January 3, 2006 - January 10, 2006

Darfur Protest at Sudanese Embassy. A group of students from the Wesleyan chapter of STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) will rally outside the Sudanese Embassy from 11am until 3pm each day to condemn the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Outside the Sudanese Embassy, 2210 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Contact: Hannan Braun 301-325 1339.

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January 4, 2006 - January 27, 2006

Darfur "Children's Drawings" Exhibit at United Methodist Building. Africa Action's exhibit of drawings from child survivors of the genocide in Darfur is on display at universities, organizations and other venues around the Washington, DC area. Come see the exhibit at the United Methodist Building from January 4 - 27! For more information on the exhibit click here. United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Contact: Marie Clarke Brill mobilize@africaaction.org 202-546 7961.

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Thursday, January 05, 2006. 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Live Webcast/Book Launch -- Crafting Peace: Strategies to Deal with Warlords in Collapsing States. A discussion featuring author Sasha Lezhnev, Program Officer at the Northern Uganda Peace Initiative, with discussant William Zartman, Director of Conflict Resolution at School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. William Milam, Senior Policy Scholar will serve as moderator. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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Monday, January 09, 2006. 02:00 - 04:00 PM.

Debrief on Results from the WTO Trade Ministerial. For more information, contact: Pamela Sparr, psparr@interaction.org; InterAction, 1717 Massachusetts Ave NW, Ste 701, Washington, DC. Sponsored by InterAction, the Inter-Faith Network on Trade and ONE: the Campaign to Make Poverty History.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006. 08.30am Coffee; 09-10.00am Presentation
OECD Breakfast Series with US Ambassador to the OECD Constance A. Morella: The OECD in the 21st Century: A Catalyst for Global Economic Growth. Discussant will be Ambassador Alan Larson, Senior Advisor, Covington & Burling. Rayburn House Office Building, Room B-338, Washington DC.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2006. 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m

Annual Energy Outlook 2006. CSIS Energy Program is pleased to host Guy Caruso, Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, to discuss the new Annual Energy Outlook 2006. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington DC, 20006. CSIS B1 Conference Level, Room B

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006. 12:00p.m. - 2:00p.m.

Twilight of Free Trade Idols: Hammering Smith, Ricardo, Heckscher-Ohlin, and Samuelson.  New Rules for Global Finance Coalition and the Financial Policy Forum. A presentation on what is wrong with the economic theory of free trade, how these errors overlook or assume away some of the more important economic consequences of international trade, and how it has left the public policy debt all the worse for it. Location: Institute for Policy Studies 1112 16th St. NW, Suite 600 -- between L and M Streets -- near Farragut West and Farragut North metro stops. Randall Dodd, Director, Financial Policy Forum, 1660 L Street, NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036. 202.533.2588. www.financialpolicy.org

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Wednesday, January 11, 2006. 12:00p.m. - 2:00p.m.

An Overview of the International Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning. Society for International Development (SID-W)--Development Information Workgroup (SID/DIW). Join Forest W. Horton, Jr. ("Woody"), Barbara Cambridge, and Barbie Keiser as they summarize international efforts to develop information literacy skills in emerging nations, including the recent High-level Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt and other efforts being conducted under UNESCO's Information for All Programme (IFAP). Conference Room, Development Information Center (DIC), 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 300 South, Washington DC. Metro: Metro Center, Federal Triangle or Archives-Navy Memorial. Contact: No RSVP necessary

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Thursday, January 12, 2006. 10:00 AM

IMF Regular press briefing by Thomas C. Dawson, Director of External Relations. R-710, IMF Headquarters.

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Thursday, January 12, 2006, 12:00 pm
Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War. Cato Book Forum

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Thursday, January 12, 2006. 3-5 pm

Trade-Finance Linkages: Charting the Post-Hong Kong Agenda. The International Working Group on Trade-Finance Linkages. Venue: Center of Concern -1225 Otis St., NE – Washington DC, 20017 (closest Metro Station: Brookland, CUA on the Red Line). RSVP is not required but would be appreciated, by emailing aldo@coc.org. For more information on the International Working Group on Trade - Finance Linkages please visit http://www.coc.org/focus/?ID=902. Aldo Caliari, Coordinator, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern

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Thursday, January 12, 2006. 12:00 pm

Lunchtime screening of AIDS movie "Yesterday".  Academy Award-nominated South African movie. This film screening is jointly hosted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, amfAR and Africa Action. "Yesterday" is the first feature-length movie on AIDS in Africa. It tells the story of the impact of HIV/AIDS on a rural KwaZulu-Natal community by focusing on one woman's experience. The film was commissioned by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to help better inform the broader world about the impact of HIV/AIDS in worst-affected countries. Please RSVP by January 9th to felichias@kff.org. Barbara Jordan Conference Center at Kaiser Family Foundation, 1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC. Contact: felichias@kff.org

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Friday, January 13, 2006. 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Dissent and Reform in the Arab World - Dissidents and Reformers from the Arab World Speak Out. American Enterprise Institute, Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006. 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Are Global Actions Matching Global Aspirations? A Brookings Global Governance Initiative and World Economic Forum Briefing. Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2006. 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Workshop on Business Barriers in the Developing World. A discussion of a new World Bank report, entitled "Doing Business 2006," with Simeon Djankov of the World Bank, Scott Miller of Proctor and Gamble, and Mary Rykman, from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. The Program on Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy of the Woodrow Wilson Center. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006. 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

