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During the three months since the first case of COVID-19 hit the country, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has introduced a number of innovative responses to contain the outbreak. A recent in-depth piece released by the Korean government comprehensively summarizes how ROK has taken various measures using ICT to flatten the curve on COVID-19. It [...]

While China has seen a significant decline of COVID-19 cases after making all-out efforts for more than two months, the world is currently facing a surge in new cases and fatalities. To increase  the understanding of China’s key measures on prevention and control of the COVID-19 outbreak in a comprehensive and objective manner, the Centre [...]

UNOSSC in partnership with the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) recently launched a joint report “City-to-City Partnerships and South-South and Triangular Cooperation on Sustainable Urban Development” that focuses on how cities of the Global South are using innovative, collaborative and evidence-based processes to tackle challenges posed by climate change. With the international community [...]

Since 1978, when the delegations from 138 states adopted a Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries (the Buenos Aires Plan of Action), South-South Cooperation and “Triangular Cooperation” – collaboration among developing countries and a developed-world partner – have been recognized as important means of development cooperation and technology transfer. [...]

Triangular Co-operation in the Era of the 2030 Agenda is a publication by the Global Partnership Initiative (GPI) on Effective Triangular Co-operation. It was prepared by a team led by the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate, consisting of Nadine Piefer (lead, OECD), Jeets Hargovan (Strategic Alternatives, South Africa), and Rebecca McKimm (OECD), with the extensive support [...]

This How-to-guide aims at helping ILO officials in the field and at HQ to design South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) projects and/or to include SSTC elements in other development cooperation projects. Horizontal arrangements can generate development solutions through policies and processes that better fit partners’ needs. Promoting sustainable and decent work for all is central [...]

Changes in the geopolitical and economic balance of power have brought out the importance of the Global South in the development process and enabled new actors to shape the development agenda. Innovative responses to global challenges are coming from emerging powers of the South, who are in turn becoming strategic partners for other developing countries. [...]

ILO adopted the Programme and Budget (P&B) Proposal for 2018-19 which stipulated the integration of SSTC results as a support to achieve ILO’s strategic framework (including 10 Outcomes). SSTC was underscored as an effective tool to increase development cooperation and to enforce and expand external partnerships and strategic partnerships for the ILO’s development cooperation. In [...]

Since the late 1990s, China has been establishing economic zones overseas to share its industrialisation experience and facilitate economic and trade cooperation with other countries. Today these Chinese Overseas Economic and Trade Cooperation Zones (COCZs) serve as key platforms for promoting the Belt and Road Initiative’s priorities on investment and trade cooperation. At the same [...]

With the objective of experimentations for innovative solutions and technologies to improve delivery, method and products for social sector interventions, social incubators have come up in a big way in India. Also, India is a country with a dynamic business community and a vast pool of entrepreneurs. New progressive legislations in India encourage businesses to mandatorily […]