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 December 8:
The Drive for Universal Health Coverage: Health Care Delivery Science and the Right to High-Value Health CareDec. 8-13
Gender-Based Violence and Innovative Technologies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations Dec. 9Washington, D.C., United States
Telling the Story — Communicating European Structural and Investment Funds 2014-2020December 9-10Rue Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management 2013 Winter ConferenceDec. 9-11Washington, D.C., United States
6th meeting of the Open Working Groups on the Sustainable Development GoalsDec. 9-13New York, United States
European Forest Week 2013Dec. 9-13Rovaniemi, Finland
2nd meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesDec. 9-14Antalya, Turkey
WB-JICA Joint Seminar on Public Financial ManagementDec. 9Tokyo, Japan
Food Futures Towards Sustainable Production and ConsumptionDec. 9-10London, United Kingdom
Food Security and Environmental Sustainability in the Post-2015 Development AgendaDec. 10Washington, United States
The possible shape of a land transparency initiativeDec. 10 London, United Kingdom
Action Against Hunger Consultation on Acute MalnutritionDec. 10 Washington, D.C., United States
Cut fossil fuel subsidies to cut climate change and poverty?Dec. 10Online
Training on Wastewater Management Expert SystemsDec. 10-11Manila, Philippines
3rd meeting of the 6th replenishment of the Global Environmental FacilityDec. 10-12Paris, France
Workshop on Capacity Building for Sustainable Waste Management in Asia-PacificDec. 10-12Osaka, Japan
ECHO International Agriculture ConferenceDec. 10-12Fort Myers, Florida, United States
Income Inequality, Labour Market Institutions and Workers’ PowerDec. 10-13 Geneva, Switzerland
Integrating Gender and Social and Behavioral Change into Ag-Nutrition ProgramsDec. 10Online
NORAD Conference 2013Dec. 11Norway
Seminar by Heather Montgomery: The Effect of Bank Mergers on Client Firm Value and Bank-Firm RelationshipsDec. 11Tokyo, Japan
Dirty money: breaking the link between organized crime and politicsDec. 11London / Online
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs CouncilDec. 12Brussels, Belgium
International celebrations
International Anti-Corruption DayDec. 9
International Human Rights DayDec. 10
Independence day celebrations
TanzaniaDec. 9
South AfricaDec. 11
KenyaDec. 12
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