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 April 21:
The Use of Special Development Regions to Improve Governance in Honduras and Beyond
April 21
Washington DC, United States
SAIS Global Issues in Agriculture Speaker Series presents Dr. Patricia Wolff on "Development in Haiti: A Long and Winding Road"
April 21
Washington DC, United States
Intersessional Meeting for 3rd International Conference on SIDS
April 21 – 25
New York, United States
Interactive Dialogue on Harmony with Nature
April 22
New York, United States
Twenty-First Century Trade Policy: Pushing the Limits of International Cooperation
April 22
Washington DC, United States
Women at Work - Breaking through Asia's Glass Ceiling
April 22
Online
Linking the Fate of the Oceans to the Future of Food Security
April 22
Washington DC, United States
Workshop: Global Outlook of Modern Contractual Systems
April 22
Moscow, Russia
Twenty-First Century Trade Policy: Pushing the Limits of International Cooperation
April 22
Washington DC, United States
Africa Clean Energy Summit
April 22 - 24
Abuja, Nigeria
Regional workshop for the Asia-Pacific regions on nationally appropriate mitigation actions
April 22 - 25
Vientiane, Thailand
Global Ocean Action Summit
April 22 - 25
The Hague, Netherlands
Financial Inclusion, Regulation, and Education
April 23
Tokyo, Japan
Opening & Closing a Field Office
April 23
Washington DC, United States
Workshop on the Fair Recruitment Initiative
April 23 - 24
Turin, Italy
UNESCAP and UNECE Inter-regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency Investment Projects
April 23 - 24
Bangkok, Thailand
Sub-Saharan Africa Solar Conference 2014
April 23 - 24
Accra, Ghana
10th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development
April 23 - 25
Stockholm, Sweden
Fourth Meeting of the Pacific Biosphere Reserve Network
April 23 - 25
Nadi, Fiji
Sixth International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (IPCI)
April 23 - 25
Stockholm, Sweden
2014 Forest Communicators Network Meeting
April 23 - 25
Berlin, Germany
The Ninth Annual Richard H. Sabot Lecture: An African Miracle? Implications of Recent Research on Growth Economics
April 24
Washington DC, United States
African leaders in Dialogue
April 24
Johannesburg, South Africa
Myanmar: The New Economic Powerhouse in Southeast Asia?
April 24 - 25
Tokyo, Japan
Employment issues will top agenda during OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development
April 24 - 25
Stockholm, Sweden
Ensuring Stable and Peaceful Societies in the Post-2015 Development Framework
April 24 - 25
New York, United States
Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management Meeting
April 24 - 27
Milan, Italy
8th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation
April 24 - 30
Kathmandu, Nepal
Seminar by Hiro Lee: Agricultural Policy Reforms and the Implications of Trans-Pacific Partnership for Japan
April 25
Tokyo, Japan
Cass R. Sunstein: "The Most Dangerous Man in America"
April 25
Durham, North Carolina
Global Justice and the Global South
April 25 - 27
Dublin, Ireland
International celebrations
Earth Day
April 22
World Malaria Day
April 25
World Immunization Week
April 23 - 30
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