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 23:
World Humanitarian Summit: North and Southeast Asia regional consultations
June 23-24
Tokyo, Japan
Costs and Financing of Routine Immunization Programs and New Vaccine Introduction
June 23
Washington D.C., United States
Harnessing Africa’s Growth for Faster Poverty Reduction
June 23-24
Paris, France
PMD Pro 1 — The Essentials of Project Management
June 23-25
Washington D.C., United States
ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment
June 23-25
New York, United States
Second High-Level Meeting on Country-led Knowledge Hubs
June 23-26
Seoul, Korea
The European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
June 23-26
Hamburg, Germany
EU Sustainable Energy Week 2014
June 23-27
Brussels and across Europe
World Forest Week
June 23-27
Rome, Italy
First United Nations Environment Assembly
June 23-27
Nairobi, Kenya
Addressing Drought and Water Scarcity: Solutions for Safeguarding the Global Food System in the 21st Century
June 24
Washington D.C., United States
Growth, Inequality and Social Welfare: Cross-Country Evidence
June 24
Online
Towards a Food-Secure Haiti: Sustaining agriculture development in the Feed the Future Initiative
June 24
Washington D.C., United States
Zambia International Mining & Energy Conference and Exhibit
June 24-25
Lusaka, Zambia
Workshop: Advancing Open Contracting in Moldova
June 24-25
Chisinau, Moldova
Sub-regional Advocacy Workshop on MDGs for South-East Asia
June 24-26
Vientiane, Laos
EHMA Annual Conference 2014
June 24 - 26
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Global Partnership for Education's replenishment conference
June 25-26
Brussels, Belgium
57th UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas
June 25
Bolivar, Colombia
Subcommittee Hearing: Children Migrating from Central America: Creating a Humanitarian Crisis
June 25
Washington, D.C., United State
Performance Monitoring, What Works and What Doesn't: A Webinar Among Development Partners
June 25
Washington D.C., United States
SADC Ministers of Public Information Dialogue
June 25
Kinshasa, DRC
Job creation incentives: How to better integrate policies to create sustainable jobs
June 25
Brussels, Belgium
Youth & Volunteerism in the Peace Corps
June 25
Washington D.C., United States
Capturing Local Innovation for Change: Tapping into the Wisdom of Positive Deviants to Improve Nutrition
June 25
Online
Acting on the Call
June 25
Washington D.C., United States
Ninth meeting of the Working Group on Integrated Water Resources Management
June 25-26
Geneva, Switzerland
ADB and GIZ Joint Green Freight and Logistics Training Workshop
June 25-26
Singapore, Singapore
Third Regional Workshop on Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban Nexus
June 25-27
Vietnam, Vietnam
WTO/ESCAP Regional Workshop on Trade in Services for Asian Economies
June 25-27
Beijing, China
Media's Role in Strengthening Accountability
June 26
Online
Greening India's Growth: Costs, Valuations, and Tradeoffs
June 26
Washington D.C., United States
People-focused security and justice provision: connecting the local to the national
June 26
London, United Kingdom
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid Turns 10: What have We Learned?
June 26
Washington D.C., United States
EU resilience building workshop
June 26-27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct
June 26-27
Paris, France
PMD Pro 2 — The Effective Project Manager
26-27
Washington D.C., United States
A decade of collaborative capacity building in emergencies: what have we learnt?
June 27
London, United Kingdom
The Eurasia Region: Forgotten Landscapes and a New Conservation Frontier
June 27
Washington D.C., United States
International celebrations:
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
June 26
International day for Victims of Torture
June 26
United Nations Public Service Day
June 23
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