Events for the Week of February 24 - March 2

Continue reading for some of the events next week in D.C. concerning Africa.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014
Resilience: Learning from Practice Across the Development Spectrum
Hosted by: Center for Strategic and International Studies
Location: Ground Floor Conference Room
1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Summary: Resilience is more than disaster recovery and preparedness. True resilience enables vulnerable communities and governments to become more adaptable in the face of diverse sources of stress and crisis. Effective programming for long-term resilience bridges the divide between relief and development in a way that calls for an integrated approach. Join us for a panel discussion with development practitioners and U.S. government representatives on ways to effectively embed resilience in the development agenda.

Keynote Remarks:
Amb. Jaliya Wickramasuriya Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the United States Framing Remarks:
Maria Otero Former Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Development and Human Rights, U.S. Department of State

Panel Discussion:
Nancy Lindborg Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development
Amb. William Garvelink Former U.S. Ambassador to Congo and Senior Advisor at CSIS
Andrew Watson Managing Director, Environment and Health, Development Alternatives Incorporated

For more information, please visit: http://csis.org/event/resilience-learning-practice-across-development-spectrum

Healthier by Precommitment: A Behavioral Economics Experiment in South Africa
Hosted by: Center for Global Development
Location: 5th floor, 2055 L St NW
Washington, DC 20036
Summary: In this seminar, Janet Schwartz will discuss a voluntary self-control commitment device aimed to help individuals make healthy food decisions in South Africa. Participants, who were enrolled in a large-scale incentive program that discounts the price of eligible groceries, were offered the chance to put their discount on the line. Agreeing households pledged that they would increase their purchases of healthy food to receive their discount; otherwise, it was forfeited for that month. Study results suggest that consumers will seize opportunities to create restrictive choice environments for themselves despite some risk of financial loss.
For more information, please visit: http://www.cgdev.org/event/healthier-precommitment-behavioral-economics-experiment-south-africa

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014
Africa Rising: Challenges and Opportunities for Development
Hosted by: Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
Location: Rome Building  Auditorium -  The Rome Building
1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Time: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Summary: Florizelle Liser, professorial lecturer in the African Studies Program and assistant U.S. trade representative for Africa in the Office of the United States Trade Representative; Teddy Ruge, entrepreneur and co-founder of Universal Music Publishing Group, Hive Colab, and Remit.ug; and Kalmongo Coulibaly, economist at Overseas Private Investment Corporation, will discuss this topic.
For more information, please visit: https://www.sais-jhu.edu/events/2014-02-25-123000-2014-02-25-140000/africa-rising-challenges-and-opportunities-development

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WEDNESDAY, February 26, 2014
Africa: A Symposium on Opportunities for Women in Energy and Water Access
Hosted by: Center for Strategic and International Studies
Location: 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036 2nd Floor Conference Room
Time: 8:30am – 1:30pm
Summary: Please join us for a conference on women's access to water and clean energy in Africa. Practitioners, thought leaders, experts, entrepreneurs, and policy makers will discuss and explore the opportunities in water-energy access in Africa, and give examples of successful policies and entrepreneurial ventures that are helping to increase women's participation in, and contribution to, the water and energy sectors in Africa. The panel sessions will focus on removing barriers to women's access to energy and water, and on harnessing opportunities at the water-energy access nexus through innovative social, impact, and for-profit investment models, and diaspora networks and platforms to establish business ventures and relationships that catalyze more investments.
Confirmed speakers include:
Pepukaye Bardouille, International Finance Company
Tim Boersma, The Brookings Institution
Jennifer Cooke, Africa Program, CSIS
Agnes Dasewicz, USAID, Power Africa
Alexander Dixon, The Aspen Institute
M. Eric V. Guichard, Homestrings Ltd
Maya Harris, U.S. Department of Energy
Rachel Ishofsky, InnoAfrica
Paula Jackson, American Association of Blacks in Energy
Dr. Lawrence Jones, Center for Sustainable Development in Africa
Richenda Van Leeuwen, U.N. Foundation
Katherine Lucey, Solar Sister
Radha Muthiah, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
Dr. Jacques Sebisaho, Amani Global Works
Frank Verrastro, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS

This event will be webcast — no login or registration required. 
For more information or to RSVP please visit: http://csis.org/event/modern-africa-symposium-opportunities-women-energy-and-water-access

Subcommittee Hearing: U.S. Policy Toward Sudan and South Sudan
Hosted by: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations
Location: 2172 House Rayburn Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Time: 2:00pm
Contributors:
The Honorable Donald Booth: Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan U.S. Department of State
Mr. John Prendergast: Co-founder Enough Project
Walid Phares, Ph.D.: Co-Secretary General Transatlantic Legislative Group on Counter Terrorism
For more information, please visit: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-us-policy-toward-sudan-and-south-sudan

Prospects for Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region
Hosted by: US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Location: Senate Dirksen 419
444 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Contributors:
Honorable Russell D.  Feingold: U.S. Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region and  the Democratic Republic of Congo, Department of State
Honorable Roger  Meece: Former U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Former United Nations Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dr. Raymond  Gilpin: Academic Dean, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Mr. Ben Affleck: Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Founder of Eastern Congo Initiative
For more information or to view the live webcast, please visit: http://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/prospects-for-peace-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-and-great-lakes-region