Knowledge Products

Over the course of this pandemic period, the world is facing many challenges in addition to the health crisis. This way, social media arose as imperative tools to build up dialogues and shorten distances. Aware of trends, the Brazil Africa Institute strengthened its position as a facilitator of knowledge, holding a series of live debates, [...]

This report by Norec does a cross-section of most external reports commissioned by Norec over the last 20 years to evaluate and refine its work models and approaches. It focuses in particular on the concept of learning organisations. It aims to summarize the success factors needed to develop institutional knowledge through the use of the [...]

This report by Norec discusses the benefits and challenges of international personnel exchange for Government and semi-Government institutions, in particular with respect to individual and institutional learning. It examins the learning outcomes among public and governmental organisations that are taking part in Norec’s professional exchange programme. The study in particular concerned with identifying the specific [...]

“Reciprocity” has become a common buzzword in international development cooperation. Its virtues are often touted with little critical reflection on the depth of the concept or how the principles of reciprocity can truly be implemented in organizational policies and practices. Likewise, many scholars and practitioners have noted a meaningful lack of precision about the fundamental [...]

By June 2020, COVID-19 infected over 10 million people and caused the deaths of over 500,000 worldwide (WHO1 ). Globally, the spread shows no sign of abating. Although daily cases in Europe and Western Pacific are declining, they are increasing in the Americas, South East Asia and Africa. In response, most countries have closed their borders [...]

The IsDB  publication " Reverse Linkage Development through South-South Cooperation" explores our journey through the evolution of this enhanced technical cooperation mechanism and the kinds of tools and platforms that we have developed as part of its ecosystem. The publication is the result of collaborative efforts between IsDB and its partners who contributed extensively to [...]

This peer-learning guide by ILO  aims to introduce SSTC as a tool for socio-economic development and to achieve the Agenda 2030. It explains in a practical way the definitions, fundamental principles, the process to be followed to implement projects in the framework of such cooperation, and the actors involved. There is also a “Do’s and [...]

The ILO and the International Training Centre (ITC-ILO) have developed a series of training programmes for rural and local development policy makers and practitioners based on SouthSouth and Triangular Cooperation modalities. These programmes facilitate dialogue and sharing of experiences amongst constituents and related stakeholders in the Global South on rural development. Practitioners learn about South-South [...]

Good practices to accelerate sustainable human development are increasingly available in the global South. They can be found in the policies, institutions and programmes that have enabled a number of developing countries to acquire a skilled labour force, create decent jobs, raise productivity and lift millions of their citizens out of grinding poverty. Beyond the [...]

The year 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the creation of the United Nations and ushers in the Decade of Action to deliver the Global Goals by 2030. For the achievement of ambitious goals, South-South and triangular cooperation has been further strengthened by developing countries in sharing ideas, knowledge, skills and experience in order to [...]