Who we are and whom we serve
What we do
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As Convener, we ENABLE UN legislative bodies (EB/HLC/GA) & UN
executives (SG/Administrator/CEB members) to make informed
decisions on SS & triangular cooperation, through Annual UN Day on
SSC, biennial GA/HLC, policy research & Annual Global SS
Development Expo.
As Facilitator, we ENABLE partners to document & disseminate
successful SS development solutions. Facilitates development
partners to identify, produce & disseminate Southern development
knowledge, experiences, expertise & technological solutions for
South-South capacity development.
As Collaborator, we ENABLE partners to showcase & market SS
development solutions and facilitate demand-supply matching.
As Catalyst, we ENABLE partners to systematically list, match,
exchange, raise funds and transfer needed Southern solutions or
technologies to scale up development impact.
As Fund Manager, we ENABLE conceptualize, design, manage and
implement innovative South-South, Triangular & PPP partnerships &
financing facilities.
Secretary-General’s Decision
“Given the opportunity South-South Cooperation (SSC) presents for
addressing transnational development challenges, in particular food
security, climate change and AIDS, the Special Unit for SSC and
relevant SSC focal points should develop a concise, actionoriented, collaborative framework highlighting the UN’s specific
comparative strengths in SSC in these areas, on-going initiatives,
areas requiring increased collaboration, and time frames for
undertaking such initiatives.”
“The UN is committed to providing greater international support for SSC, including cooperation
driven by innovative partnerships such as triangular partnerships and public-private
arrangements, while emphasizing ownership and leadership by developing countries in such
initiatives.”
- SG Decision 2008/26, 25 August 2008 -
The Secretary-General encouraged Member States
and the UN system to:
 Optimize the use of South-South cooperation approaches in achieving the internationally
agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (post-2015
agenda);
 Intensify multilateral support for South-South initiatives to address common development
challenges;
 Foster inclusive partnerships for South-South cooperation, including triangular and publicprivate partnerships;
 Enhance the coherence of United Nations system support for South-South cooperation
through closer inter-agency collaboration, joint programming and documentation of lessons
and good practices; and
 Continue to develop innovative mechanisms to mobilize resources for South-South and
triangular initiatives, including through contributions to the United Nations Voluntary Trust
Fund for South-South Cooperation.
• - SG Report A/62/295 (2007)
Excerpt of the SG message
UN Day for South-South Cooperation
12 September 2014
“South-South and triangular cooperation offer a path to
balancing growth and equity in the context of the new Global
Partnership for Sustainable Development we all want. I urge all
United Nations agencies, funds and programmes to jointly
coordinate their activities on South-South cooperation and to
build innovative partnerships, including public-private
collaboration that puts people at the centre of development
and catalyses action on the ground.”
Institutional assets
Our Business Model
1. Global South-South Development Academy: Enabling all interested
partners to systematically do joint policy research, exchange expertise,
document & share SS & triangular development solutions.
2. Global South-South Development Expo: Enabling all interested partners to
regularly showcase & market most scalable solutions for mutual learning &
building innovative partnerships.
3. South-South Global Assets & Technology Exchange (SS-GATE): Enabling
all interested partners to provide, acquire or finance actual transfer of
solutions & technologies in an open, cost-effective, transparent & regulated
environment.
+1. Multilateral South-South Policy-making: Enabling GA-HLC and other
multilateral governing bodies to make informed decisions on UN support to
South-South & Triangular Cooperation.
Our services and how have we served
Partnership Opportunities (GSSD-Expo)
Our Support Mechanism:
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Regional or Thematic Expo (begin 2011): Showcasing solutions only, no scenarios.
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Annual GSSD Expo (since 2008): showcasing solutions only, no scenarios.
Our Instruments:
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Leadership Roundtable
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SSC DGs’ Forum
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Thematic Solutions Forums + Demand-Supply-Matching
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Physical Exhibition of Solutions
Sample Partnership Products:
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Expo 2008 (with UNICEF & DESA, New York); Expo 2009 (with 10+ UN agencies, hosted by World
Bank, Washington D.C.); Expo 2010 (more 15+ UN agencies, hosted by ILO, Geneva); Expo 2011
(20+ UN organizations, 30+ national DGs, over 600 participants, hosted by FAO, Rome); Expo 2012
(expect 20+ UN agencies, 40+ national DGs, 600 participants, hosted by UNIDO, Vienna).
