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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    What's next for the Paris Agreement? The spotlight is on Bonn as the United Nations climate change conference takes place this week. Meanwhile, the World Bank hosts a conference on poverty eradication in Copenhagen and the World Economic Forum on ASEAN kicks off in Phnom Penh. Check out our preview for more.

    By Devex Editor // 09 May 2017
    Bonn Climate Change Conference May 2016. Photo by: UNclimatechange / CC BY

    Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting May 9:

    EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

    Bonn Climate Change Conference
    May 8-18
    Bonn, Germany

    Investments for Healthy Food Systems
    May 9
    Rome, Italy; Online

    How Young People Can Drive Accountability in the Era of the Sustainable Development Goals
    May 9
    Online

    Final WHA Policy Scrum & New Delegate WebinarMay 9
    Online

    2017 Shared Value Leadership Summit
    May 9-10
    New York, United States

    Sustainable Health Networks: How to Make Your Network ThriveMay 9-12
    Online

    Smart Government: Harnessing Technology for Public Good
    May 10
    San Francisco, California, United States

    Energy for Development in a Climate-Constrained World
    May 10
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Grow Asia Forum 2017
    May 10
    Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    The Young Lives Project: Measuring Learning and Educational Effectiveness in Developing Countries
    May 10
    London, United Kingdom

    Taking Lessons from HIV/AIDS: Do We Really Need More Evidence for Cash Transfers in the TB Context?
    May 10
    London, United Kingdom

    Aid & Trade London
    May 10-11
    London, United Kingdom

    World Economic Forum on ASEAN
    May 10-12
    Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Digital Development Evidence to Action Workshop for Feed the Future Implementing Partners
    May 11
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Consultation on Revisions to the Sphere Handbook: Perspective of the Humanitarian – Development Nexus
    May 11
    Washington, D.C., United States; Online

    Discussion on Priorities for Aid Effectiveness
    May 11
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Preventing the Next Pandemic: Opportunities and Challenges
    May 11
    Washington, D.C., United States; Online

    Refugees: Are Jobs the Answer?
    May 11
    London, United Kingdom; Online

    How Can Business and the Private Sector Participate in the Upcoming Ocean Conference?
    May 11
    Online

    Beyond Ideologies: China’s Experience in Confronting the Global Environmental Crisis
    May 11
    London, United Kingdom

    Resilience in an Age of Risk
    May 11-12
    London, United Kingdom

    Ending Poverty: The Road to 2030
    May 11-12
    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Boost Philanthropy in Europe – Spring of Philanthropy 2017
    May 12
    Brussels, Belgium

    Labor Policy Forum on the Future of Work
    May 12
    Tokyo, Japan

    Office Of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Shelter & Settlements Workshop
    May 12
    Arlington, Virginia, United States

    PATH's 40th Anniversary
    May 12
    Seattle, Washington, United States

    Education and Mobilities: Ideas, People and Technologies
    May 12-13
    Beijing, China

    Globalization Under Pressure
    May 13
    Oslo, Norway

    Scaling Up Agricultural Adaptation through Insurance
    May 14
    Bonn, Germany

    ICECCHH 2017: 19th International Conference on Environment, Climate Change and Human Health
    May 14-15
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    28th Meeting of ACP-EU Economic and Social Interest Groups
    May 15-16
    Brussels, Belgium

    Challenge of Change: Harnessing University Discovery, Engagement, and Learning to Achieve Food and Nutrition Security
    May 16
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Third Conference on Global Value Chains, Trade and Development
    May 19-20
    Singapore

    INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES

    Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week
    May 8-14

    International Day of Families
    May 15

    World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
    May 17

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