25 - 27 October, 2017
The June 2016 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS announced targets to fast-track the end of the AIDS epidemic by 2030. This may consequently lead to the end of national stand-alone HIV programmes. Sustainable approaches…
16 - 18 October, 2017
This meeting was the first in a series of Wilton Park dialogues focusing on the opportunities for innovation and technology to improve the health of populations across the globe. Digital innovations have already transformed…
16 - 18 October, 2017
This was the second event in the Wilton Park Youth Dialogues: powering the future and takes place in partnership with the British Council, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the WANA Institute, Jordan,…
27 - 29 September, 2017
This meeting identified how governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental entities can prepare and effectively implement collaborative action in the event of the use of biological weapons, whether by states or non-state actors, in order to ensure…
25 - 27 September, 2017
“There is nothing new in the story. It is as old as the Sibylline Books. It falls into that long, dismal catalogue of the fruitlessness of experience and the confirmed unteachability of mankind. Want of…
13 - 15 September, 2017
Across the world, countries have made incredible progress in getting children into school. In low and middle income countries, 80 and 92 percent of children respectively are now enrolled in primary school. The corresponding figures…
6 - 8 September, 2017
The effective management of crises very often requires access to specialist scientific and technical advice. Recent crises such as the 2010 Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption, the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake, floods in central Europe…
4 - 6 September, 2017
Coal-fired power generation has come under increasing criticism since the Paris Agreement in 2015, when 195 countries agreed to limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The particular…
9 - 13 July, 2017
Taking place in the run-up to the German Federal Election, in the midst of the Brexit negotiations, and against the backdrop of a changing international order, this year’s British German Forum (BGF) explored the way…
28 - 30 June, 2017
The last 15 years have seen fast economic growth in many Sub-Saharan countries. However, there is a need to translate these factors into sustained poverty reduction through greater productivity, better job creation and greater shared…
