Women at a well in Niger, Africa. March 22 is World Water Day. Photo by: F. Lefebvre / European Commission
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 March 17:
Global Financial Markets : New Rules on Market Structure, Trading and Funding
March 17
London, United Kingdom
Twitter Chat with Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindborg on the No Lost Generation Initiative
March 17
Online
Africa Caribbean Pacific - European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly
March 17-19
Strasbourg, France
CSAE Conference 2013: Economic Development in Africa
March 17-19
Oxford, United Kingdom
12th International Congress on Obesity
March 17-20
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Towards the Implementation of the ECOWAS RE and EE Policies and the SE4ALL Initiative
March 17-20
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
OECD Integrity Week 2014
March 17-21
Paris, France
11th Conference of the Parties to the Abidjan Convention
March 17-21
Cape Town, South Africa
WCRP Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean: Developing, Linking and Applying Climate Knowledge
March 17-21
Montevideo, Uruguay
South-South Learning Forum 2014: Designing and Delivering Social Protection and Labor Systems
March 17-21
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Robert Aliber - The Source of Financial Crises
March 18
Tokyo, Japan
Cooperation for State Building and State Reforming: Training public sector managers for economic governance
March 18
Paris, France
Navigating Turmoil in the Middle East
March 18
Santa Monica, United States
2014 Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion — Realizing Financial Inclusion in Asia: Achievements and Challenges
March 18-20
Shanghai, China
1st African Congress on Conservation Agriculture
March 18-21
Lusaka, Zambia
23rd Meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board
March 18-21
Bonn, Germany
Global Health Best Buys
March 19
Washington D.C., United States
Social Assistance Programs in Developing Countries: A Cure for Global Poverty?
March 19
North Carolina, United States
CDKN Workshop: Climate Change and the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals
March 19
Jakarta, Indonesia
SID-Washington Chapter Event: Will the New Africa be Inclusive?
March 19
Washington D.C., United States
Fifteenth Rights and Resources Initiative Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
March 19
Washington D.C., United States
Improving Service Delivery in Mental Health: Technology Tools & Cost-Effective, Patient-Centered Care
March 19
Online
Making Foreign Direct Investment Work for Sub-Saharan Africa
March 19
Washington D.C., United States
The European Data Forum (EDF) 2014
March 19-20
Athens, Greece
The 10th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
March 19-21
Durban, South Africa
World Forests Summit 2014
March 20
Stockholm, Sweden
High-Level Panel on Decent Work in Fragile States
March 20
Geneva, Switzerland
2014 Germany High-Level Symposium on “Accountable and effective development cooperation in a post-2015 era”
March 20- 21
Berlin, Germany
5th World Summit for Small Wind
March 20-22
Husum, Germany
Official World Water Day Celebration: The Water-Energy Nexus
March 20-21
Tokyo, Japan
Third High-level Symposium for 2014 DCF
March 20-21
Berlin, Germany
Symposium on Knowledge and Innovation for Inclusive Growth
March 20-21
Paris, France
Africa's 'hidden water': can it secure agricultural growth and food security?
March 21
London, United Kingdom
Forests for Fashion-Fashion for Forests
March 21
Geneva, Switzerland
2014 Global Land Project Open Science Meeting
March 21
Berlin, Germany
1st African Congress on Conservation Agriculture
March 21
Lusaka, Zambia
Profits and Economic Development
March 21
Washington D.C., United States
International celebrations:
2nd International Day of Happiness
March 20
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 21
International Day of Forests and the Tree
March 21
World Water Day
March 22
