Events & Conferences
Roundtable: The Future of America’s Aid for Basic Education of Children
May 14, 2026 The Future of American Foreign Assistance for Basic Education was a roundtable held on June 12, 2025 among some forty-eight international education experts convened together over Zoom by the Global Coalition for Education-US, the Basic Education Coalition, the University of Massa...
Roundtable Meeting NGOs’ the Duty of Care for National Staff
May 9, 2026 Increasingly aid agencies have argued for more decision- making, resources and active roles for "local", or national, actors in aid programs, including food, nutrition and other development and humanitarian efforts. At the same time, aid agencies have taken efforts to provide...
AI & Food Security Forum, at CSIS
May 5, 2026 The think tank, CSIS, held a forum on April 30, 2026 about "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Food Security," bringing together policymakers, agronomists, geospatial data scientists, representatives of multilateral institutions, private-sector technologists, and implementing NGOs to discu...
World Bank President Seeks Funds for Crisis Response
April 24, 2026 At the annual World Bank/IMF annual meeting held April 13–18, 2026, remarks and speeches by the World Bank President, Ajay Banga, addressed the current crises in the world affecting agriculture, fertilizer and increased risks to lower income countries. Banga announced that th...
Huub Lelieveld Wins World Food Prize, Fighting Food-Borne Illness
The 2026 World Food Prize was awarded to Dr. Huub Lelieveld for his long-term dedication to establishing standards that prevent diseases transmitted through food. Dr. Lelieveld, a Dutch food scientist, promoted the standardization of technologies such as food irradiation and non‑destructive testin...
Environmentally-Induced Displacement and Health/Nutrition — a Roundtable Review
A roundtable of two dozen experts, including leaders of key international NGOs, met at George Washington University to examine the global implications of environmentally-induced migration and health, in a context of declining aid. The report, Beyond Emergency Relief: the Role of U.S. Foreign Hea...
WHES Co-sponsors Roundtable About Aid Toolbox
On June 19, 2025, a roundtable of two dozen experts about how international aid is designed and given will be held, co-organized by the World Hunger Education Service (WHES), the USAID Alumni Association, the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, and George Washington University. In or...
Hunger Notes Co-sponsors Basic Education Roundtable
World Hunger Education Service (WHES) is co-hosting a roundtable of experts on June 12, 2025, a Thursday, to discuss American experiences and capabilities for supporting basic education overseas, including recommendations for how U.S. official foreign aid could re-incorporate early grade education, ...
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