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In 2009 the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) entered into a partnership Australian Aid to improve the climate resilience of local communities in 42 countries, including 37 SIDS. The goals of the programme are to: reduce the vulnerability and improve the adaptive capacity of local communities to the adverse impacts of climate change; provide countries [...]

This publication illustrates how SGP leverages South-South and triangular cooperation to tackle local challenges through peer-to-peer knowledge exchanges across different sustainable development issues and geographies. It features ten case studies with demonstrated solutions emerging from Belize, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Senegal and Thailand. The problems tackled are of importance not only locally but [...]

A decade marked for accelerated action and delivery towards sustainable development has been disrupted by a global health threat that has severely impacted the Arab region. The focus now is on urgent action to save lives and repair livelihoods. This crisis is a stark reminder of why an efficient and effective public sector is the [...]

The aim of this second Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Special Report is to quantify the economic impact of the pandemic in the short and medium-term. With regard the short term —during the course of 2020— estimates shed light on the dynamics of production, employment, poverty and income distribution, based on [...]

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. [...]