This week in global cooperation

Event preview: This week in development cooperation

This week, the United Nations publishes its Millennium Development Goals report to shed light on what has been achieved under the framework, as Croatia becomes the newest member of the European Union and Lithuania assumes the bloc’s presidency.

By Johanna Morden // 01 July 2013
A coal-fired power plant in Cape Town, South Africa. The fifth African Carbon Forum will be held from July 3 to 5 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Photo by: Danie van der Merwe / CC BY-NC-SA

The future of international development cooperation is not just hashed out in dusty field offices and ramshackle schools and hospitals, but also at a variety of events, celebrations and other gatherings.  Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting July 1:International leadership symposium on ethics in businessGeneva, SwitzerlandJuly 1Croatia becomes the 28th member state of the European UnionBrussels, BelgiumJuly 1Launch: UNCTAD Least Developed Countries Report 2013Geneva, SwitzerlandJuly 1Launch: Millennium Development Goals Report 2013Geneva, SwitzerlandJuly 1Lithuania assumes EU presidencyBrussels, BelgiumJuly 1U.N. Economic Commission for Europe regional conferenceGeneva, SwitzerlandJuly 1-22013 annual ministerial review of ECOSOCGeneva, SwitzerlandJuly 1-4International conference on plant genetic resources, food security and climate changeBandung, IndonesiaJuly 1-4  Aiding Asia: The challenge of subnational conflictVirtualJuly 3Fifth Africa Carbon ForumAbidjan, Côte d’IvoireJuly 3-5Pacific Climate Change Roundtable 2013Nadi, FijiJuly 3-5Global Sustainable Finance Conference 2013: People, planet, prosperityKarlseruh, GermanyJuly 4-5WHO European ministerial conference on nutrition and non-communicable diseases in context of health 2020Vienna, AustriaJuly 4-5Monitoring protection: Asking the impossible?VirtualJuly 5ICPD review: International Conference on Human RightsHague, The NetherlandsJuly 7-10Caux Dialogue on Land and SecurityCaux, SwitzerlandJuly 7-11International celebrations

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