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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    In Brussels, World leaders will converge for the G-7 Summit in Brussels. Several events will also mark World Environment Day, including a ministerial climate change conference in Bonn.

    By Devex Editor // 02 June 2014
    Members of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operations in Darfur plant trees outside their headquarters in El Fasher, Sudan, to mark last year’s World Environment Day. The annual celebration is held June 5. Photo by: Albert González Farran / U.N.

    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 June 2:

    Toward universal health care: Lessons from Latin America on health benefits plans
    June 2
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Climate Finance and Investment Forum in West Africa
    June 2-3
    Togo, Africa

    Youth Forum
    June 2-3
    New York, United States        

    WEF Japan Meeting 2014
    June 2-3
    Tokyo, Japan    

    ABCDE 2014
    June 2-3
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Legal Leaks training for journalists: Access to information and accountability
    June 2-3
    Pristina, Serbia

    2014 Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management
    June 2-4
    Suva, Fiji

    Micronutrient Forum Global Conference
    June 2-6
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia         

    Financing a transformative post-2015 agenda: How does infrastructure finance fit in?
    June 3
    Athens, Greece                    

    Enter the Dragon: Assessing risks from China’s financial sector for Latin America
    June 3
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Transition in Yemen: What role for humanitarian action?
    June 3
    London, United Kingdom

    Stronger SMEs for shared prosperity: Developing sustainable financial reporting frameworks in Europe and Central Asia
    June 3
    Vienna, Austria  

    MRV GHG emissions under existing and developing carbon pricing mechanisms
    June 3
    Bonn, Germany

    New Environmentalism Summit
    June 3
    Brussels, Belgium        

    4th Annual LCIRAH Research Conference: Agri-food policy and governance for nutrition and health
    June 3-4
    London, United Kingdom

    Green Week 2014: Circular economy, resource efficiency, and waste
    June 3-5
    Brussels, Belgium

    UNGA dialogue 3 on technology transfer mechanism
    June 4
    New York, United States                    

    Nansen Initiative consultation: Regional dynamics of human mobility in West Africa 
    June 4
    Bonn, Germany                    

    18th Annual Humanitarian HR Europe Conference
    June 4-5
    Budapest, Hungary                    

    G-7 Summit
    June 4-5
    Brussels, Belgium

    ASEM Manila Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
    June 4-6
    Manila, Philippines

    First Annual Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Forum
    June 4-6
    New York, United States                    

    2014 Tech4Dev International Conference
    June 4-6
    Lausanne, Switzerland                    

    Bonn Climate Change Conference
    June 4-15
    Bonn, Germany

    What is the future of ICT in Myanmar
    June 5
    Washington, D.C., United States

    The impact of educational technology on teaching and learning
    June 5
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Pathways to progress in health: Lessons from leading performers
    June 5
    London, United Kingdom                    

    Gender equality and inequality in rural India
    June 5
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Feed the Future and innovATE: Innovation for agricultural training and education
    June 5
    ‎University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

    Launch of the Networks of Mediterranean Youth: NET-MED Youth ProjectJune 5
    Paris, France

    Help yourself! Food rights and responsibilities: Year two findings from ‘Life in a time of food price volatility’
    June 5
    Dublin, Ireland  

    Civil society forum on ILO Domestic Workers’ Convention
    June 5-6
    Bangkok, Thailand

    Second Annual Conference on Legislative Drafting and Law Reform
    June 5-6
    Washington, D.C., United States

    2nd World Summit of Legislators
    June 6-8
    Mexico, Mexico

    The ecosystem architect: Growing economies through entrepreneurship and innovation
    June 7
    Washington D.C., United States

    Second Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Conference
    June 7-9
    Beijing, China

    International celebrations

    International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
    June 4

    World Environment Day
    June 5

    Elections

    Syria presidential election
    June 3

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