Events preview: This week in development cooperation

This year's World Tourism Day focuses on how sustainable tourism can contribute to development. Photo by: Visit.org / CC BY-NC-ND

Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting Sept. 26:

EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

Oslo Innovation Week 2017
Sept. 25-29
Oslo, Norway

Asian Development Outlook 2017 Update - Press Conference
Sept. 26
Hong Kong, China

Ending the Rohingya crisis: what will it take?
Sept. 26
London, United Kingdom; Online

The Role of the Private Sector in Advancing Global Health
Sept. 26
Washington, D.C, United States; Online

Globalization, Environment, and Climate Change
Sept. 26-27
Tokyo, Japan

Women's Leadership: A Workshop For Young Professional Women
Sept. 26-28
Washington, D.C, United States

How are we changing humanitarian action?
Sept. 27
London, United Kingdom; Online

Malaria Control: A Critical Investment for Saving Lives in Africa
Sept. 27
Washington, D.C, United States; Online

The Role of TB Infection in TB Elimination
Sept. 27
Online

ADBI-UNESCAP Workshop: SME Financing and the Role of Development Banks in Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America
Sept. 27-28
Bangkok, Thailand

2017 EuroNGOs Conference
Sept. 27-28
Brussels, Belgium

Policy Workshop on Green Energy and Energy Security
Sept. 27-29
Vientiane, Laos

3rd Pacific Islands Climate Outlook Forum (PICOF-3)
Sept. 27-29
Tuamasaga, Samoa

2017 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit
Sept. 27-29
Washington, D.C, United States

Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa
Sept. 28
Washington, D.C, United States

Triangle Global Health 2017 Annual Conference
Sept. 28
North Carolina, United States

Health Connect South 2017
Sept. 28
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Ending Violence in Childhood: A Learning Event
Sept. 28
Washington, D.C, United States

Thirsting for Justice: Transparency and Poor People’s Struggle for Clean Water
Sept. 28
Washington, D.C, United States

Space and Productivity Conference
Sept. 28-29
Washington, D.C, United States

Global Innovation Week 2017
Sept. 28 - Oct. 6
Washington, D.C, United States

The Long-run and Gender-equalizing Impacts of Schooling Policies
Sept. 28
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MCC’s Quarterly Town Hall
Oct. 2
Washington, D.C, United States; Online

Trade after Brexit: Global Britain and developing countries
Oct. 2
Manchester, United Kingdom

Second Lateral Learning Program on Smart Grid Technologies and Implications for Inclusive Development
Oct. 2-6
Melbourne, Australia

Webinar Series: Internet of Things for Agriculture
Oct. 3
Online

Technological Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries
Oct. 3
Online

Financial Literacy and Consumer Protection in Southeast Asia
Oct. 3-4
Hanoi, Vietnam

3rd International Conference on Scaling-up Global Efforts to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights
Oct. 3-5
Stockholm, Sweden

Catalyzing an Agriculture-led Transformation for Food Security and Wealth Creation in Eurasia
Oct. 3-5
Dushanbe, Tajikistan

India Economic Summit
Oct. 4-6
New Delhi, India

INTERNATIONAL OBSERVANCES AND EVENTS

World Contraception Day
Sept. 26

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Sept. 26

World Tourism Day
Sept. 27

World Maritime Day
Sept. 28

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