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SUMMARY:The FCDOA & DFID AA Joint Webinar
DESCRIPTION:What next for international development?\n2025 has been described as a seismic year and 2026 is no different. \nBut what does the evidence show about the impact of the widespread cuts and reprioritising of aid? And what difference is the erratic use of tariffs and general unpredictability of the US’s approach to international relations making to poorer country economies? Progress against the Millennium Development Goals was remarkable\, prospects for the (more complicated) Sustainable Development Goals not so good. Or is this apparatus outdated\, patronising and unwanted by poorer countries who have moved on? \nThe world economy is changing fast – powered by AI\, increasing wealth but concentrating it in fewer hands. How will that affect poorer countries – better\, more rapid research into finding new crops\, solutions for tropical diseases\, managing the effects of climate change? New financial instruments could help to speed new projects. International institutions could become cheaper to run. Or will jobs drain away and the concentration of wealth just lead to ever bigger oligarch yachts? \nOur international laws and institutions were mostly formed to create order and promote human progress after the Second World War. There have been remarkable achievements but the world is polarising around a few super powers\, war is again seen as the solution to national ambitions\, and the means of warfare are transforming fast. The old international structures are being sidelined. Can the international system be reformed and made more relevant? \nAnd what is the UK’s role? Claims to soft power now focus on the Premier League\, English language and education\, not its contribution to international development. \nPlease join us for a webinar at 11.30 UK time on 14 October 2026. Our speakers are: \nDr Donald Kaberuka\, Finance Minister of Rwanda from 1997- 2005; President of the African Development Bank from 2005-15; chair of the Global Fund Board from 2019-23 and on multiple boards now. \nSarah Champion\, MP for Rotherham since 2012\, a former shadow minister\, and since 2020 chair of the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee which holds the government to account for its contribution to international development. \nMichael Anderson CB\, former Director General in DFID\, adviser to David Cameron on the UN Development goals\, CEO of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation\, and currently CEO of Med Access. \nThe webinar will last about 75 minutes. Please register below and you will receive the joining instructions soon.
URL:https://fcdoa.org.uk/event/29763/
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SUMMARY:FCDOA Online Talk with Mohanad Hashim\, BBC East Africa 
DESCRIPTION:The war in Sudan: the role of Middle Powers and the struggle for hegemony in the Red Sea and the Horn  of Africa\nSudan has had years of military rule\, humanitarian crises and political upheaval. BBC journalist Mohanad Hashim explains some of the complex history of the country he grew up in. In discussion with Dame Rosalind Marsden\, former UN Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan\, Mohanad  will focus on the Geopolitical realignments and Maritime Hegemony in the Red Sea and the Horn a Strategic Analysis of Saudi\, Emirati\, and Turkish Tripartite Competition and how it is shaping the region. \nSpeaker: Mohanad Hashim is an award-winning London-based journalist\, with two decades covering the Middle East and Africa. He joined the BBC in 2008\, reporting on the Arab Spring and later on ISIS’s rise in Syria and Iraq. He has received several awards\, including a BBC News Award and a Webby Award for investigative reporting. He was nominated in 2024 for the AIB Awards for his reporting on the Sudanese civil war for the BBC World Service. He has covered Sudan extensively since the uprising of 2018-2019 and his most recent visit to Sudan was in March/April 2026. \nModerator: Dame Rosalind Marsden\, Associate Fellow at Chatham House\, former British Ambassador to Sudan and Afghanistan and former EU Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan. \n 
URL:https://fcdoa.org.uk/event/fcdoa-online-talk-with-mohamad-hashim-bbc-east-africa/
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SUMMARY:FCDOA Annual Lecture 29 October 2026 by Lord Robertson
DESCRIPTION:How Safe Is the UK?\nLocarno Suite\, King Charles Street \n\nThe Foreign\, Commonwealth & Development Office Association (FCDOA) is delighted to announce that the Annual Lecture 2026 will be delivered by Lord Robertson of Port Ellen\, former Secretary General of NATO and former UK Secretary of State for Defence. \nIn his lecture\, “How Safe Is the UK?”\, Lord Robertson will draw on his extensive experience in government\, international affairs and defence policy to reflect on the security challenges facing the United Kingdom in an increasingly complex global environment. \n\nAbout the Speaker\nRt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT\, GCMG\nLord Robertson became Chancellor of the University of Dundee in 2023. In 2025\, he served as Lead Reviewer of the Government’s Strategic Defence Review. He is currently Senior Counsellor with The Cohen Group in Washington DC\, Co-Chair of the Global Strategy Forum\, Vice Patron of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo\, President of the Council of Military Education Committees\, and a member of the House of Lords Select Committee on International Affairs and Defence. \nA Member of Parliament for twenty-one years\, Lord Robertson served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland before becoming Secretary of State for Defence in 1997. From 1999 to 2003\, he served as the 10th Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council\, leading the Alliance through a period of major international challenges and chairing the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in 2002. \nBeyond public service\, Lord Robertson has held a number of senior corporate and non-executive roles\, including Executive Deputy Chairman of Cable & Wireless plc\, Deputy Chairman of TNK-BP\, and Non-Executive Director of the Weir Group plc\, Smiths Group plc\, and Monaco Telecom SA. He has also served as Chairman of the FIA Foundation\, Chairman of Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd\, Chairman of The Ditchley Foundation\, and Vice Chairman of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. \nLord Robertson is an Elder Brother of Trinity House and a Visiting Professor at both Stirling University and King’s College London. He serves on the Board of the Centre for European Reform\, is a Distinguished Fellow of Chatham House\, and sits on the International Advisory Board of the Atlantic Council. For seventeen years he was Honorary Colonel of the London Scottish Regiment. \nAmong many honours\, Lord Robertson is one of the sixteen Knights of the Thistle and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George. In 2003\, he was awarded the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom\, the highest civilian honour bestowed by the United States. He has also received Ukraine’s Grand Cross of Prince Yaroslav the Wise and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal College of Defence Studies.
URL:https://fcdoa.org.uk/event/fcdoa-annual-lecture-29-october-2026-by-lord-robertson-how-safe-is-the-uk/
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