FEATURED EVENTS
From consulting to staff positions: Landing work with development’s top institutions
June 29, 2021
Online
Roberto Amorosino, a career coach and former senior human resources specialist at the World Bank Group, joins Devex for a three-part series to answer questions like this and share insights from his extensive career in development recruitment.
The ins and outs of cryptocurrency fundraising
June 30, 2021
Online
Join Devex Senior Reporter Catherine Cheney in conversation with Pat Duffy, a co-founder of crypto donation platform The Giving Block, and Ben Bateman, head of growth at GiveWell, to understand the ins and outs of this emerging field.
Devex @ The U.N. Food Systems Pre-Summit
July 14-15, 2021
Online
Over two days of virtual events on July 14 and 15, Devex reporters will dig into what is on the agenda, talk to experts both inside and outside the planning process, and set the stage for what success looks like for the pre-summit and summit to follow.
EVENTS FOR JUNE 2021
June
2021 Health Systems Summer Institute
June 7-19
Online
World Bank Group Youth Summit 2021: Resilient Recovery for People and Planet
June 9-10
Online
G7 Leaders’ Summit 2021
June 11-13
Cornwall, England
ADB Asia Clean Energy Forum 2021: Accelerating the Low-Carbon Transition in Asia and the Pacific
June 14-18
Online
UN Global Compact Leaders Summit: 2021
June 15-16
Online
European Development Days
June 15-16
Online
Regional Climate Weeks 2021: Virtual Thematic Sessions for Africa
June 15-18
Online
Online Course on Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement
June 15-July 26
Online
2021 Global Forum for Responsible Management Education - 9th PRME Assembly
June 16-17
Online
Global Forum on Remittances, Investment and Development - Africa 2021
June 16-18
Nairobi
EconNet: Why is Dollar Debt Cheaper? Evidence From Peru With Juliana Salomao (University of Minnesota)
June 17
Online
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2021
June 21-26
Kigali, Rwanda
Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2021: Global Unrest
June 24-25
Washington
London Climate Action Week 2021
June 26-July 4
Online
Online ADB Sanitation Dialogue 2021
June 30-July 2
Online
PAST EVENTS
January
OpEx365
January-June
Online
Technology Innovation Challenge for Transport
Jan. 8
Online
IFAD at the One Planet Summit for Biodiversity
Jan. 11
Paris; online
Speed, Safety and Equity: Deploying Vaccines for COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan. 12
Online
Deploying COVID-19 Vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan. 12
Online
A Partnership With Purpose: Celebrating 14 Years of Positive Impact in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan. 12
Online
VEF Virtual Series: Equity, Gender and Youth
Jan. 13
Online
Changes in Global Income Distribution and Their Political Implications
Jan. 13
Online
Global Reset: Inequality and a New Social Contract
Jan. 13
Online
Climate Resilient Food Systems for Africa: From Evidence to Action
Jan. 13-18
Online
Trade Integration, Global Value Chains, and Capital Accumulation
Jan. 14
Online; Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia
Water and Beyond: EU Transformative Approaches for International Partnerships
Jan. 18-21
Online
Citizenship and Participation - Webinar 2 of the Caribbean Futures of Education Series
Jan. 19
Online; Kingston, Jamaica
Executive Board - Meeting of the Working Group on Item 210 EX/22
Jan. 19
Online; Paris
First Meeting of the Working Group on the Global Education Cooperation Mechanism
Jan. 19
Online; Paris
Climate Adaptation Week Groningen
Jan. 19-25
Groningen, Netherlands
First Seminar on Water and Your City
Jan. 19-May 8
Water and Beyond, EU Transformative Approaches for International Partnerships
Jan. 20
Online; Brussels
Mobile Broadband Internet and Confidence in Government
Jan. 20
Online
