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    Events preview: This week in development cooperation

    A number of events on labor and food security are taking place this week. Check out the preview for more events in the coming days.

    By Devex Editor // 07 May 2019
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    FEATURED EVENTS

    Governance for Good: A conversation with Henriette Kolb
    May 9, 9 a.m. ET
    Online

    This event, underwritten by Pact, will feature a high-level interview between Devex Senior Reporter Adva Saldinger and Henriette Kolb, head of the Gender Secretariat at IFC. The conversation will take a deep dive into how development actors can support the enabling environments needed for women to thrive.

    Funding Insights: Nutrition at USAID
    May 14
    Online

    What do organizations need to know in order to partner on USAID nutrition-related programs? What’s the vision for procurement and integrated programming under USAID nutrition programs? Sign up for our webinar for more on how Devex can help your organization identify nutrition-related funding opportunities.

    EVENTS IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS

    Online events:

    ► Funding Insights: Nutrition at USAID

    ► Building Resilience through Financial Inclusion: A Review of Existing Evidence and Knowledge Gaps

    ► Power, Politics, and Governance in the Food System: Applications to Africa 

    ► OECD Skills Outlook 2019

    First North American Dialogue on Biocultural Diversity
    May 5-8
    Montreal, Canada

    14th Session of the UN Forum on Forests
    May 6-10
    New York, United States

    Moving for Prosperity: Global Migration and Labor Markets
    May 7
    Washington, D.C., United States

    Power, Politics, and Governance in the Food System: Applications to Africa
    May 8
    Online

    A Wrong Inflicted: Mass Starvation in the 21st Century
    May 8
    Washington, D.C., United States

    World Conference on Forests for Public Health
    May 8-11
    Athens, Greece

    49th Session of the IPCC
    May 8-12
    Kyoto, Japan

    Building Resilience through Financial Inclusion: A Review of Existing Evidence and Knowledge Gaps
    May 9
    Washington, D.C., United States; Online

    OECD Skills Outlook 2019
    May 9
    Online

    Addressing the hidden dimensions of poverty: International Conference
    May 10
    Paris, France

    G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting
    May 11-12
    Niigata, Japan

    SiDRR Conference 2019
    May 11-12
    Beijing, China

    UNESCO International Water Conference
    May 13-14
    Paris, France

    Science and Policy Forum for Implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
    May 13-14
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019
    May 13-17
    Geneva, Switzerland

    Innovate Rights: New Thinking on Business and Human Rights 2019
    May 14-16
    Sydney, Australia

    WEF Industry Strategy Meeting
    May 15-16
    Geneva, Switzerland

    INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATIONS AND OBSERVANCES

    Global Road Safety Week
    May 6-12

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