The Hard Part of Partnerships: Challenges of Public-Private Partnerships and their Relevance to Corporate Responsibility. Society for International Development (SID-W) Corporate Responsibility Workgroup in cooperation with Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. Public-private partnerships are increasingly proposed as a solution for overcoming local poverty challenges and improving corporate community engagement in the developing world. However, has the reporting on these partnerships contained too much hype? What are the realities in terms of beneficiary impact, partnership drivers, and sustainability? Drawing on their collective experience, Microsoft's Fred Tipson will initiate a discussion of these issues, with commentary from Andrew Stern of Dalberg Development Advisors and Tam Nguyen of Chevron's global policy group. Kristi Ragan of DAI will moderate the session. Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Adv. International Studies: Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Contact: Please RSVP to Jeanne Simon at Jeanne.Simon@jhu.edu

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006. 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Rule of Law and Judicial Reform in Post-Conflict Rwanda. Justine Mbabazi, Country Director, American Bar Association in Rwanda. Beatrice Mukabaranga, Member, Senate of Rwanda. Rose Mukantabana, National Coordinator, Women’s Legal Rights Initiative, a Project of USAID. Connie Bwiza Sekamana, Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Rwanda. Geraldine Umugwaneza, Former Counselor, National Service of Gacaca Courts; Former Rwanda Supreme Court Judge. Richard McCall, Moderator, Senior Vice President for Programs, Creative Associates International, Inc. This event is cosponsored with The Initiative for Inclusive Security. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006. 10:00am-11:30am
Europe’s Neighborhood Policy: Promoting Development by Exporting Institutions to Eastern Europe and North Africa. Center for Global Development, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

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Thursday, January 19, 2006. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

The Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa and His Excellency, Professor George A. Obiozor of The Embassy of Nigeria requests the pleasure of your company for a reception and the "Ambassador Andrew Young Lecture Series on Africa" featuring Congressman Chris Smith. At the Embassy of Nigeria, 3519 International Court, NW, Washington,  DC 20008.

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Friday, January 20, 2006. 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Managing Editor of Washington Post to Speak about the Challenges of Global News Coverage. Philip Bennett, Managing Editor of the Washington Post, will speak about the challenges of covering world news for today's media in a special public forum at the Wilson Center. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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Friday, January 20, 2006. 11:00 - 12:00 noon
Transformational Diplomacy. Center for Global Development

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Monday, January 23, 2006. 12:00 - 1:30pm
Doing Business in Developing Economies: The Effect of Regulation and Institutional Quality on the Productivity Distribution. Center for Global Development

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Monday, January 23, 2006. 12:00 - 2:30 PM

The Future of Foreign Aid? The Millennium Challenge Corporation Two Years On. With Ambassador John J. Danilovich, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. American Enterprise Institute, Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036

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Monday, January 23, 2006. 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Increasing Efficiency and Accountability through E-Government. Speakers: Dr. Sarah Tisch, Chief-of-Party, dot-GOV and Director of the ICT Policy Program, Internews Network Ms. Mary Muiruri, Resident Advisor for the USAID-funded dot-GOV initiative, Internews Network. Chair: Robert Valantin, Manager, Development Information, World Bank. World Bank, Room I1-200, 1850 I Street NW, Washington, DC

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Monday, January 23, 2006. 2:00 - 4:00pm
Is It Really Working? HIV/AIDS, Global Initiatives, and the Pressing Challenge of Evaluation. Center for Global Development

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006. 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Seminar: The Gender Dimension of Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Case Studies from Australia, the UK, and Vietnam. CITPO, ITSLC, EASSD, Asia Learning, e-Development Thematic Group, and PRMGE. Presented by Judy Wajcman, Professor of Sociology, Demography & Sociology Program, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University & Le Anh Pham Lob, Ph.D. Candidate, Australian National University. World Bank, Room MC 4N-300, Washington, DC.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006. 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Live Webcast/Poverty Reduction: Does Reproductive Health Matter? Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006. 12:30pm-2:00pm
Peace and the Public Purse: Public Finance and Post-conflict State Building. Center for Global Development, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

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Thursday, January 26, 2006. 12:00 noon–1:30 p.m.
Conditional Cash Transfer Programs for Child Human Capital Development: Lessons Derived from Experience in Mexico and Brazil. Center for Global Development 1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Third Floor, Washington, DC

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Thursday, January 26, 2006. 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Live Webcast/Book Launch - Creating Diversity Capital: Transnational Migrants in Montreal, Washington, and Kyiv. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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Friday, January 27, 2006. 12:15 - 2:00pm

USG Responses to Important Infectious Diseases of Our Time: HIV/AIDS, Avian Influenza, and Malaria. Society for International Development - Washington, DC

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Friday, January 27, 2006. 6:00pm - 9:30pm

Young African Professionals (YAP) Network Informal Networking. Venue: Club Five, 1214-B 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.

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