Events preview: This week in development cooperation

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 Nov. 24: mHealth Summit Dec. 7-11 Washington D.C., United States South-South Cooperation on Climate Change Forum Dec. 8 Lima, Peru Why Forests? Why Now? Events at the 20th UNFCCC Conference of Parties Dec. 8 Washington D.C., United States The Governance, Corruption & Rule of Law and Private Sector Development Workgroups Present: The Mystery of Growth: Do Property Rights Programs Improve Economic Opportunity – What Have We Learned? Dec. 8 Washington D.C., United States Africa in Global Economic Governance: Nigerian and South African Perspectives Dec. 8-9 London, United Kingdom World Policy Conference Dec. 8-10 Seoul, Korea Social Safety Nets Core Course 2014 Dec. 8-19 Washington D.C., United States Launch of the Global Nutrition Report 2014 Dec. 9 Washington D.C., United States Making waves: Media’s potential for girls in the Global South Dec. 9 London, United Kingdom Winners and Losers of Globalization: Political Implications of Inequality Dec. 9 Washington D.C., United States Understanding USAID's Development Innovation Accelerator — A Discussion with Bruce McFarland Dec. 9 Washington D.C., United States Caring for Climate Business Forum: Innovation. Ambition. Collaboration Dec. 8-9 Lima, Peru Regional Aquaculture Conference 2014 Dec. 9 - 11 Puglia, Italy Substantive Informal Session for Third Financing for Development Conference Dec. 9 - 12 New York, United States Webinar: "Adaptive Management" in Aid Programs Dec. 10 Online Food Tank Webinar Series: Youth in Agriculture with Courtney Paisley Dec. 10 Online Farm Journal Forum 2014: Globally Positioned Agriculture Dec. 11 Washington D.C., United States WHO: Building resilient health systems in Ebola-affected countries Dec. 10-11 Geneva, Switzerland Skills Development in Asia and Pacific — Planting Seeds One Step AheadDec. 10-11 Manila, Philippines Sustainable Energy for All in Gambia — Validation Workshop for the National Action Agenda and Investment ProspectusDec. 10-11 Banjul, the Gambia Conference: Learning Development Lessons en route to High Income Dec. 10 Istanbul, Turkey Live Q&A: how can Africa's natural resources benefit all citizens? Dec. 11 Online Disaster Risk Management Public Seminar Series No.4 “Multilateral Cooperation for Disaster Resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean” Dec. 11 Tokyo, Japan OECD Technology Foresight Forum 2014 — The Internet of Things Dec. 11 Paris, France ILO/EC International Conference 'Competitiveness and Jobs in Europe' Dec. 12 Brussels, Belgium International events: International Anti-Corruption Day Dec. 9 Human Rights Day Dec. 10 International Mountain Day 2014 Dec. 11 Worldwide Know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to the international development community? Leave a comment below or email us at news@devex.com. Read more development aid news online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.