Meeting of the FAO/WHO Expert Group on Nutrient Requirements: Setting Calcium, Vitamin D and Zinc Requirements for Children Aged 0-36 Months
Jan. 20-29
Online
Regional Expert Consultation Against Gender Stereotypes in Europe
Jan. 21
Online; Paris
E-meeting IDIL2022-2032 for Eurasian Countries
Jan. 21
Online; Almaty, Kazakhstan
Leave No One Behind: Moving the Agenda Forward
Jan. 21
Online
Facing Uncertainty in Water Management: From Urban Water Supply to Agriculture
Jan. 22
Online; Paris
Climate Adaptation in Food Systems: Lessons From Youth Led Science-Based Social Movements
Jan. 22
Online
D.C. Political Economy Seminar: Caffeinated Development: Export Sector, Human Capital, and Structural Transformation in Colombia
Jan. 22
Online; Washington
International Day of Education Symposium
Jan. 25
Online
International Day of Education in New Delhi - Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation
Jan. 25
Online; New Delhi
Health Benefits Plan: The Guarantee To Leave No One Behind
Jan. 25
Online
Spring Meetings
Climate Adaptation Summit 2021
Jan. 25-26
Online
Vanguard Cities on Nature-Based Solutions: Three Regional Panels
Jan. 25-26
Online
UNESCO Lectures - Earth Materials: The Foundation for Development
Jan. 26
Online; Paris
Challenges & Opportunities of Migration in the Caribbean: Addressing Climate Change and Tapping the Diaspora
Jan. 26
Online
The Role of Renewable Natural Gas in State Climate Policy
Jan. 26
Online
Regional Inequality Dialogue in Colombia
Jan. 26
Online; Washington
From Displacement to Development: Challenges and Opportunities to the Economic Inclusion of Venezuelans in Colombia
Jan. 27
Online
Catalyzing a new future: From small islands to great ocean states
Jan. 27.
Online
11th Meeting of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS
Jan. 27-28
Online
Virtual Policy Dialogue on Taxation in the Digital Economy: New Models in Asia and the Pacific
Jan. 27-29
Online
Virtual Meeting on Awareness Raising and Risk Communication
Jan. 28
Online
Eliminating NTDs: Together Towards 2030 – Formal Launch of the New Road Map for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Jan. 28
Online
Updating the WHO Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016–2030
Jan. 28
Online
Facing the Aftermath: Recovery and Reconstitution After the Holocaust
Jan. 28
Venice, Italy
Improving access to pediatric surgery: Lessons learned from south-to-south collaboration
Jan. 28.
Online
Launch of the African Digital Platform for the Safety of Journalists
Jan. 29
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Childcare Re-Opening in Latin America and the Caribbean: What Does the Evidence Say?
Jan. 29
Online
February
Regional Expert Consultation Against Gender Stereotypes in Arab Region
Feb. 1
Online; Paris
Consultation on UNESCO Survey for SDG Indicator 16.10.2 (Public Access to Information) with ATI Oversight Bodies - Part 1
Feb. 1
Online; Paris
Inauguration of the Virtual Exhibition on Underwater Cultural Heritage in the SICA Region
Feb. 1-2
Online; San José, Costa Rica
Blended Finance and Impact: Delivering the 2030 Agenda in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond
Feb. 1-4
Online
International Conference on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills
Feb. 1-5
Online
Fourteenth Session of the Intergovernmental Committee of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
Feb. 1-6
Online; Paris
Consultation on UNESCO Survey for SDG Indicator 16.10.2 (Public Access to Information) with ATI Oversight Bodies - Part 2
Feb. 2
Online; Paris
UNESCO Lectures: Climate Neutrality, the Circular Economy, and Earth Materials
Feb. 2
Online; Paris
Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI20)
Feb. 2-4
Rome
VEF Virtual Series: Agro-Industry
Feb. 3
Online
OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector
Feb. 3-4
Online
Time To Act: The Circular Economy Action Agenda
Feb. 4
Online
EconNet: Pro-Poor Transfers and Economic Preferences of the Rich and Poor | Imran Rasul (UCL)
Feb. 4
Online; Washington
Transforming Agricultural Innovation for People, Nature and Climate
Feb. 8
Online
Conference on Strengthening Environmental, Social, and Governance Investment Under the COVID-19 Crisis
Feb. 8-10
Online
47th Session of the Committee on World Food Security
Feb. 8-11
Online
Committee on World Food Security
Feb. 8-12
Online
Indigenous Week 2021
Feb. 8-12
Online
59th Session of the Commission for Social Development – CSocD59
Feb. 8-17
New York
4th Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator Facilitation Council Meeting
Feb. 9
Online
Mapping Together: How Local Leaders Use Collect Earth To Monitor Restoration
Feb. 9
Online
FAO/OIE/WHO Webinar: Instruments on Antimicrobial Use
Feb. 10
Online
Asian Economic Integration Report 2021 Launch
Feb. 10
Online
Webinar on Resilient Schools and Disaster Risk Reduction Education in the Southern Africa Region
Feb. 10
Online; Harare, Zimbabwe
Education for Sustainable Development and the Climate Emergency: ‘Bending the Curve for Climate Change’
Feb. 10
Online; Paris
FAO/OIE/WHO Webinar: Instruments on Antimicrobial Use
Feb. 10
Online
Decolonising Education for Sustainable Futures : Connecting Decolonial and Sustainable Futures in Education - Webinar 1
Feb. 10
Bristol, England
Network Meeting - ICT (CFT) Harnessing (OER) Project
Feb. 10
Online; Paris
The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules To Make Sense of Statistics
Feb. 10
Online
VEF Virtual Series: Industry Decarbonisation - Hard To Abate Sectors
Feb. 10
Online
Official Launch PortalCheck.org | Digital Lab PortalCheck
Feb. 11
Online; Montevideo, Uruguay
Social and Emotional Learning in and Through Education: Arriving at Common Ground
Feb. 11-12
Online; Paris
ADBI-JICA Online Training Program on Wastewater Management and City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation
Feb. 15-18
Online
Making Fragmented Aid Flows Work Better for Health
Feb. 16
Online
Online Course on Principles for Reviewing Environmental Impact Assessment
Feb. 16-March 29
Online
Expanding Labour Migration to Europe: A Multi-Stakeholder Vision
Feb. 17
Online
44th Session of the IFAD Governing Council
Feb. 17-18
Online
EconNet: Specialization, Market Access and Real Income | Andrei Levchenko (UM)
Feb. 18
Online; Washington
Policy Dialogue on Infrastructure, Technology, and Finance for Sustainable and Inclusive Development in Asia Beyond the Pandemic
Feb. 18-19
Online
COVID-19 and Informality: Effects of the Pandemic on the Labor Markets
Feb. 22
Online
Tourism in the Post-Pandemic World
Feb. 22
Online
Building Resilience to Natural Disasters
Feb. 22
Online
Opportunities for Electric Ferries in Latin America
Feb. 22
Online
MENA Tech: Resetting Digital Transformation in MENA Countries
Feb. 22
Online
Fifth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly
Feb. 22-23
Online; Nairobi, Kenya
The Second Arab Land Conference
Feb. 22-24
Online; Cairo
Fourth Global Vaccine and Immunization Research Forum (GVIRF)
Feb. 22-25
Online
From Micro to Macro: Entry Barriers, Misallocation, and Aggregate Productivity
Feb. 23
Online
Report Launch: The Innovation Imperative for Developing East Asia
Feb. 23
Online
Covid-19 and the Future of Digital Humanitarianism
Feb. 23
Online
OECD Competition Open Day
Feb. 24
Online
Bringing Private Participation in Infrastructure Back on Track
Feb. 24
Online
ADBI-Japan Railway Technical Services Virtual Policy Dialogue on the Future of High-Speed Rail Development
Feb. 24
Online
Virtual Policy Dialogue on Post COVID-19 Fiscal Instruments and Green Development
Feb. 24-26
Online
Webinar: Sovereign Debt Managers and Investors: Bridging the Gap on ESG
Feb. 25
Online
International Friends and Enemies
Feb. 25
Online
Political Economy Seminar: Prior's Rule: When Do Malfeasance Revelations Help or Hurt Incumbent Parties?
Feb. 26
Online
March
ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Anjali Adukia on Sanitation, Education, and Development
March 1
Online
Seventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development
March 1-4
Online; Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Immunization and Vaccines Related Implementation Research Advisory Committee (IVIR-AC)
March 1-5
Online
How Can HIPtool Support Priority Setting for Health Benefits Package Design?
March 2
Online
COVID-19 and Global Income Inequality
March 3
Online
VEF Virtual Series: Digitalisation
March 3
Online
Political Economy of Tax Reforms in Developing Countries
March 3
Online
Second Gender in Oil, Gas and Mining Conference: Getting to Equal in a Changing World
March 3
Online
Facilitating Remote Participatory Filmmaking in Times of Covid-19
March 3
Online
Getting to Equal in a Changing World: Second Global Gender in Oil, Gas and Mining Conference
March 3-4
Online
Regional Climate Weeks 2021: Virtual Regional Roundtables
March 3-4
Online
7th South Asia Economic Policy Network Conference on Vaccinating South Asia
March 4
Online
Better Jobs and Brighter Futures: Investing in Childcare To Build Human Capital
March 4
Online
EconNet: Integration and Competition Between Stock | Fernando Luco (Texas A&M University)
March 4
Online; Washington
7th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum
March 8-12
Online
Sisterhood and Beyond: Keeping Up Momentum on Feminist Change
March 9
Online
Maximize Your Indirect Cost Recovery
March 9-11
Online
Online Course on Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement
March 9-April 19
Online
Financing for Tech Startups
March 10
Online
Agency and Empowerment for Adolescent Girls Beyond Covid-19
March 11
Online
Bringing Everyone Along: An Inclusive Recovery in Africa
March 15
Online
Declining Competition: A Transatlantic Challenge
March 15
Online
Commission on the Status of Women [CSW] 65 2021
March 15-26
Financial Inclusion Support Framework (FISF): Learning Series
March 15-June 30
Online
Target Gender Equality LIVE
March 16
Online
Financing Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Asia and the Pacific
March 16
Online
IMF/RMTF Webinar Series on the VAT
March 16
Online
Social Protection for Economic Inclusion: Adapting the Graduation Approach in Asia and the Pacific
March 16
Online
International Financial Institutions Transport Sector Business Opportunities Seminar in South Asia (IFI BOS)
March 17
Online
Third South Pacific International Arbitration Conference
March 17
Online; Sydney
Policy Dialogue and Forum on New Governance Strategies for Urban Design
March 17
Online
ADB's Southeast Asia Development Symposium 2021: “Innovation Through Collaboration: Planning for Inclusive Post-COVID-19 Recovery”
March 17-18
Online
Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region 2021
March 17-18
Online; Geneva
Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of the IDB and IIC
March 17-21
Barranquilla, Colombia
The Evolving Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 in Four African Countries
March 18
Online
Special Seminar Co-Organized by the Government of Japan and World Bank Building Back Better:Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake
March 18
Online; Tokyo
Equilibrium Tax Rates Under Ex-Ante Heterogeneity and Income-Dependent Voting
March 18
Online; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Webinar Series: Fighting Poverty by Getting Girls and Boys To Learn
March 18
Online
World Bank Online Morning Seminar #96 “The Innovation Imperative for Developing East Asia”
March 19
Online; Tokyo
What Can We Learn From Leading COVID-19 Vaccine Programmes? An Insider Look at India, UK and UAE
March 19
Online
Water Online Week 2021
March 22-25
Online
Management Skills
March 22-25
Online
Civil Society Policy Forum
March 22-April 11
Online
Trade, Robots, and Industrial Development
March 23
Online
Supporting Teachers in the Age of the Pandemic: The World Bank Global Platform for Successful Teachers
March 23
Online
Strengthening Gender Equality in STEM: A Conversation With Countries of the MEROSUR
March 23
Online; Washington
GEF/IDB Climate Innovation Project in LAC. Lessons Learned From Fundación Bariloche on the Energy Experience
March 23
Online; Washington
2021 OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum
March 23-25
Online
Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2021
March 23-26
Online
Implementing the AfCFTA: The Need for Deepening Private Sector Engagement and Commitment
March 24
Online
Two for One: How Leveraging Small Claims Procedures Can Improve Both Judicial Efficiency and Access to Justice
March 24
Online
Tourism Resilience: Building Forward Better
March 24
Online
Oceans for Prosperity: Reforms for a Blue Economy in Indonesia (Report Launch)
March 25
Online
Making Global Goals Local Business – Georgia
March 25-26
Trajectory of Compact City Development and QII in Japan: Lessons Learned From Toyama
March 26
Online; Tokyo
Political Economy Seminar: Market Structure and Extortion | Maria Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University)
March 26
Online; Washington
World Bank Online Morning Seminar #97 “Women, Business and the Law 2021”
March 26
Online; Tokyo
Book Launch: Developing Infrastructure in Central Asia: Impacts and Financing Mechanisms
March 29
Online
How To Expand the COVID-19 Vaccine Production?
March 29
Online
Arab Regional Forum for Sustainable Development 2021
March 29-31
Online; Beirut
PARIS21 Annual Meetings 2021
March 29-April 1
Online
Virtual Conference on Fintech and COVID-19
March 30-April 1
Online
Online Course on Biodiversity in Environmental Impact Assessments
March 30-May 10
Online
Data and Design: Making Stories Visible
March 31
Online
Using Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
March 31
Online
April
IMF Inspired - Vaccinating the World
April 5
Online
Second FintechLAC Regional Event: Fintech: A Path to Recovery and Financial Inclusion
April 5-9
Online
2021 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund
April 5-11
Online
Economic Recovery: Toward a Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Future
April 6
Online
IMF Seminar: Averting a COVID-19 Debt Trap
April 6
Online
African Development Bank Group 2021 Business Opportunities Seminar
April 6-7
Online
VEF Virtual Series: Investment and Partnership Needs
April 7
Online
Rethinking Debt: Financing the Future Amid Crisis
April 7
Online
Research and Policy Seminar: On the Future of Capitalism Post Covid-19 Pandemic
April 7
Online; Washington
Argentina’s Lithium Industry and Its Role in the Global Renewable Energy Transformation
April 7
Online
11th ADBI-OECD-ILO Roundtable on Labor Migration in Asia: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Building Back Better
April 7-8
Online
ECOSOC Youth Forum 2021
April 7-8
New York
Key Green Transitions: How Systems Are Changing for People and Planet
April 8
Online
Launch of the 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report
April 8
Online; Washington
IMF Seminar: Debate on the Global Economy
April 8
Online
A Conversation With Finance Ministers of Latin America and The Caribbean
April 8
Online, Washington
Saving Without Barriers in Colombia: Lessons From the Retirement Savings Laboratory’s Interventions
April 8
Online
Saving Without Barriers: Lessons From the Retirement Savings Laboratory’s Interventions
April 8
Online
COVID-19: Vaccines for Developing Countries
April 9
Online
A Conversation With Central Bank Governors of Latin America and the Caribbean
April 9
Online; Washington
Overuse and Underuse of Acute Healthcare: Evidence From Mali
April 12
Online
Preliminary Information Sessions: ADB’s Safeguard Policy Review
April 12-20
Online
Online ADB Sanitation Dialogue 2021
April 12-22
Online
Preliminary Information Sessions: ADB’s Safeguard Policy Review
April 12-May 18
Online
VEF Virtual Series: Inclusive Infrastructure Development for Driving Low Carbon Industrialisation
April 14
Online
Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2021 With Portugal
April 14
Online
