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One hundred days on from the High-Level Panel report

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

What do the experience of the High-Level Panel (HLP), and the responses to the HLP report, suggest for how to manage and influence the politics and process to define post-2015 goals in the coming period?

Homi Kharas - Lead Author and Executive Secretary of the Secretariat supporting the High-Level Panel on the post-2015 agenda - joins government and civil society panellists in London to share perspectives on this and gather views from participants.

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Traders work on the floor of the Ghana Stock Exchange in Accra, Ghana, June 15, 2006. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst)

What does it take to build a stable and efficient financial sector for sustained growth and structural transformation in Africa?

Event - Public event - 11 September 2013 09:30 - 11:00 (GMT+00)

The Governor of the Central Bank of Ghana joins a range of international financial sector experts to debate sustained growth and structural transformation in Africa

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North Kordofan livestock brought and traded

Sudan’s deteriorating lifeline: strategies to support livestock production and trade

Event - Public event - 9 September 2013 13:00 - 14:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

Livestock is one of Darfur’s main economic assets, making a major contribution to Sudan’s national livestock and meat exports. During ten years of conflict, Darfur's livestock trade has been badly affected. Contracting volumes of livestock brought to market and a loss of competitiveness as trading costs soar, has left the regional and national economy struggling as well as many Sudanese people who make a living in the sector.

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An ICRC delegate with a member of the SLA

Humanitarian negotiations: talking to the 'other side'

Event - Public event - 5 September 2013 13:00 - 15:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

Humanitarian negotiations are often essential to gaining access to populations in need of humanitarian assistance, but negotiating with armed non-state actors can present formidable challenges. This event will discuss the challenges and compromises involved and the resources and tools that have been developed to support more effective engagement.

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Dialogue with an opposition group and community in Darfur

Humanitarian negotiations: engaging with state and non-state actors in the midst of conflict

Event - Public event - 5 September - 6 November 2013

This event series will examine the challenges and compromises involved in humanitarian negotiations with state and non-state armed actors, how engagement affects access to populations, and what lessons can be learned.

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European launch: Public financial management and its emerging architecture

Event - Public event - 4 September 2013 12:30 - 14:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

The last two decades have seen a wave of global innovations and reforms that have fundamentally altered the way public finances are managed. This event will launch a new book from the International Monetary Fund – Public Financial Management and Its Emerging Architecture – that examines these fundamental changes.

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Leaders pose for a family photograph at the 2013 G8 Summit

After the G8: tax, trade, transparency and the Lough Erne communique

Event - Public event - 24 July 2013 16:00 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

ODI welcome Michael Anderson, Director General Policy and Global Programmes at DFID, to discuss the outcomes of the 2013 Lough Erne G8 event and the subsequent Leaders Communique.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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