Webinar - Development Co-operation Report 19.06
This report is the OECD’s annual flagship report on development co-operation. For more than 50 years, the Development Co-operation Report has brought new evidence, analysis and ideas to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the international community more broadly, shaping policy reform, behaviour change and promoting best practices in development co-operation. Each year the report analyses a fresh policy issue that is timely, relevant or challenging for development co-operation policy and finance. In addition, the Development Co-operation Profiles detail aggregate and individual trends in policies, allocations and institutional set-up for a broad range of providers, including members of the OECD and its Development Assistance Committee (DAC), other countries and philanthropic foundations.
Webinar: Healthy Civic Space in a Global Health Crisis – What Role for the Business Sector?
Webinar - The Economics of Pandemics | 25 June 2020 | 10:00 AM EDT / 03:00 PM BST
Securities, are delighted to present a free webinar that will bring together industry thought leaders for a live online discussion on the global economic effects of COVID-19, the impact of various global stimulus packages, and how governments and corporates will manage soaring debts.
Corporate Council on Africa Leaders Forum - Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - Friday June 26, 2020 10:00 am (EST)
Corporate Council on Africa is pleased to host the Leaders Forum, a high-level virtual forum to bring together Heads of State, senior USG and African government officials, CEOs and private sector executives, and leaders from multilateral institutions. The Forum will take place over the course of one week and will provide an important platform and opportunity to explore various aspects of resilient U.S.-Africa business engagement that will shape and drive post-COVID-19 recovery.
Webinar: Investment screening in times of COVID-19 – and beyond
Webinar on investment screening in times of COVID-19 – and beyond
????25 June 2020, 12:30 to 14:00 (Paris time)
Governments recognise the benefits of international investment, but are paying increasing attention to occasional risk associated with foreign investment. As part of their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several governments have introduced new FDI screening mechanisms, enhanced existing ones, or accelerated policy making to fend off new or newly identified threats.
Investment screening already had a heyday before the crisis struck – the pandemic was a mere accelerator rather than the trigger of this trend. The superposition of the two waves of new measure may bring about transformational and permanent change to FDI screening policy practice – and to the way governments and societies view the benefits and risks associated with foreign investment.
Webinar - FAO Brussels Dialogue on sustaining food security and resilience in Africa in times of COVID-19
With over 60 percent of the African continent’s population in rural areas and dependent on smallholder or family farming, the risk from the COVID-19 pandemic to food supply chains, market access and nutrition is high. Lockdown measures have disrupted internal supply chains halting food production. Locust swarms continue to devastate crops in East Africa.
Webinar - EU’s new finance instruments: NDICI and democracy promotion in Sub-Saharan-Africa
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's (FES) Africa Department and EU Office cordially invite you to the second webinar in our series "What’s the offer? A new partnership between Europe and Africa". In the first webinar we discussed the ongoing renewal of the partnership between Europe and Africa and the impacts of the pandemic on it. In case you missed it, you can watch the recording here.
In 2020, the nature of the cooperation between the European Union and Africa is being negotiated and might profoundly change: a new EU-Sahel Strategy, a new EU-Africa Strategy, the EU-AU summit in autumn, the German Presidency of the Council of the EU, the development of new finance instruments – all against the background of a shaky multilateralism an the challenges posed by the corona crisis. An opportunity to raise the partnership to »a new level«? An opportunity to address not only issues such as security, migration, hunger and poverty but also sustainability, the empowerment of women and youth and fair trade?
Webinar - The Future of African Development: Levers of Support Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Wednesday 20 May 2020 | 14.30 – 15.30 BST via Zoom |
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Delphi Economic Forum V "Action with Vision"
March 5-8, 2020 / The European Cultural Centre of Delphi (E.C.C.D.), Delphi, Greece.
The Delphi Economic Forum is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working in close cooperation with civil society, public organizations, businesses and individuals. It engages business, political, academic, and other top experts in an effort to address emerging challenges, influence the national and regional agendas and promote sustainable and socially responsible growth policies for Greece, Europe and the wider Eastern Mediterranean region.
The next edition will take place in the beginning of March 2020, in Delphi, Greece. Our Secretary General; Alexandros Spachis will take part in the Forum as a guest speaker.
Registration here
Uganda-Europe Business Forum
Fostering Uganda-Europe Economic Alliance: Investements, Green Deals and Innovations
9-10 March 2020 (9 to 12:30) - Kampala, Uganda
In line with the Africa-Europe Alliance for Sustainable Investment and Jobs, the European Union in partnership with the Private Sector Foundation Uganda and the Government of Uganda are organizing the first ever Uganda-Europe Business Forum. The forum forms part of a joint initiative to facilitate collaboration between private and public actors and partnership between Ugandan and European companies, in the framework of the Sustainable Business for Uganda Platform. The event will be graced by H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of the Republic of Uganda and Ms Jutta Urpilainen, the European Commissioner for international Partnerships as well as prominent European and Ugandan public and private sector players.
The forum marks an important milestone in the roadmap towards strengthening the Uganda-EU economic alliance. This highly interactive event will provide information and working sessions on Uganda’s business enabling environment, trade and investment opportunities and funding instruments that can be used to support domestic and EU businesses. The participation to the forum will be free.
In the Uganda-Europe Business Forum, you’ll have an exceptional opportunity to;
• Meet the Decision Makers: H.E. the President, Ministers, High-Level Officials, CEOs of European and Ugandan companies.
• Grab the low hanging fruits: new opportunities for investment in Agriculture, Energy, Cities, Natural Resources and for Access to Finance.
• Build your network: setup your own B2B and B2G meetings, with the B2Match App [ ], and visits to local businesses.
• Trade with Europe: learn more about Uganda business incentives and duty-free quota-free exports to the EU.
• Discover Uganda: an island of security and economic stability in the East African Region
• Invest for the long term: be part of the Sustainable Business for Uganda Platform.
Full programme here
Register here