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Improving humanitarian action: standards, verification and compliance

Event - Public event - 17 June 2013 15:00 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

ALNAP host a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about the outcomes and findings emerging from the Joint Standards Initiative, and the SCHR Certification Review Project.

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Forthcoming events

Improving impact - do accountability mechanisms deliver results?

Event - Public event - 21 June 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

How does accountability improve results? The author and commissioning agencies of a new report, Improving Impact: do accountability mechanisms deliver results?, will present the findings from their research in Myanmar and Kenya at this ALNAP-hosted event. Join us to discuss the findings of this report which methodically investigates the effects of accountability mechanisms on the quality and results of aid.

Turning evidence into action for the post-2015 agenda

Event - Conference - 25 - 26 June 2013

A joint event between UNF and ODI, this conference will bring together some of the key individuals and institutions working on the post-2015 agenda, drawing on some of the best evidence around how progress is made and the role new global goals could play in shaping that progress.

UK launch: Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Africa report

Event - Public event - 1 July 2013 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

ODI and The World Bank, in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Economist of the Africa Region, host the launch of the Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA), 2013 Africa report.

Aiding Asia: the challenge of subnational conflict

Event - Public event - 3 July 2013 17:00 - 18:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

Subnational conflict is the most widespread, enduring and deadly form of conflict in Asia. This joint ODI-Asia Foundation event will showcase research from Burma/Myanmar, Mindanao, southern Thailand and Aceh, examining the role for international development assistance.

Clearing the rubble from destroyed building in Syria

Monitoring protection: asking the impossible?

Event - Public event - 5 July 2013 14:00 - 16:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

In today's armed conflicts, civilians bear the brunt of hostilities. Humanitarian agencies strive to improve the protection afforded to civilians, but how can they better monitor and evaluate protection programming to ensure that they best serve those in need? This event, co-hosted by the Humanitarian Policy Group and the International Committee of the Red Cross aims to understand the challenges of monitoring protecting work, and promote discussion on ways forward.

Women at a community meeting discuss the reconstruction of their village

Leadership in crises: the launch

Event - Public event - 8 July 2013 14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

Leadership is tested in times of crisis, when it is most needed. But how can leadership be fostered within aid agencies, governments and international organisations? The Humanitarian Policy Group invite you to the launch of the Centre for Post-crisis Leadership and Development (CPLD) and a discussion on the importance of leadership in humanitarian crises.

Localising aid – a challenge to the orthodoxy?

Event - Public event - 9 July 2013 16:30 - 18:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

What if much of the orthodox aid effectiveness agenda that has dominated aid discussions for a decade is misguided? And what if the calculations aid givers make when assessing risk are wrong? This event will present the findings of ODI’s Localising aid research and provide a forum to debate the latest thinking on how to make aid more effective.

Advanced course on conflict, crisis and transitions - 2013

Event - Course - 16 - 23 July 2013

The Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute and the Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York are partnering to offer an ‘Advanced Course on Conflict, Crisis and Transitions’, a week-long programme targeting mid-career and senior professionals.

Past events

Improving humanitarian action: standards, verification and compliance

Event - Public event - 17 June 2013 15:00 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

ALNAP host a unique opportunity to learn first-hand about the outcomes and findings emerging from the Joint Standards Initiative, and the SCHR Certification Review Project.

Find out more

Capital for the future: saving and investment in an interdependent world

Event - Public event - 12 June 2013 16:00 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

This ODI and World Bank event hosts the dissemination of the Bank’s Global Development Horizons 2013 report. The aim of the report titled 'Capital for the future: saving and investment in an interdependent world' is to build scenarios for the global economy with special focus given to saving and investment. Maurizio Bussolo, the lead author of the report, will present the main findings of the report, which explores patterns of investment, saving and capital flows as they are likely to evolve over the course of the next two decades.

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UK Launch: 2013 African Economic Outlook

Event - Public event - 12 June 2013 10:00 - 11:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

The All Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (Apgood), The Royal Africa Society (RAS) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) will host the UK launch of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2013. The African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2013 thematic chapter will analyse the patterns and underlying drivers of structural change in Africa in greater detail and place a special emphasis on the role of natural resources and economic diversification in this process.

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Environmental governance as a gateway to rural security, justice and poverty alleviation

Event - Workshop - 11 June 2013 14:00 - 17:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

This workshop will examine how interventions in the environmental sector can be utilised as an entry point to improve security, justice, and democratic participation of civil society in fragile states. RSVP by 7 June to wcseurope@wcs.org to guarantee a place.

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Overlooking the central Kumasi market at closing time in Kumasi, Ghana

UK launch of the European Report on Development 2013

Event - Public event - 10 June 2013 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

The authors of the European Report on Development 2013 (ERD 2013) will present some of the findings of the report, which provides a contribution to the post-2015 debate, and will put them in perspective with the recent publication of the High-Level Panel Report.

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