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    Event preview: This week in development cooperation

    The OECD Forum in Paris and the 11th session of the U.N. Open Working Group on Sustainable Development are the main highlights on this week’s development cooperation agenda. Check out our preview for more noteworthy events.

    By Devex Editor // 05 May 2014
    Preparation work for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Week that will be held in Paris, France. Photo by: Michael Dean / OECD

    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 May 4:

    Resilience 2014
    May 4-8
    Montpellier, France

    Capacity for Regional Development and Economic Integration in Africa — Webinar
    May 5
    Online

    USAID Rules & Regulations: Grants & Cooperative Agreements
    May 5
    Port au Prince, Haiti

    WHO Save lives: clean your hands global annual campaign
    May 5
    Worldwide

    The Commission publishes Spring European Economic Forecast
    May 5
    Brussels, Belgium

    Culture and Sustainable Development in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
    May 5
    New York, United States

    Advancing Accountability for Sexual Violence in Conflict and Displacement Situations
    May 5
    Washington D.C., United States

    OECD Forum 2014
    May 5-6
    Paris, France

    Forests Asia conference: Sustainable landscapes for green growth in Southeast Asia
    May 5-6
    Jakarta, Indonesia

    GCCA Intra-ACP Programme’s Second Regional Technical Meeting
    May 5-7
    Brussels, Belgium

    Growing together: Family farming and agricultural sciences transforming global food systems
    May 5-7
    Vienna, Austria

    Course 'Identifying and investigating cases of forced labour and trafficking'
    May 5-9
    Turin, Italy

    Open Working Group on Sustainable Development, 11th Session
    May 5-9
    New York, United States

    MegaFlorestais 2014
    May 5-9
    Buea, Cameroon

    MY World Week of Global Action
    May 5-9
    Online

    Climate change adaptation & mitigation: key messages from IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report and implications for policy and decision making
    May 6
    Brussels, Belgium

    First Regional Workshop on Green Economy and Sustainable Consumption and Production
    May 6
    Tbilisi, Georgia

    A Post-Bali Food Security Agenda
    May 6
    Washington D.C., United States

    Green Dreams: Myth and Reality in China’s Agricultural Investment in Africa
    May 6
    Washington D.C., United States

    "Invisible Wounds:" a Practitioners' Dialogue on Improving Development Outcomes through Psychosocial Support
    May 6
    Washington D.C., United States

    Deadline for registration: Humanitarian HR Europe conference 2014: Addressing your organization's needs: Global mobility, consortia working and demonstrating impact
    May 6
    Budapest, Hungary

    Everybody wins: bridging the gap between scientific and local communities
    May 6
    London, United Kingdom

    Supporting Youth Entrepreneurship: What Works, Where, and Why?
    May 6
    Online

    Climate change adaptation & mitigation: key messages from IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report and implications for policy and decision making
    May 6
    Brussels, Belgium

    Virtual briefing: Opportunties for private sector engagement on land
    May 6
    Online

    Multilateral Development Banks' Meeting on Debt Issues
    May 6-7
    Washington D.C., United States

    Regional Conference on Trade in Value-Added, Global Value Chains and Development Strategy
    May 6-8
    Singapore, Singapore

    Graduation and Social Protection Conference
    May 6-8
    Kigali, Rwanda

    ‘The Damage Done’: Inequality, poverty and vulnerability conference

    May 6-8
    Brighton, United Kingdom

    Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean  (LARC)
    May 6-9
    Santiago, Chile

    2014 World Conference on Youth
    May 6-10
    Colombo, Sri Lanka

    The Ecosystem Architect: Growing Economies through Entrepreneurship and Innovation

    May 7
    Washington D.C., United States

    Current Learning and Challenges of Measuring Resilience in Food Insecurity Contexts
    May 7
    Online

    In Pursuit of Peace
    May 7
    New York, United States

    The Ecosystem Architect:  Growing Economies through Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    May 7
    Washington D.C., United States

    EU hustings: international development
    May 7
    London, United Kingdom

    The global climate policy conference 2014
    May 7-8
    London, United Kingdom

    Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the HLPF
    May 7- 9
    Bangkok, Thailand

    World Economic Forum on Africa
    May 7-9
    Abuja, Nigeria

    Facilitation: How Much Does Context Matter?
    May 8
    Washington D.C., United States

    Procurement Planning & Execution: USAID Grants & Cooperative Agreements
    May 8
    Port au Prince, Haiti

    The Precocious Indian Development Model and its Future
    May 8
    Washington D.C., United States

    Workers rights in a globalising world: The role of labour provisions in free trade agreements
    May 8
    Toronto, Canada

    EU5P: The Francqui International Conference
    May 8-9
    Brussels, Belgium

    The Rare Disease Puzzle: Bringing the Picture to Life
    May 8-10
    Berlin, Germany

    Seminar on Well-being from Work in the Pacific
    May 9
    Suva, Fiji

    Development Orthodoxy in the Himalayas: A Case of Persistent Policy Failure in Agriculture
    May 9
    Washington D.C., United States

    Cash Transfers: The New Benchmark for Foreign Aid?
    May 9
    Washington DC, United States

    Europe Day
    May 5 and 9
    Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg

    World Fair Trade Day
    May 10
    Worldwide

    International celebrations

    International Day of the Midwife
    May 5

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