SSC?

South-South Cooperation covers a scope much vaster than Development Cooperation (which is limited to ODA)

SSC is a political space: for developing countries supported by the UN

High-Level Committee on SSC (GA Structure) Special Unit for South-South Cooperation Nairobi Conference

Developing country leadership and ownership

Complementary and non-competitive with North-South cooperation

Intentionally broad definition, open to opportunities:

• Knowledge and experience sharing,• Technology exchanges,• [Mutual] strengthening of capacities,• Institutional and regulatory cooperation,• Promotion of national and collective self-

sufficiency, • Coalition-building,• etc.

SSC Principles (agreed to in the Nairobi Declaration)

National ownership and leadershipNational sovereignty and independenceEquality and HorizontalitySolidarityNon-conditionalityNon-interference in the internal affairsMutual benefit

As is well established in its cornerstone International Instruments (Nairobi, BAPA …) SSC is broader than ODA,

even if OECD has a different perspective, and supports and finances a differing school of thought.

efforts to superimpose the ODA framework, and its aid effectiveness agenda on SSC have not resonated outside of OECD (in the South).

SSC is a space for developing countries to innovate and explore a Southern approach.

Intentionally broad definition, purposely open to opportunities to:

Promote national and collective self-sufficiency,Regional economic integration movements:

African Union, SADC, SACU, MAGREBI -ARAB UNION, APEC, ASEAN, MERCOSUR, UNASUR, ALADI, CARICOM, CAFTA-RD, etc.

Half of the cars

produced in Argentina

are exported to Brazil

Some believe that cooperation happens by chance

Promotion of national and collective self-sufficiency.Coordination mechanisms:

South America – Arab Countries SummitIndia – Africa SummitChina – Africa SummitIBSA SummitBRIC Summitetc.The largest part of SSC is bilateralCoordinated through multilateral mechanisms.

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South-South cooperation'

Intentionally broad definition, open to opportunities for SSC

versus Need for greater rigor in its definitions (by others)

Aid Effectiveness for Official Development AssistanceOECD/DAC Process

G77:AAA is not a UN process SSC is broader than ODA not even in the DCF

Recent comments:India: It is a mistake to superimpose the paradigms that were established to reduce the serious shortcomings of N-S Cooperation on SSC. …The UN is failing to lead on SSC because it reflects the priorities of Northern donors. Brazil: SSC is based on principles

and on the similarity of conditions among developing countries. SSC in its own terms and not as a sub-category of international cooperation.

Japan: Conflict between developed and developing countries on the framework that governs SSC. How do we move forward?

Germany : Rather than focusing on the AAA, let’s learn from the perspectives of new actors and their innovations.

SSC ?

Recommendations for SSCNairobi Final Document:Summary of consensual positions

Increase:Mutual responsibility,Transparency,Programme coordination,Coordination of national plans and priorities,Quality and managing for results,

Practical results: Reinforce country systems to:Evaluate and asses the quality and impact of SSC,Collect data and information,Develop methods and statistics,Disseminate, share and replicate.

No one would question that it is positive if a developed country positions itself as an important ally, contributing to the development of other countries, right?

The Special Unit for SSC in UNDP is involved in serious and legitimate SSC efforts under the principles of SSC.

SSC will continue evolving and defining itself through policy dialogue and practice.

Examples of innovations supported by the Special Unit:China South-South Development Centre

to engage provincial and national institutions in SSC (not only governmental institutions)

South Korea sponsored Facility for Capacity Development through SS and Triangular Cooperation IBSA Fund Management (India, Brazil y South Africa)

Demand driven: Tangible and practical results Multidimensional, receptive

to infrastructure work, technical exchanges, equipment, etc.

Reinforce local governance. Use of local and Southern

capacities. Local procurement as capacity

development, Prioritize the establishment and

growth of Southern institutions (including private sector, civil society, public entities and private-private partnerships).

IBSA Fund Guidelines:

Focus on combating poverty and hunger,

Local ownership, Capacity development in the

beneficiary communities, Attributable human

development, Experiences, experts and

institutions of the South, Promote knowledge-sharing

and scaling up of best practices,

Sustainability.

SSC is guided by its own principles,

SSC should be understood in its own terms, and not as a sub-category of international cooperation,

It is not a stage to become a donor,

It is a mistake to superimpose on SSC paradigm that were established to mitigate the great weaknesses of NSC,

Let’s learn from the perspectives of new actors and their innovations.

SSC ?

SSC is a political space: for developing countries supported by the UN SSC is broader than

ODA

Is SSC an opportunity for innovation?

SSC is by itself, one of the few spaces for innovation in international cooperation.

How would it be if all developing countries that graduated decided it was easier to accept and repeat the same paradigms as NSC? How would it be if they didn’t? (e.g. G20)

CSS ?