Insights From the Latest OECD Report on Digital Transformation of SMEs
April 14
Online; Washington
EconNet: Monetary Policy Communications and Their Effects On Household Inflation Expectations | Michael Weber (U.Chicago)
April 15
Online; Washington
International Symposium on Mainstreaming Quality of Life in Evaluation of Transport and Spatial Planning
April 19
Online
Webinar on Creative Economy for Sustainable Development: Potential, Challenges, and Ways Forward
April 20
Online
ADBI-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Roundtable on Sanitation and Development
April 20-21
Online
Healing a Broken World: The Power of Art for Social Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era
April 22-23
Online
Israeli Knowledge Series - Session 3: Digitalization in the Water Sector – Mitigating Cyber Risks
April 26
Online
Sixteenth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
April 26-30
New York
ADBI-OECD-ILO Report Launch: Labor Migration in Asia: Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis and the Post-Pandemic Future
April 27
Online
Green Bond Transparency Platform Launch
April 27
Online; Washington
The Finance We Need for the Future We Want: The Role of National Development Banks
April 27
Online
Green Economic Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean
April 27
Online
E2A:How Do We Break the Plateau We See in Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission?
April 27
Online
AIOS-IDB Technical Meetings: "Better Pension Systems for the Post-COVID-19 World"
April 27-28
Online
Asian Development Outlook 2021 Launch
April 28
Online
A Development Agenda for the 117th Congress: A Conversation With Congressman Joaquin Castro
April 28
Online
Immunization Agenda 2030: Equitable Health Access for All
April 28
Online
How Can We Prepare for the Next Pandemic?
April 28
Online
Improving the Resilience of U.S. Health Care Systems for Future Pandemics
April 28
Online
Creating Livable Asian Cities Book Launch and Panel Discussion
April 29
Online
The External Dimension of the EU’s Green Deal: What Role for EU Development Cooperation?
April 29
Online
Tuberculosis and Diabetes: Why Integrated Care Matters | Webinar
April 29
Online
The Climate Crisis and Humanitarian Need: Responding for the World’s Most Vulnerable Communities
April 29
UNFPA 2021 State of World Population Report Launch
April 29
Online
Road to PPP Americas: PPP, Infrastructure and Capital Markets - the Brazilian Experience
April 29
Online
Political Economy Seminar: The Impact of Diversity on Distributive Perceptions and Preferences for Redistribution
April 30
Online
The Peril and Promise of Financial Markets for Developing Countries
April 30
Online
May
ECOSOC Partnership Forum 2021
May 3
New York
ADB 54th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors
May 3-5
Online
United Nations Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goal
May 4-5
New York
6th Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals
May 4-5
Online
Global Digital Development Forum
May 5
Online
ADBI Webinar on Climate Change and Sovereign Risk (54th ADB Annual Meeting Seminar Series)
May 5
Online
Africa Knowledge in Time on COVID-19 Series
May 5-June 30
Online
EconNet: Market Power in Small Business Lending: A Two-Dimensional Bunching Approach
May 6
Online; Washington
United Nations Development Cooperation Forum 2021
May 6-7
New York
Developing and Costing a Health Benefits Plan in Practice: The Case of Honduras
May 7
Online
Building Migration Pathways at All Levels: Encouraging a Skills Mix
May 11
Online
Regional Climate Weeks 2021: Virtual Thematic Sessions for Latin America and the Caribbean
May 11-13
Online
CCIH 2021 Conference, Cultivating Unity in Global Health
May 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27
Online
VEF Virtual Series: Galvanising Political Action - Food Systems Track
May 12
Online
Lessons Learned in Telemedicine During COVID 19
May 12
Online
Assessing Rangelands for Sustainability and Carrying Capacity Workshop
May 12-June 9
Online
IDAHOTB 2021: The Face of LGBTQI Exclusion in the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 14
