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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    Water is this week's theme with the World Water Congress opening in Cancun and the U.N. Ocean Conference happening in New York. Also upcoming are the SID-Washington Annual Conference, the OECD Forum and the European Development Days. Check out our preview for more.

    By Devex Editor // 30 May 2017
    A view of the preparatory meeting for the United Nations Ocean Conference in New York. Photo by: Manuel Elias / U.N.

    Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting May 30:

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    EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

    16th World Water Congress
    May 29 - June 3
    Cancun, Mexico

    International Conference on the IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme: Sixty Years and Beyond — Contributing to Development
    May 30 - June 1
    Vienna, Austria

    Uganda Open Day
    May 30
    Kampala, Uganda

    Science to Deliver Adaptation and Mitigation in East African Agriculture
    May 30
    Nairobi, Kenya

    Save the Date: PSLO Mission to Washington, DC
    May 30 - June 2
    Washington, D.C., United States

    UK General Election: Priorities for International Development
    May 31
    London, United Kingdom

    2017 Summit: Governance of Transport
    May 31 - June 2
    Leipzig , Germany

    2017 EFC AGA and Conference
    May 31 - June 2
    Warsaw, Poland

    17th Annual International Conference on Policy Challenges for the Financial Sector
    May 31 - June 2
    Washington, D.C., United States

    23rd Annual National Conference Strengthening Communities for Refugees in a Changing Environment

    May 31 - June 2
    Washington, D.C., United States

    2017 SID-Washington Annual Conference
    June 1
    Washington, D.C., United States

    WeRobotics Global 2017
    June 1
    New York, United States

    Shrinking Dictators: How Much Economic Growth Can We Attribute to National Leaders?
    June 1
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    The Annual Bank Conference on Africa: The Challenges and Opportunities of Transforming African Agriculture
    June 1-2
    Berkeley, California, United States

    IoT Tech Expo Europe
    June 1-2
    Berlin, Germany

    Future of the Paris Climate Agreement
    June 5
    London, United Kingdom

    Asia Clean Energy Forum 2017
    June 5-8
    Manila, Philippines

    United Nations Ocean Conference
    June 5-9
    New York, United States

    2017 International Labour Conference
    June 5-17
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Medicines for Africa (MFA) Breakfast Discussion
    June 6
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Food Security and Nutrition in an Urbanizing World
    June 6
    Brussels, Belgium

    Symposium on the Ethics of Help: Creating Global Ambassadors for Patient Safety
    June 6-8
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

    OECD Forum
    June 6-7
    Paris, France

    Drought resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
    June 6 - July 13
    Bonn, Germany

    OECD Ministerial Council Meeting
    June 7-8
    Paris, France

    European Development Days
    June 7-8
    Brussels, Belgium

    INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES

    World No Tobacco Day
    May 31

    World Environment Day
    June 5

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