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Coronavirus Preparedness and Response in Africa

RSVP Required Open to the Public

Please join the Future of Diplomacy Project for a discussion on efforts to manage COVID-19 and limit widespread transmission across the African continent with Senior Fellow, Douglas Alexander, former UK Secretary of State for International Development and Chair of the Board of Trustees of UNICEF UK. This seminar will be moderated by Professors Nicholas Burns and Zoe Marks.

PLEASE NOTE: This seminar will be conducted via Zoom. Please register in advance for this meeting:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/uZ0vdeiurTwt-UhVbUxIPYO8jfoyXVwf0A 

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Date: Time: - Location: Online
Confirmed cases in the WHO African Region

ABOUT

The Right Honourable Douglas Alexander is a Senior Fellow at the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School, a Visiting Professor at Kings College, London, Trustee of the Royal United Services Institute, and a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. He currently serves as Chair of Unicef UK and as Senior Advisor to the Rise Fund; a new $2bn global impact fund aligned with delivering the Sustainable Development Goals, and to U2 Frontman Bono; advising on investment and development in Africa. Mr. Alexander previously served in the U.K. Government for nine years, and as a Member of the UK Parliament for eighteen years. As the UK's Governor to the World Bank, and the UK’s International Development Secretary, Alexander was tasked with developing innovative approaches to resolve and preempt some of the most complex challenges to the wellbeing of the global economy. Alexander also served as Minister of State for E-Commerce & Competitiveness, Minister of State for Cabinet Office, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs, attending the Cabinet of Tony Blair as Minister for Europe, before becoming Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Transport. As Secretary of State for Transport, jointly with the Home Secretary, Mr Alexander led the UK’s response to the 2006 Transatlantic Aircraft Terror Plot, working with Police, Intelligence Agencies, the Airlines and the US Department of Homeland Security.