledge: Investing in Brains to deliver research value in the EU. During the event they reflected upon the Manifesto, suggested solutions to improve intersectoral dialogue and stated how they can support this initiative.
The objective of the roundtable was to discuss initiatives aiming to create a model of intersectoral cooperation that could facilitate the set-up of a European PhD Programme in the area of rare neurometabolic paediatric diseases. The objective was also to find new ways of collaboration that would address the existing gaps in research and limit the brain drain in this field in the European Union.
Maria da Graça Carvalho moderated the panel debate and joined her voice to this debate in order to support such a forward-looking initiative that aimed to overcome the "silos" that impede collaborations between the private and public sector and across sectors.