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UNCTAD Trade and Development Board 32nd special session
Palais des Nations Geneva, SwitzerlandThe thirty-second special session of the Trade and Development Board will start on Monday, 6 September 2021 in hybrid format. The session will open at 10 a.m. in room XVIII of the Palais des Nations, Geneva. The provisional agenda for the session, together with the secretariat’s annotations thereto, will be contained in document TD/B(S-XXXII)/1. Nominations
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World Bank + IMF Annual Meetings
Washington, DC DC, United StatesThe 2021 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund will take place from Monday, October 11, through Sunday, October 17. All public and by-invitation-only events—including the Program of Seminars and other public events, ministerial meetings, CSO engagements, and press conferences—will be virtual and accessible on World Bank digital platforms. To accommodate
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Revisiting Financing for Development
worldwide/virtualIn preparing to mark the 20th anniversary of the first United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development held in Monterrey, Mexico in March 2002, a process that promised so much, it is only prudent to reflect on the history of the Financing for Development (FfD) processes, especially considering the negative impact of the COVID-19
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Enhancing MDBs as Catalyzers of Private Finance
worldwide/virtual2022 FfD Forum side event: Enhancing MDBs as catalyzers of private finance Wednesday, 27 April, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm (EDT) This event is being held as part of the programme for the SDG Investment Fair. For registration, please visit this link. For more information about the Fair, visit https://www.un.org/development/desa/financing/events/april-2022-sdg-investment-fair. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information on
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Sustainable and resilient transport and trade facilitation in times of pandemic and beyond: Key challenges and opportunities
worldwide/virtualMulti-year Expert Meeting on Transport, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation Sustainable and resilient transport and trade facilitation in times of pandemic and beyond: Key challenges and opportunities Geneva, 12–14 July 2022 The ninth session of the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation will be held from 12 to 14 July 2022
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Parents’ Role in Fostering the Financial Literacy of Their Children
worldwide/virtualThe NGO Committee on the Family invites you to join their first fall event of the year, in which attendees will hear from Susan Beacham and a New York banker about educating parents on how to raise financially responsible children. This event will be held virtually via Zoom. Register here! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: The NGO
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NGO Committee on Financing for Development regular monthly meeting
Hybrid | New York | Virtual New York, NY, United StatesJoin the NGO Committee on Financing for Development for their regular monthly meeting on November 4 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm EST at the Baha'i International Community Office at 866 UN Plaza, with Zoom access capabilities for those who are unable to attend in person. As the conference room can accommodate up to 25 participants,
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Open Forum on CSW67
worldwide/virtualJoin the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/NY on Wednesday, November 16, at 9am to learn more about CSW67, coming up in March 2023! We'll address the following during the Open Forum: CSW67 priority and review themes; Overview of the UN CSW process; Ways to participate in the NGO CSW67 Forum and the different
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State of Big Tech: Dismantling Digital Enclosures
worldwide/virtualIT for Change invites you to the State of Big Tech Dialogue, an online panel discussion to mark the launch of our upcoming report, State of Big Tech: Dismantling Digital Enclosures on the 21st of November, from 7:00- 9:00 PM IST / 2:30 to 4:30 PM CET / 8:30 to 10:30 AM EST. We invite
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2022 SDG Investment Fair
worldwide/virtualIt’s not too late to register to the December 2022 SDG Investment Fair! The upcoming edition of the Fair is going to be held virtually on 1-2 December and offers a chance to hear from projects teams in Ethiopia, Armenia, Eswatini, and Malawi pitching bankable SDG-aligned projects in hydropower, sustainable agriculture, telecommunications and more. The Fair also features exciting panel discussions
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