More than 300 scalable South-South and Triangular solutions in food security, climate change, HIV/AIDS
& public health, education, etc. were showcased at the GSSD Expos 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Partnership Opportunities (GSSD-Academy)
Our Support Mechanism:
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Common Roster domain, methodology and peer-review mechanism to identify, document, catalogue &
disseminate Southern talents and development solutions.
Our Instruments:
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On-line SSC Learning; On-line support to creating/managing your own roster; Methodology to identify, document
& disseminate your solutions; SSC E-library
Sample Partnership Products:
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55 rosters of experts within the Web of Information for Development WIDE. The rosters are used by
UN and UNDP bureaus/practice groups/country offices. In the past year. services also expanded to
national development agencies (Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency, TIKA).
To-date WIDE has information on 10,630 experts.
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18 case studies documenting how I billion people have been raised out of poverty by the South has
been documented in partnership with ILO.
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9 good practices in reproductive health have also been documents in partnership with UNFPA and
Partners in Population and Development.
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31 Southern good practices in disaster risk reduction in collaboration with UNISDR, ILO AND Global
Network of NGOs in 2008-2010.
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52 practical and successful South-South and Triangular Cooperation solutions analyzed/published
with support of JICA, UNIDO, UNESCO, UNICEF and 16 National SSC Focal Points.
Partnership Opportunities (SS-GATE)
Our Support Mechanism:
 SS-GATE (a development NASDAQ) is a policy-guided, regulated, market-based and
transparent transactional system which allows your organization to list your
offers/demands, match with tech-suppliers or tech-seekers, negotiate terms, connect
with potential financiers and conclude deals and transactions.
Our Instruments:
 Three SS-GATE Service Tracks: TRACK 1: Agriculture/agro-industry solutions and
technologies; TRACK 2: Environment and renewable energy solutions and technologies;
TRACK 3: Global health solutions and technologies.
Sample Partnership Products:
 Enabled China to transfer to Ethiopia the strawboard technology which created 12,000
local jobs
 Enabled Thailand to transfer to Viet Nam the rice husk particleboard technology which
involved $20 million funding by Viet Nam
 Enabled the UN Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo and Global South-South
Development 2012 in Vienna to offset its carbon emission by a Turkish clean technology
company.
Partnership Opportunities -Policy
Our Platform:
 HLC & GA (enable your organizations to contribute to SSC legislative bodies’ policymaking processes)
 Enable partner organizations to make own informed executive decisions
Our Instruments:
 GA-approved SSC Review Guidelines & Common Results Framework
 SG’s Policy Decision 2008/26 on SSC (+ forthcoming SG’s Collaborative Framework
and Operational Guidelines on SSC)
 Policy tools: SG’s biennial report: “State of SSC” to the GA and reports to HLC +
UNOSSC’s South Report
Your Benefits:
 Enhance your organization’s engagement, contribution & visibility in inter-governmental
policy-making processes
Sample
Strategic
country and institutional
partnerships
Country
Initiative
China
China South-South Development Centre & SS-GATE
India, Brazil and South Africa
IBSA Fund against Poverty and Hunger
JICA
Hosting Centre of Excellence in TrC
Republic of Korea
Facility for SS-Triangular Capacity Development for Poverty Reduction
Argentina
SS Knowledge Observatory in Poverty Reduction
Turkey
International Centre for Private Sector in Development (SS-GATE Work
Station)
Philippines
SS Knowledge Observatory in Climate Change
Qatar
Support to Regional South-South Cooperation Roadmap for Arab States,
Eastern Europe/CIS
UAE - Zayed Foundation for the
Environment
Hosting of the First Specialized Thematic Global SSD Expo on Peoplecentered investment promotion towards Green Economy
IDB
Support in the second phase of the mapping of SSC Mechanisms and
Solutions in the Arab States, Europe/CIS
IFAD
Contribution of USD 1.8m towards joint initiative on SSC in Agricultural
development for Enhanced Food Security
ADEC-i
Private sector contribution in Big data analysis and implementation +
financial contribution