South-South Today
UNOSSC’s blog features project and program updates from Office staff, and engages partners in a collaborative environment to highlight best practices and relevant news from developing countries. Stay tuned for our monthly blog posts and follow us on social media.
18/03/2020
by Jorge Moreira da Silva, Director of the Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD, and Jorge Chediek, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for South-South Cooperation and Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC)* Triangular cooperation is when […]
04/03/2020
The Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 8-13 February 2020. This marks the first time the UN-convened event on sustainable cities and human settlements, under the main theme of […]
25/02/2020
The Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) collaborated on a joint meeting in a series of ACP Symposia on South-South cooperation. Under the theme “Building Alliances […]
07/02/2020
Organisers: United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, UNOSSC International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, IPC-IG Developing countries are increasingly recognizing the sharing of information and good practices on South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSC and TrC) […]
07/02/2020
On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as a Public Health Emergency of International Concerns (PHEIC). As of 4 February, the virus has impacted over 47,000 people living in China, claiming the lives […]
29/01/2020
“The African Union Agenda 2063 emphasizes the value of strategic partnerships with partners of the South to further the process of development of Africa,” said Jorge Chediek, UNOSSC Director and Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on South-South Cooperation, in […]
20/01/2020
On 12 February, the President of the General Assembly held an interactive dialogue focusing on the ways in which South-South and triangular cooperation in agriculture can be leveraged to address global hunger. The dialogue built on the Buenos Aires outcome […]
30/12/2019
By Xiuli Xu, Dean of China Institute for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture (CISSCA), Professor of the College of Humanitarian and Development Studies (COHD), China Agricultural University In 2019, in the context of a series of global challenges such as anti-globalization, world economic recession […]
25/12/2019
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) co-organized the Fourth Dialogue Meeting of Technical Cooperation Agencies of the 57 IsDB Member Countries in Istanbul, Turkey on 11 and 12 December. The meeting provided an opportunity […]
20/12/2019
The 11th High-Level Forum of Directors General for Development Cooperation took place in Istanbul, Turkey on 13 December 2019. The DG Forum 2019 was convened under the overall theme of “Charting the Post-BAPA+40 Roadmap for South-South and Triangular Cooperation: Towards […]
05/12/2019
Immediate action is needed to improve the Chust city’s water supply, sewage treatment, and waste management, a recent needs assessment by the UNOSSC Cities Project concluded. The assessment, focusing on green city development, was carried out from 11 to 15 […]
26/11/2019
Twenty-eight young entrepreneurs from developing countries came together with local youth at the “Youth Innovation and Sustainable Development” Conference held in Shenzhen, China from 13-16 November 2019. The programme provided an opportunity for the young entrepreneurs to pitch their initiatives and […]