Thursday,
December
1,
2005.
08.30am
- Coffee and Registration; 09.00-10.00am -
Presentation
OECD Breakfast Series: OECD Assists in Drawing Investment to the
Middle East, North Africa. Presentation by Rainer Geiger,
OECD Deputy Director for Financial and Enterprise Affairs. OECD
Washington Center, 2001 L Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC
20036. 202-785-6323
Thursday, December 1, 2005. 10:00 AM
IMF
Regular press briefing by Thomas C. Dawson, Director of External
Relations. R-710, IMF Headquarters.
Thursday,
December 1, 2005.
11:00am-12:30pm
Wikipedia and Global Development. Peter G. Peterson
Conference Center, Institute for International Economics, 1750
Massachusetts Ave., NW. Featured Speaker: Jimmy “Jimbo” Wales,
Founder of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia
Thursday,
December 1, 2005. 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Challenges of Attaining the UN Millennium Development Goals in
Africa.
Lecture and Discussion with Dr.
John
Kakonge, Associate Research Scholar at Yale University and former UN
Ambassador to The Gambia. Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs
Center, Howard University, Washington, DC. Contact: Sheba Aisha Kane
(202)238 2354. For more information:
http://africaaction.org/events/index.php
Thursday, December 1, 2005. 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
World AIDS Day: "Pills, Profits, Protest" Film & Discussion. TransAfrica Forum, 1426
21st Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20036
Thursday, December 1, 2005. 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Cuba and Global AIDS: Fighting the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa--Cuba
Can Help the World.
American Medical Student Association & the Pan-African Liberation
Organization. Howard University, 1st Floor Conference Room,
Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center, 2218 6th street NW,
Washington DC. Speaker: Ines Fors, 1st Secretary of the Cuban
Interests Section. For more information, contact:
bshango@yahoo.com
Friday, December 2, 2005.
12:00pm
- 2:00pm
Seven Revolutions Project: Looking Ahead at the Key Challenges We
Face through 2025.
Society for International Development.
Friday, December 2, 2005. 2:00 p.m.-
4:00 p.m.
Live Webcast: Urbanization and Health in Developing World Cities.
Trudy Harpham, Professor of Urban Development and Policy at
London South Bank University and Victor Barbiero, Chief,
Implementation Support Division, USAID Office of HIV/AIDS.
Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars
Friday, December 2, 2005.
12:30 p.m.
Engaging Repressive Regimes in the Struggle for Human Rights. International Development Program, SAIS.
Rome
Building
200, SAIS, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Margarita Assenova, executive director of the Institute for New
Democracies, will discuss this topic. For more information, contact
Reyna Truscott at 202.663.5929.
Friday, December 2,
2005. 6PM - 9PM
Kabissa - Space for Change in Africa's
Annual Holiday Party with live music from the RIVER
NILE BAND. More information at:
www.kabissa.org/2005evite
Friday,
December 2, 2005. 7 PM
- 9 PM
afrikafé International First Friday. Social
Networking.
Featuring:
KUKUWA NUAMAH: Dancer (GHANA).
Bossa Bistro & Lounge (Adams
Morgan), 2463 18th St. NW, Washington, DC. FREE; Complimentary Hors
D'Oeuvres - Cash Bar. Dress: Casual. Contact:
events@afrikafe.com; No need to RSVP. More information: