Please find below an overview of the events OECD DevCom Network’s events in 2022, alongside key international dates.
Please note that our events are by invitation only. If you would like more information about DevCom, or would like to collaborate on one of our events, then please contact Dev.Com@oecd.org.
| MAJOR EVENTS DevCom Zooms In | “COFFEE BREAKS” Informal Meet-Ups | INTERNATIONAL DATES Global Events | Campaigns | |
| JAN | 14: Overview of DevCom activities in 2022 28: Key global campaigns in 2022 | 24: International Day of Education (info) | |
| FEB | 8: DevCom Zooms In. Coordinating with Country Offices for better communications. Trends & tips from DevCom members | 11: Partnering with traditional media to raise awareness about development co-operation 25: Comms for Gender Equality: Campaigns for International Women’s Day | 13: World Radio Day (info) 17-18: European Union – African Union summit (info) TBC: OECD DAC Peer Review of Spain (info) |
| MAR | 24: Special Focus Group. Promoting Solutions Communications in and on Africa Led by Africa No Filter & Africa Communications Week | 10: Conflict & Geopolitics | 8: International Women’s Day (info) 21: Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (info) 22: World Water Day (info) TBC: SDG Action Festival (info) TBC: OECD DAC Peer Review of Portugal (info) TBC: OECD Report on ODA to Governance 2010 – 2019 |
| APR | 12: DevCom Zooms In. How’s Life in Latin America? Public attitudes & open government communications | 8: Preparing the launch of OECD aid data 29: Meeting a DevCom Member: Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade | 7: World Health Day 12: Annual launch of OECD DAC aid data (info) 25+: COP-15 on Biodiversity (info) 27-29: International Anti-Corruption Conference |
| MAY | 23: Special Event. Africa’s Agency & the Green Transition Joint webinar with Africa Communications Week | 3: Press Freedom Day (info) 17: Telecommunication & Information Society Day (info) 21: Cultural Diversity Day (info) 22: Biodiversity Day (info) 23-27: Africa Comms Week (info) TBC: OECD DAC Guidance on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls (info) | |
| JUN | 15: Meeting of Nordic-Baltic Development Communications 21: DevCom Meet-Up in Brussels at the European Development Days | 16: Results reporting 2022: trends in annual reports & platforms | 5: World Environment Day (info) 8: World Oceans Day 20: World Refugee Day (info) 21-22: European Development Days (info) 26-28: G7 Summit (info) 27.06-01.07: UN Ocean Conference to be hosted by Portugal (Lisbon) (info) TBC: DCR Profiles 2022 (info) |
| JUL | 12: DevCom Zooms In. Fighting digital mis- and disinformation What role for development co-operation and communication? | 11: World Population Day TBC: High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (info) | |
| AUG | 9: Int. Day of Indigenous Peoples (info) 12: International Youth Day (info) 19: World Humanitarian Day (info) | ||
| SEP | 16: DevCom Zooms In. South-South Co-operation. New Ideas for Development Communications (TBC) | 13: Campaign Launch: States of Fragility Report | 12-14: Global south-south development expo (info) 13-27: UN General Assembly 15: Int. Day of Democracy (info) 21: International Day of Peace (info) 25: SDG Action Day 26-28: G20 Development Ministers Meeting (info) 28: Int. Day for Universal Access to Information (info) TBC: OECD Report on Triangular Co-operation TBC: Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2023 (info) TBC: 2022 Report on States of Fragility TBC: OECD Report: Development Cooperation in Politically Constrained Environments (lessons from Afghanistan) |
| OCT | 6-7: Annual Meeting. Managing Global Development Communications | 21: Communicating on human rights | 14-16: WB Annual Meetings (info) 17: Int. Poverty Eradication Day (info) 24: UN Day (info) 24: World Development Information Day (info) TBC: Global Media & Information Literacy Week (info) TBC: G20 Leaders’ Summit (info) TBC: OECD DAC Peer Review of Poland (info) |
| NOV | 18: Outsourcing communications: good practices for development co-operation ministries & agencies | 7-18: COP-27 16: Int. Day for Tolerance (info) 25: Int. Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Info) TBC: OECD DAC Peer Review of Hungary (info) | |
| DEC | 6: DevCom Zooms In. Partnering with the Media & Promoting Independent Journalism. | 2: Preparing the 2023-2024 DevCom Work Programme 16: Engaging Citizens for the SDGs: Lessons from Italy | 10: Human Rights Day (info) 18: International Migrants Day (info) 20: Int. Human Solidarity Day (info) TBC: OECD DAC Peer Review of US (info) TBC: 2022 Development Co-operation Report (info) |
| TBC | Special Event: Green Development Finance. Public banks, narratives & communications challenges DevCom Zooms In. Communicating in and on the Asia-Pacific Region. Insights for Development Communicators in a new Global Context |
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