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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    The UN World Data Forum and SOCAP are underway and Devex is on the ground. Stay tuned for our coverage, and check out our preview for more noteworthy events.

    By Devex Editor // 23 October 2018
    Photo by: Devex

    FEATURED EVENT

    Prescription for Progress: The essential role of partnerships in strengthening health systems
    Oct. 30
    San Francisco, United States; Online

    This event will convene 100 influential stakeholders including researchers, technologists, investors, donors, NGO leaders, and more. Together, we'll get to the root of the issues from how to make global health innovations scalable to how to generate investment in health systems. The event will provide a platform for a range of actors to explore and form the kinds of partnerships that will be needed to bridge the divide between health innovations in Silicon Valley and health needs globally. Register here to watch the livestream.

    EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

    UN World Data Forum 2018
    Oct. 22-24
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    Follow Lisa Cornish for updates

    SOCAP18
    Oct. 23-26
    San Francisco, United States
    Follow Catherine Cheney for updates

    DIME Seminar: The Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Urban Transit Infrastructure: Evidence from Bogotá's Transmilenio
    Oct. 23
    Washington, D.C., United States

    This week’s online events and webinars:

    ► Gendered Language

    ► Launch of the Asian Economic Integration Report 2018

    ► The Rohingya crisis: voices from the field

    ► Africa's economic growth in a new global context

    ► Global Financing Facility Replenishment: Communications Briefing for Partners

    ► Lessons from the Field: How to Pursue a Career in Global Health

    ► Ebola Then and Now: Lessons to Reshape Our Strategies Amidst New Outbreaks

    ► WHO’s First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health

    Gendered Language
    Oct. 23
    Washington, D.C., United States; Online
    Watch online here.

    Launch of the Asian Economic Integration Report 2018
    Oct. 23
    Singapore; Online

    Watch online here.

    Fourth Forum on Successful Project Design and Implementation
    Oct. 23-25
    Manila, Philippines

    The Rohingya crisis: voices from the field
    Oct. 24
    London, United Kingdom; Online

    Africa's economic growth in a new global context
    Oct. 24
    London, United Kingdom; Online

    Global Financing Facility Replenishment: Communications Briefing for Partners
    Oct. 24
    Online

    3rd ASEAN Public Procurement Knowledge Exchange (APPKE) Forum
    Oct. 24-25
    Bali, Indonesia

    Global Compact on Migration: from political to practical
    Oct 24-26
    West Sussex, England

    Towards Zero Hearing Loss: Access to New TB Drugs and the Human Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific Progress
    Oct. 25
    The Hague, Netherlands

    Lessons from the Field: How to Pursue a Career in Global Health
    Oct. 25
    Online

    Global Conference on Primary Health Care
    Oct. 25-26
    Astana, Kazakhstan

    Four-way summit on Syria (Russia, Germany, Turkey, and France)
    Oct. 27
    Istanbul, Turkey

    ASTMH 67th Annual Meeting
    Oct. 28-Nov. 1
    New Orleans, United States

    Ebola Then and Now: Lessons to Reshape Our Strategies Amidst New Outbreaks
    Oct. 29
    Washington, D.C., United States; Online

    How Digital Innovation Can Help Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Access Finance in Asia
    Oct. 29-30
    Bangkok, Thailand

    Quality of Care: An Essential Pillar to Achieve Universal Health Coverage for Women, Children, and Adolescents
    Oct. 30 (English) Oct. 31 (French)
    Online

    ACFID National Conference
    Oct. 30-31
    Sydney, Australia

    WHO’s First Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health
    Oct. 30-Nov. 1
    Geneva, Switzerland; Online

    INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATIONS

    World Polio Day
    Oct. 24

    United Nations Day
    Oct. 24

    World Development Information Day
    Oct. 24

    World Cities Day
    Oct. 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.

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