Events preview: This week in development cooperation

Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting March 15: 2016 Women’s Empowerment Principles Annual Event March 15 New York, United States Better Together? Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Multi-Sector Partnerships March 15 Washington, D.C., United States Tobacco Taxes in China: Impacts on Smokers’ Health and Finances March 15 Washington, D.C., United States Global Health Advocacy: Demanding Clean-Up of War Contamination March 15 London, United Kingdom Five Years On, What Next for Syria? March 15 London, United Kingdom From Homs to Hamburg: Refugee Movements from Syria to Europe and Beyond March 15 Washington, D.C., United States Research and Knowledge at DFID: What Role for Evidence in the New Aid Strategy? March 15 London, United Kingdom Annual Consultation Meeting for Financing Partnership Facilities 2016 March 15-16 Manila, Philippines Women's Empowerment Principles Annual Event March 15-16 New York, United States 7th ADB Business Opportunities Fair 2016 March 15-16 Manila, Philippines Food Loss Reduction Strategy Development in Favor of Smallholder Producers in Africa Phase 1: Regional Validation Workshop March 15-17 Harare, Zimbabwe Alternative Partnerships in the Water Sector March 15-18 Tokyo, Japan 27th Meeting of the Adaptation Fund Board March 15-18 Bonn, Germany Seminar on the World Development Report 2016 March 16 Beijing, China Gender Equality: The Basis for Sustainable Infrastructure and Services March 16 New York, United States Expanding Productive Capacity for Achieving the SDGs March 16 New York, United States How Will You Join Rural Women in Implementing the SDGs? March 16 New York, United States Habitat III Regional Meeting March 16-18 Prague, Czech Republic Disaster Relief Asia March 16-18 Bangkok, Thailand UN Global Compact Event on Innovative Partnerships Enabling Green and Gender Inclusive Growth March 17 New York, United States SDGs in Asia and Europe: Localizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development March 17 Bucharest, Romania Disaster Risk Management Seminar No.8 "Building Regulation for Resilience: Managing Risks for Safer Cities" March 17 Tokyo, Japan Forum on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Policy Frameworks for Myanmar March 17 Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Korea Launch of the 2016 World Development Report ‘Digital Dividends’ March 18 Seoul, South Korea Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth 2016 March 21 Brussels, Belgium Panel Discussion: “Addressing the Labour Market Impacts of Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced People” March 21 Geneva, Switzerland Women and Land: Localizing the 2030 Agenda March 21 New York, United States Women, Water and Farming March 21 London, United Kingdom Africa CEO Forum March 21-22 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 9th Meeting of Asia Solar Energy Forum (9th ASEF) March 21-23 Beijing, China Training-of-Trainer / Capacity Building Workshop on Public-private Partnerships March 21-25 Bangkok, Thailand Forum for the Future of Agriculture March 22 Brussels, Belgium The Economics of Public-Private Partnerships March 22 Washington, D.C., United States Workshop: Sustainable Development Goals and Trade: Achieving Win–WinsMarch 22-23 Dhaka, Bangladesh Roundtable: Capital Market and Financial Reform in Asia March 22-23 Tokyo, Japan The Impact of Syrian Refugees on the Turkish Labor Market March 23 Washington, D.C., United States Supporting Economic Development: Learning from Success March 23 London, United Kingdom International observances International Day of Forests 2016 March 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 21 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.