Knowledge Products

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has long been a champion of South-South and triangular cooperation, engaging with partners to promote horizontal exchanges around the world. Between 2021 and 2021, through its partnerships department, has launched 23 South-South and triangular cooperation projects, covering 75 countries across five regions, and the ITC-Turin office, and additional global activities. [...]

South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) is rapidly gaining ground as a powerful delivery mechanism in the development cooperation landscape. It has been recognized as a key means of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with particular reference to UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership [...]

In 2009, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and China established a close collaboration through the FAO–China South-South Cooperation Programme, supported by a trust fund of USD 80 million provided by China. This report reviews the Programme’s background, its values and principles, its activities and achievements over ten years, lessons learned [...]

Systematization of the Sustainable School Feeding Model and Proposition of Recommendations as Way Forwards to the Government of Belize “Mesoamerica Hunger-Free AMEXCID-FAO” in Belize “Mesoamerica Hunger-Free AMEXCID-FAO” is a South-South and Triangular Cooperation initiative, jointly led by the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [...]

South-South cooperation (SSC) is an integral part of international cooperation for development. Grounded on its unique principles and flexible approaches, SSC, as a complement to NorthSouth cooperation, provides developing countries a broader framework to engage in mutually beneficial cooperation in pursuit of their individual and collective development goals. In recent years, South-South and triangular cooperation [...]

The United Nations Office of South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) produces a series of good practices publications that highlight Southern good practices presented by the Member States, United Nations agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and other development partners. To this end, UNOSSC collaborated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Africa on this special edition Good [...]