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 Dec. 14: Corruption in Fragile States: The Development Challenge Dec. 14 Washington, D.C., United States OECD Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum Dec. 14-15 Paris, France Tackling Child Labour in the Supply Chain Dec. 14-15 Geneva, Switzerland Promoting Safe and Sustainable Supply Chains: Experiences from the Garment Sector in Bangladesh Dec. 15 Online Third Suspension and Debarment Colloquium 2015 Dec. 16 Washington, D.C., United States Poverty and Exclusion among Indigenous Peoples: What is the Global Evidence? Dec. 16 Online Workshop: Surviving in a Non-profit Dec. 16 Geneva, Switzerland First Global Forum on Green Economy Learning Dec. 16-18 Paris, France People: Part of the Malaria Control Problem or the Solution? Dec. 17 London, United Kingdom Water in the Syrian Conflict: In- and Post-Conflict Challenges Dec. 17 Geneva, Switzerland A Universal Declaration of Rights of Nature? Dec. 17 Geneva, Switzerland 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Prospects of WMO Dec. 17 Geneva, Switzerland La diaspora africaine en Suisse: quelles dynamiques ? Quel rôle pour le Programme de développement 2030 de l’ONU? Dec. 17 Geneva, Switzerland Financing Asia’s Green Transformation Dec. 18 Tokyo, Japan International celebrations International Migrants Day Dec. 18 International Human Solidarity Day Dec. 20 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.