Events preview: This week in development cooperation

Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting May 23: UN World Humanitarian Summit 2016 May 23-24 Istanbul, Turkey 69th World Health Assembly May 23-28 Geneva, Switzerland 2016 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank May 23-27 Lusaka, Zambia 2nd Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly May 23-27 Nairobi, Kenya How do we End Energy Poverty? May 24 Washington, D.C., United States How is Child Care Quality Measured May 24 Washington, D.C., United States Mobilizing Communities to End Violence against Women May 24 London, United Kingdom Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health May 24 London, United Kingdom Dialogue for Climate Action May 24-25 Vienna, Austria Pakistan Digital Youth Summit 2016 May 24-26 Peshawar, Pakistan Why Women are Central to Conflict Resolution and Humanitarianism May 25 London, United Kingdom How to Make Green Growth inclusive in Latin America and the Caribbean May 25 Costa Rica Fast-Tracking Social Protection to End AIDS: A Panel Discussion May 25 Geneva, Switzerland 7th Global Housing Finance Conference May 25-26 Washington, D.C., United States 5th Meeting of the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development May 25-26 Budapest, Hungary Global Carbon Market Fair and Conference May 25-27 Cologne, Germany SDGs 2030 — A Transformative Agenda for Global Health? May 26 Geneva, Switzerland Sustainable Open Innovation in Government: Practical Application in Cities and Beyond May 26 Washington, D.C., United States How can South Asia Boost its Untapped Regional Trade? May 26 Online Understanding Syria's Civil War: Revolution, Regime Resilience, and Stalemate May 26 London, United Kingdom Beyond Ottawa: The Impact of a Supreme Court Decision on Global Anti-Corruption Efforts May 26 Washington, D.C., United States Ise-Shima Summit Commemorative Event: “Dialogue with President Kim on Global Health” May 26 Tokyo, Japan First EU Africa Advocacy Day May 26 Brussels, Belgium G-7 Summit May 26-27 Ise-Shima, Japan Least Developed Country Civil Society Forum May 26-28 Antalya, Turkey 3rd Session of the Arab Forum on Sustainable Development May 29-30 Amman, Jordan Risky Routes: Energy Transit in the Middle East May 30 Doha, Qatar Beyond the Paradigm of Power: The Authority of UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies May 30 Geneva, Switzerland European Sustainable Development Week May 30-June 5 Brussels, Belgium 2016 DMF Stakeholders’ Forum: Managing a Diverse Debt Portfolio in a Volatile Global Environment May 30-31 Lusaka, Zambia Enabling Agro-Food Value Chains: A Capacity-Building Workshop May 30-31 Tokyo, Japan The Power of Parity: How Advancing Women’s Equality Can Add $12 trillion to Global Growth May 30 Manila, Philippines Immunities of International Organizations: Theory and Practice May 31 Geneva, Switzerland Sustainable Development Goal on Water: Business as Usual in Brussels? May 31 Brussels, Belgium Making Paris Happen — The Role of Fiscal Policies for a Low-Carbon, Inclusive Green Economy May 31 Brussels, Belgium Stakeholder Dialogue on De-risking: What will it Take to Safeguard Financial Inclusion? May 31-June 1 Washington, D.C., United States 2016 Fragile or Conflict-Affected Situations Rural Community-Driven Development Knowledge Exchange May 31-June 4 Seoul, South Korea OECD Forum May 31-June 1 Paris, France Civil Society Days May 31-June 1 Brussels, Belgium International celebrations International Day of UN Peacekeepers May 29 World No-Tobacco Day May 31 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.