Events

Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness: 2-4 September 2008, Accra, Ghana

The Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness will review progress in improving aid effectiveness, broaden the dialogue to newer actors and chart a course for continuing international action on aid effectiveness.

World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings - Washington D.C., April 2008

This year the meetings will be held over a 2-day period, from April 12 to 13, at the WB and IMF headquarters in Washington D.C. The event will consist of a series of policy dialogue sessions, which will bring together WB and IMF staff, civil society organisations representatives, and governments delegates.

UNCTAD XII: 20 - 25 April 2008 in Accra, Ghana

The twelfth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (known as UNCTAD XII) was held from 20 to 25 April 2008 at the International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana.

9th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

The 9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be held in Bonn, Germany, from 19 to 30 May 2008.

Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development - 29 November - 2 December 2008, Doha, Qatar

The Follow-up International Conference to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus will be held in Doha, Qatar, from 29 November to 2 December 2008.

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Annual Meetings - Miami, April 2008

The 49th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IDB will take place in Miami, USA, April 4-8. As in previous years, civil society representatives will actively participate in seminars and meetings with IDB staff members.

52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women - Feb. 25 - March 7

The theme of CSW 2008 was financing for gender equality, the empowerment of women and the emerging issue was gender perspectives on climate change.

World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings - Washington D.C., April 2007

This year the meetings will be held over the weekend of April 14-15 in Washington, D.C.. As in previous years, a Program of Policy Dialogues for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) will be organized between April 12-16, 2007.

World Social Forum global day of action - 26th January 2008

A Global Call for Action promoted by many international networks is asking social movements and civil society worldwide to mobilize together in the week culminating on January 26, 2008.

UN climate change conference - 3-14 December 2007, Bali

This two-week conference was the first major stage of negotiations for governments, UN agencies and organizations to come up with a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol which will expire in 2012.

6th Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court

The sixth session of the Assembly of States Parties takes place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 30 November to 14 December 2007.

World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings - Washington D.C., October 2007

The 2007 Annual Meetings of World Bank and International Monetary Fund The World Bank (WB) will be held over a 3-day period, from October 20 to 22, at the WB and IMF headquarters in Washington D.C. Civil society groups are organising events from October 18.

G8 Summit , 6-8 June 2007

From June 6 to 8, the leaders of the eight most industrialised nations (G8) met for their annual summit in Heiligendamm, Germany.

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Annual Meetings - Guatemala, March 2007

The 48th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the IDB takes place in Guatemala City, Guatemala, March 16-20, 2007.

International Conference for the abolition of foreign military bases

The International No Bases Network invites to join the International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, which will be held in Quito, Ecuador on March 5 - 9, 2007.

World Forum on Food Sovereignty - Nyéléni 2007

The World Forum on Food Sovereignty (Nyéléni 2007) takes place in Mali on 23–27 February 2007. It is organized by an alliance of social movements with the aim of reaffirming the right to food sovereignty and to begin an international drive to reverse the worldwide decline in local community production of food.

World Social Forum (WSF) 2007 - Nairobi

The seventh edition of the World Social Forum invites activists, social movements, NGO networks, coalitions and other progressive movements to gather in Africa in order to push forward the construction of alternatives to the neoliberal model that kicked off in 2001.

UN climate change conference - Nairobi 2006

Delegates meet in Nairobi, Kenya from 6 to 17 November 2006 to discuss how to push forward the international agenda on climate change.

IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings - Singapore, 14-20 September 2006

The IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings and related events will take place in Singapore from September 14-20, 2006.

International AIDS Conference - Toronto, 13-18 August 2006

The AIDS 2006 underscores the continued urgency in bringing effective HIV prevention and treatment strategies to communities the world over. Toronto Canada, 13-18 August 2006.

UN Small Arms Review Conference 2006

Representatives from governments, international and regional organizations, and civil society will meet at UN Headquarters from 26 June to 7 July 2006 to review the efforts and progress made in the combat against the illicit trade of small arms and light weapons.

World Urban Forum 2006

The World Urban Forum 2006 takes place in Vancouver, Canada, from 19 to 23 June 2006.

II World Social Forum on Migrations

To improve the conditions of displaced persons; migrants, refugees and stateless persons.

UNGASS review, 31 May - 2 June 2006, New York

From 31 May to 2 June, in New York, the United Nations Special Assembly on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) will be meeting to review progress on the Declaration of Commitment adopted in 2001.

Linking Alternatives 2: Social Encounter Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean

Vienna, Austria, May 10th to 13th, 2006 - Organised by: Europe-Latin America Bi-regional Network.

World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings - April, 2006

The World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings take place on April 22 and 23 in Washington D.C. As in previous years, a program of Policy Dialogues for accredited CSOs is organized by between April 20-24.