Online
Training on Intercultural Competencies for Youth in the Euro-Mediterranean Region
May 17
Online
Webinar: Communities of Ocean Action on Ocean Acidification
May 17
Online
Roundtable Discussion on the Futures of Sustainability and the Futures of Education
May 17
Online
UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development
May 17-19
Online
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2021
May 17-21
Online
Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
May 17-30
Online
National Workshop for the Celebration of International Museum Day and the Protection of Cultural Property in Somalia
May 18
Online; Mogadishu, Somalia
Expert Group Meetings on 2021 HLPF Thematic Review
May 18-20
Online
ADBI-Stanford University Virtual Workshop on Electricity Markets in a High-Renewables World
May 18-20
Online
REDES Launch Event: "Climate Risks and Sustainability: A Vision for Latin America and the Caribbean"
May 19
Online
ADBI-University of Cambridge Webinar on Fintech and Regulatory Innovation: Project Showcase
May 19
Online
Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement: From Research to Policy Making
May 19
Online
Rethinking Reform: Demand-Driven Humanitarian Action in the Asia Pacific
May 19
Online
National Workshop on “Ethics for Social Work: Challenges and Support Mechanism”
May 19-20
Damascus, Syria
Sub-Regional Workshop for South Asian Silk Roads Transboundary Serial Nomination, and Cultural Landscape Initiative
May 19-21
Online; Kathmandu, Nepal
Navigating the Maze of Digital Tools and Services - UNESCO-UNEVOC Webinar
May 20
Online
IberoMAB Youth Network Virtual Meeting
May 20
Online; Paris
COVID-19: What Impacts on UHC in Africa?
May 20
Online
EconNet: Zombies at Large? Corporate Debt Overhang and the Macroeconomy | Òscar Jordà (FED San Francisco)
May 20
Online; Washington
ADB Study on Industry 4.0 in Southeast Asia
May 21
Online
COVID-19 Vaccine Safety: From Bench to Bedside
May 21
Online
Revive the Spirit of Mosul - The Collateral Event at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2021
May 22-Nov. 21
Venice, Italy
11th Asia-Pacific Financial Inclusion Forum: Emerging Priorities in the COVID-19 Era
May 25
Online
Consultations in Africa for the Preparation of the Global Action Plan of the IDIL (2022-2032)
May 25-26
Online
Sixth Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention (6.MSP)
May 25-26
Online; Paris
Innovate4Climate
May 25-27
Online
Online Course on Principles for Reviewing Environmental Impact Assessment
May 25-July 5
Online
Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar 2021 With France
May 26
Online
Digital Entrepreneurship for Economic Resilience
May 26
Online
Traditional Pharmacopoeia/Medicine, Sport Values and COVID-19: A Regional Perspective
May 26
Online
Legacy of Slavery, Transgenerational Trauma and Collective Healing
May 26
Online
Restoring Livelihoods Through Culture in Yemen
May 26-27
Online
Re-Imagining the Future Education Management Information Systems - International Seminar
May 26-28
Online
Evaluating the Quality of ODA
May 27
Online
TIGN Conference 2021 | 11th Annual Conference of the LACEA Trade, Integration and Growth Network
May 27-28
Online
Pacific Consultations for the Preparation of the Global Action Plan of the International Decade of Indigenous LanguagesMay 27-28
Online
2nd Research Conference on Forced Displacement
May 28-29
Bogota, Colombia
ADBI Sessions on “Fintech and Financial Literacy” and “Digitalization, Skills, and Firm Productivity” – 8th Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Seminar on Asia and Pacific Economies
May 28-29
Online; Suzhou, China
6th Annual McGill Summer Institute
May 31-June 18
Online
June
High-Level Thematic Debate in Support of SDG14: Life Below Water
June 1
Online
Virtual Consultant Management System Workshop 2021
June 3
Online
High-Level Dialogue on Energy: Online Stakeholders Thematic Debate
June 3
Online
Week of Action
June 6-11
Online
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