Events preview: This week in development cooperation

Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting April 5: What Works in Promoting Women-Led SMEs? April 5 Washington, D.C., United States Collective Advocacy in Action: Women and Girls Raise Their Voices April 5 Washington, D.C., United States Stakeholder Forum to Implement the Africa‐EU R&I Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture April 5-6 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals: Are the SDGs Good News for Women? April 6 Geneva, Switzerland Third International Symposium: Perspectives on ICT4D April 6 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Are EU Climate Policies up to the Challenge of Decarbonizing Europe? April 6 Online Military Costs versus Humanitarian Needs April 6 Geneva, Switzerland Gender Perspectives in Preventing Violent Extremism: A Conversation with Carol Bellamy April 6 Geneva, Switzerland The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation April 6 Washington, D.C., United States 2nd Meeting of the European Migration Forum April 6-7 Brussels, Belgium The Local Impact of Mining on Poverty and Inequality April 7 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Securing Development in Insecure Places April 7 Washington, D.C., United States Are Humanitarian Responses Inclusive of People with Disabilities? April 7 London, United Kingdom Sustainable Built Environment 2016: “Transition Zero” April 7-8 Utrecht, The Netherlands Asia-Pacific Forum on Financial Inclusion: Financial Inclusion in a Digital Age April 7-8 Tokyo, Japan Africa in the 21st Century: Prospects for Secure Sustainable Development April 8 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Geneva Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism — The Way Forward April 8 Geneva, Switzerland Workshop: The Next Frontier in Housing April 8 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Global Parliamentary Conference April 10-12 Washington, D.C., United States Egypt’s Human Rights Crisis and Western Foreign Policy: What Price Stability? April 11 London, United Kingdom Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia April 11-12 Rajasthan, India Civil Society Policy Forum April 11-15 Washington, D.C., United States Humanitarian Response in Crisis April 12 London, United Kingdom and online Webinar: Beyond SDG Indicators April 12 Online Made in Africa: Toward an Industrialization Strategy for the Continent April 12 Washington, D.C., United States Youth Transforming Africa April 12 Washington, D.C., United States Innovations to Prevent Gender-Based Violence: Building Evidence for Effective Solutions April 12 Washington, D.C., United States Moving from Evidence to Action: Integration, Setting and Scale April 12 London, United Kingdom Starting Strong: The First 1000 Days of the SDGs — African Regional Dialogue April 12 Nairobi, Kenya Beyond the ‘Refugee Crisis’: Mobility Patterns and Asylum Regimes in Europe April 12 Geneva, Switzerland Profits and Sustainability. The Historical Evolution of Green Entrepreneurship April 12 Geneva, Switzerland Links between Natural Disasters, Climate Change and Migration April 12 Geneva, Switzerland Energy for Economic Prosperity: A Conversation with Donald Kaberuka and the Energy Access Targets Working Group April 12 Washington, D.C., United States ARE-RECP Off-Grid Investment Forum April 12-13 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Agricultural Research for Rural Prosperity: Rethinking the Pathways April 12-14 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia International celebrations World Health Day April 7 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.