Brazilian Social Forum

The Brazilian Social Forum takes place in Recife, in the North-eastern state of Pernambuco from 20 to 23 April 2006. Unlike previous editions, this year's debate will be framed by four areas of dialogue although the main focus will be the Brazilian experience in the recent years.

Inter-American Development Bank Annual Meetings - April, 2006

The Forty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) will be held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, during April 3th - 5th, 2006.

4th World Water Forum - Mexico, 16-22 March 2006

Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) opposed water privatisation policies which came up at the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City held 16-22 March 2006.

8th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity

The conference was meant to debate the conservation of biological diversity, and the use of its components in a sustainable and fair way. 20-30 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil.

International conference on agrarian reform and rural development

The conference will debate the possible options for a new agricultural paradigm that would be respectful of the environment and would contribute to eradicating poverty and hunger. 7-10 March 2006, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

World Social Forum 2006 - Karachi

The 2006 edition of the World Social Forum it's a polycentric event, taking place in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

World Social Forum 2006 - Bamako

The 2006 edition of the World Social Forum it's a polycentric event, taking place in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

World Social Forum 2006 - Caracas

The 2006 edition of the World Social Forum it's a polycentric event, taking place in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

World Summit on the Information Society II - Tunis, November 2005

The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a global event aimed to improve access by all countries to information, and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote development, will take place in Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005.

World Summit on the Information Society II: 3rd Preparatory meeting - September 2005

PrepCom3 took place in Geneva from 19 to 30 September 2005 in order to prepare for the final stage of the World Summit on the Information Society.

World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings - Washington DC., September 2005

World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings will be held on September 24 and 25, 2005 in Washington DC.

10th AWID Forum - Bangkok, October 2005

On October 27-30 will be held -supported by AWID- the 10th. International Forum on Women’s Rights and Development, that is both a conference and a call to action.

Millennium +5 Summit - New York, September 2005

In September 2005, the United Nations will host a Millennium+5 Summit to evaluate the progress towards the United Nations Millennium Declaration adopted by over 150 Heads of State at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000.

Special High-level Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

Special High-level Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Monday, 18 April 2005 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

World Bank - Civil Society Global Policy Forum

The World Bank – Civil Society Global Policy Forum was held in Washington, DC on April 20 – 22, 2005.

World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund - Spring Meetings 2005

SPRING MEETINGS - World Bank-IMF hold meetings to discuss progress on the work of the Bank and Fund. This year the meetings will take place in Washington, D.C. from 16 - 17 April.

Inter-American Development Bank 2005 Annual Meeting

The Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank will hold its 46th Annual Meeting in Okinawa, Japan, April 10-12.

13th session of the Comission on Sustainable Development

Representatives from the civil society and the private sector met at the 13th session of the Comission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13) to discuss three major issues: water, sanitation, and human settlements from 11-22 April 2005.

Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference - Hong Kong 2005

The Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Hong Kong, China from 13 to 18 December 2005.

World Summit on the Information Society: 2nd Preparatory meeting

Representatives from governments, the private sector and civil society participated in the Second Preaparatory Comittee (PrepCom2) that took place in Geneva from 17 to 25 February 2005.

Financing for Development: multi-stakeholder consultations on systemic issues

The consultations (February 17-18 2005, Lima-Peru) will serve as a contribution to the United Nations 2005 High-level dialogue on Financing for Development.

News and reports from Porto Alegre 2005

Reports and news on the fifth edition of the World Social Forum (2005), held in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Global response to the Southeast Asian disaster

Up-to-date news and information on global actions to address the consequences of the earthquakes and tsunami that devastated the Southeast Asian shores on 26 December 2004.

10th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change

Held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change -COP 10- takes place form 6 to 17 December 2004.

World Forum on Agrarian Reform

Delegates from 70 countries participated in the World Forum on Agrarian Reform (WFAR), which took place in Valencia, Spain, from 5 to 8 December 2004.

World Bank-IMF 2004 Annual Meetings

The Bretton Woods institutions held this year's annual meetings in Washington DC on 2-3 October 2004.

International Conference on Hunger, Food Aid and GMOs

Attended by representatives of consumer organizations, NGOs, and policy makers from around the world, the conference took place in Maputo, Mozambique, from 14-17 July 2004.

XV International AIDS Conference

The XV International AIDS Conference will take place from 11-16 July 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand.

First Americas Social Forum

The First Americas Social Forum (ASF) took place in Quito, Ecuador, from July 25 to 30, 2004. The ASF programme is grouped in five thematic axes: The economic order, The violent face of the neo-liberal project, Power, democracy and the State, Cultures and communication and Indigenous peoples and African descendents. Gender and diversities have been transversal themes.

UNCTAD XI

The eleventh ministerial meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (known as UNCTAD XI) was held from 13-18 June, 2004, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

News and reports from Mumbai

Reports and news on the fourth edition of the World Social Forum (2004), which had been held by the first time in Asia.

 

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