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OECD Future of Development Cooperation Conference

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Add to Calendar 2026-05-12 12:00:00 2026-05-13 18:54:05 OECD Future of Development Cooperation Conference Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

Len Ishmael, Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS), will participate in the OECD Future of Development Cooperation Conference, to be held in Paris, France, on May 11-12, 2026.

The conference will bring together policymakers, experts, and international organizations to discuss the future of international development cooperation in a fragmented global context, ahead of the launch of the OECD’s flagship report on development cooperation in September 2026.

As a member of the OECD Expert Group on the Future of International Development Cooperation (IDC), Len Ishmael has contributed to shaping the conference debates and the forthcoming flagship report, and will moderate and speak during the opening plenary session of the conference.

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Len Ishmael
Senior Fellow
Ambassador Dr. Len Ishmael is an affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University teaching the MSc course New South Dynamics, as well as Geopolitics and Geo-economics in the Joint HEC Paris/Public Policy School Executive Program. She is a Senior Fellow of the Policy Center for the New South, Distinguished Visiting Scholar of the German Marshall Fund of the United States of America and a Senior Fellow of the European Centre for Development Policy Management. Dr. Ishmael is the Global Affairs Advisor and Head of the Expert Groups of the Brussels Diplomatic Academy of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). She is the former Ambassador of the Eastern Caribbean States to the Kingdom of Belgium and European Union, past President of the 79-member African, Caribbean & ...