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    Event preview: This week in development cooperation

    This week, the aid community will have its eyes set on Kuwait, where donors will hold the second pledging conference for Syria. Check out our preview for other noteworthy events in international development.

    By Devex Editor // 10 January 2014
    Syrian children take a walk around the refugee camp at Darashakran in northern Iraq. The second humanitarian pledging conference for Syria will take place on Jan. 15 in Kuwait. Photo by: L. Veide / UNHCR

    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 January 13:

    Cracking the nut Africa Jan. 13-15 Kigali, Rwanda

    U.N.-Water Annual International ConferenceJan. 13-16Zaragoza, Spain

    Powering Africa’s Economic Development: A Conversation with Andrew Herscowitz Jan. 13 Washington D.C., United States

    Committee on the Rights of the Child, Sixty-fifth session Jan. 13-31 Geneva, Switzerland

    Public Hearing: The effects of social investment on employment and public budgetsJan.  14 Rue Belliard 99, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

    2nd Syria pledging conferenceJan. 15Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Live Online Chat: Powering Myanmar’s Growth Jan. 15 Online

    The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)’s Gobernarte: the Art of Good Government Awards Jan. 15 Washington, D.C., United States

    Powering Africa — A Conversation about Progress and Prospects Jan. 15 Washington, D.C., United States

    How is climate change affecting migration — and how should policy-makers respond? Jan. 15 Washington, D.C., United States

    Hearing on the Role of Civil Society in the EU-Japan FTA: European Stakeholders’ Perspectives Jan. 15 Brussels, Belgium

    Expert group meeting on sexual health and reproductive rights of indigenous peopleJan. 15-17New York, United States

    Global Forum for Food and Agriculture 2014 Jan. 16-18 Berlin, Germany

    How Social Movements Succeed: Lessons from HIV/AIDS Jan. 16 Washington, D.C., United States

    Social entrepreneurs: Have Your Say! Jan. 16 Palais des Congrès, Strasbour

    Infoday on ERA-NET Cofund under Horizon 2020Jan. 16 Brussels, Belgium

    Transforming Transportation 2014: Better Cities, Better BusinessJan. 16-17Washington D.C., United States

    Integrating Sustainable Development Goals and Post-Millennium Development GoalsJan. 17Tokyo, Japan

    Know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to the international development community? Leave a comment below or email us at news@devex.com.

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