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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    There are currently 65.6 million people displaced worldwide, according to the United Nations refugee agency. On World Refugee Day, UNHCR has launched a petition to urge world leaders and the global development community to improve the lives of refugees.

    By Devex Editor // 20 June 2017
    Daily life in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Photo by: Dominic Chavez / World Bank / CC BY-NC-ND

    Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting June 20:

    EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

    International Forum on Women and Trade
    June 20
    Brussels, Belgium

    Eurodad International Conference
    June 20-22
    The Hague, The Netherlands

    InterAction Forum
    June 20-22
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Conference on Civil Society and Philanthropy in Africa: Contexts, Contradictions and Possibilities
    June 21
    Accra, Ghana

    High-level Conference on Migration Management
    June 21
    Brussels, Belgium

    Is Caring in Crisis? Humanitarian Crises, Public Engagement and NGOS
    June 21
    London, United Kingdom

    Food and Water Security Workshop
    June 21
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Data and Trends: Financing to Meet Needs
    June 21
    Geneva, Switzerland

    ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment
    June 21-23
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Improving Local Governance and Service Delivery
    June 22
    London, United Kingdom

    Building Resilience for Africa’s Urban Future
    June 22
    London, United Kingdom

    Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees
    June 22-23
    Kampala, Uganda

    Smart Cities Forum to Explore Role of Youth in Future Development
    June 22

    Washington, D.C., United States

    Entrepreneurship and African Industrialization
    June 26
    London, United Kingdom

    Property, Dispossession and Human Rights in South Africa
    June 27
    London, United Kingdom

    World Bank-JICA Seminar: SDGs and Independent Living of Persons with Disabilities
    June 27
    Tokyo, Japan

    Land and Climate: Time to Act!
    June 27-28
    Strasbourg, France

    WEF Annual Meeting of the New Champions
    June 27-29
    Dalian, China

    Mobile World Congress Shanghai
    June 28 - July 1
    Shanghai, China

    INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES

    World Refugee Day
    June 20

    United Nations Public Service Day
    June 23

    International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
    June 26

    International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
    June 26

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