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2021 UN DAY FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION 
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THE 2021 HIGH-LEVEL COMMEMORATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS DAY FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

 

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KEY PUBLICATIONS LAUNCHED AT THE UN DAY FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION SIDE-EVENTS & OTHER RELEVANT EVENTS
Good Practices in South-South and Triangular Cooperation: Scaling up Made-in-Africa Solutions: Launched at the UN Day for South-South Cooperation Side-event, with high-level speakers from Lesotho, Ethiopia, Mauritius and Cabo Verde, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Africa, jointly with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), launched the publication with nearly 40 good practices across all SDGs, with the aim to promote and facilitate peer learning and collective efforts among African countries and their development partners in addressing development challenges and building resilience with home-grown solutions.  Access publication. 
South-South Ideas Papers: At the UN Day for South-South Cooperation Side-event on “Institutionalization and impact assessment of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Key findings and recommendations from Southern think-tanks”, UNOSSC and UNDP launched South-South Ideas Papers commissioned by the South-South Global Thinkers initiative.  The papers focus on two important topics on institutionalization and impact assessment of South-South and Triangular Cooperation. 
Methodological Pluralities in Impact Assessment of South-South Cooperation: A Synthesis from Efficiency Perspective. South-South Ideas Paper authored by the Network of Southern Think Tanks (NeST). Download here.
Designing a survey of the Institutional Architecture of South-South Cooperation - A feasibility study. South-South Ideas Paper authored by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a member of the GReCEST Think Tank network. Download here
Institutional frameworks for South-South Cooperation in Latin America: Lessons from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. South-South Ideas Paper authored by NeST Latin America. Download here
The role of institutional arrangements for South-South Cooperation: Experiences from Ecuador and Sri Lanka. South-South Ideas Paper authored by Southern Voice Secretariat,  Grupo FARO in Ecuador;  and Institute of Policy Studies in Sri Lanka. Download here.
South-South Cooperation - Advancing Alternative Development Paradigms Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme Case Study, authored by Public Affairs Centre- India, a member of Southern Voice Think Tank Network. Download here
Leveraging Triangular Partnerships to Respond to COVID-19 and Build Back Better from the Pandemic: The policy brief from the Global Partnership Initiative (GPI) on Effective Triangular Co-operation analyses the impacts of the pandemic on existing triangular cooperation programmes and explores how partners can leverage triangular cooperation to catalyse resources and efforts tackling the development challenges triggered by COVID-19, during and after the pandemic. Learn more.
South-South Cooperation as a Mode of Engagement, Innovative Programme Solutions: As UNFPA considers SSTC as one of its strategic accelerators for results under the Strategic Plan 2022-2025, it present this second set of 18 documented good practices on SSTC programming. This is evidence of successes that UNFPA offices had achieved in leveraging South-South partnerships for sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender equality, youth empowerment, and population and development. Learn more.

News, Events & Partner Messages 

South-South Galaxy offers the latest news and updates on
South-South and Triangular cooperation.
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The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and UNOSSC have released a joint message pledging to continue support to the Global South through effective and sustainable South-South Cooperation.  Watch video. Read message from H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser, President and Chairman of IsDB Group here.
Article by United Nations Volunteers (UNV) published in celebration of the UN Day for South-South Cooperation.: Volunteerism and South-South Cooperation: Building Forward Better Together.  Learn more
Message from the UNDP on "The Importance of the Global South in COVID-19 Recovery" published on the occasion of UN Day for South-South Cooperation. Learn more.
On 21 September 2021, Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) webinar “South-South Cooperation: Creating headways for Post-pandemic Inclusive Recovery” will feature a series of high-level talks and presentations, followed by a discussion session. Learn more.
On 17 September 2021, FAO, IFAD and WFP organize a UN Day for SSC event with focus on making voices from the Global South and the North heard on their challenges, approaches and plans for agri-food systems transformation.  Learn more.

South-South Champions

Spotlighting inspiring actors who are championing South-South Cooperation for the achievement of the SDGsRead more.
H.E. Dr. (H.C.) H. Suharso Monoarfa, Minister of National Development Planning of the Government of Indonesia and Head of Bappenas, Indonesia. Read more
Mrs. Reenat Sandhu, Secretary (West),
Ministry of External Affairs, India. Read more.
Ms. Ángela Ospina de Nicholls, Director General, Colombian Presidential Agency for International Cooperation (APC-Colombia). Read more.
Mr. Harsha Wickramasinghe, Deputy Director General (DSM), Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority. Read more.
Mr. James Maina, Director, Macroeconomic Planning and International Partnerships Directorate, State Department for Planning, The National Treasury and Planning, Kenya. Read more.
H.E. Ambassador Solo Mara, Secretary-General, Pacific Island Development Forum (PIDF). Read more.
H.E. Ambassador Khusrav Noziri, Secretary General, Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO). Read more.
Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP. Read more.
Ms. Tengku Sharizad Tengku Dahlan, Director, International Science Technology Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC). Read more.
Ms. Nathalie Fustier, UN Resident Coordinator, Saudi Arabia. Read more.
Ms. Alanna Armitage, Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UNFPA. Read more.
Ms. Michaela Friberg-Storey, UN Resident Coordinator, Kazakhstan Read more.
Mr. Kamal Malhotra, Outgoing UN Resident Coordinator, Viet Nam. Read more.
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