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The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of global and regional partnerships in addressing common problems and finding shared solutions. The South-South and Triangular Cooperation has gained traction in Africa as a platform for supporting effective and localized ways of achieving sustainable development. This publication showcases how African countries have developed coordinated and collaborative responses [...]

The year 2022 marks the fifth anniversary of the India-UN Partnership Development Fund, a landmark moment to reflect on how the vision for South-South collaboration ingrained in the ambition and design of the Fund gained reach across the Global South and became transformational for partnering countries and communities. The Fund not only made progress in [...]

Cooperation on Condominial Sewerage System, Waste Management Services and Public Health in the Municipality of Viana, Luanda, Angola This newsletter discusses the Trilateral South-South Cooperation (TSSC) between the IBSA Fund, the Government of Angola and UNICEF, supported by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). Implemented within the area of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene [...]

This report provides an overview of the progress and achievements of WFP's efforts to promote South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) with support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) in China. The report contains detailed pilot profiles and beneficiary facts, analyses of success factors, lessons learned, and M&E results collected from WFP’s operations. [...]

With their shared mandate of ensuring food security for all people, the United Nations Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) – have joined forces to support one of the most impactful evidence-based interventions to [...]

In 2020, the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and the China Association of Trade in Services (CATIS) jointly organized a webinar series on "South-South and Triangular Cooperation Among Cities on Cross-border E-commerce and Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development" under the Cities Project framework. The series focused on facilitating South-South mutual-learning and knowledge-sharing among cities [...]

The world is experiencing a dangerous change in the climate. According to the latest report from IPCC2, in the last four decades, each decade has been successively warmer than preceding decades since 1850. This global heating is reducing the snow cover and sea ice in some regions and intensifying heavy rains and forest fires in [...]

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world, food security vulnerabilities further weakened the Arab region’s ability to respond. Prior to the pandemic, up to 27 percent of the regional population (116 million people) experienced food insecurity. Undernourishment and adult obesity were rampant, affecting 10 and 26 percent of the population, respectively. The present report [...]

The Arab region is one of the most water-scarce regions in the world with 19 States below the water scarcity threshold. This is further complicated by transboundary water resources, since two-thirds of all water resources in the Arab region cross one or more borders. Other factors aggravating the water scarcity situation include pollution, inefficient use [...]

This research work was carried out with financial and scientific support from the UNOSSC and UNDP under the ‘South-South Global Thinkers – the Global Coalition of Think Tank Networks for SSC’ initiative. The paper is authored by Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Joint Executive Director, and Mr.  Maaz Javed of Sustainable Development Policy Institute. The COVID-19 pandemic [...]