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Highlights from the Arab States, Europe and the CIS...
South-South cooperation promotes closer collaboration among countries, helping them to achieve their shared and individual development goals. The countries in both the Arab States and the Europe and the CIS regions are taking steps towards establishing a solid approach that will enable them to receive maximum benefits from South-South cooperation.
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Find Out What Is Happening in the Regions
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From traditional Hungarian felting to weaving on muffs and sacks with the pitted kilim techniques in Central Asia, capacities were developed through South-South training to support diversifying the incomes of rural women and men in Uzbekistan through new knowledge and skills. Read more. |
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The Zayed International Foundation for the Environment has launched the Zayed Green Challenge app, an innovative, green-knowledge education platform with entertainment features. This knowledge-based game app is designed to educate and create awareness of sustainable development among people of all ages. Find out more.
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UNDP and the European Union Support South-South Cooperation Knowledge Exchange on Parliamentary Activities: Nepal and Ukraine. After hosting the Global Parliamentary Openness Conference, the Ukrainian experience is in demand. Find out more.
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Young Kenyan winners of the First Youth4South Solution Awareness Contest use the opportunity to share the success of their "A Water Kiosk in School" project and to transfer the solution to the youth in Rwanda. Read more.
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The 2017 annual report of the UNOSSC Division for Arab States, Europe and the CIS summarizes the deliverables produced in line with a range of tailor-made support services for the United Nations country teams and the Government focal points for South-South Cooperation in the two regions. Read the full report.
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In this section, the Division for Arab States, Europe and the CIS presents an overview of some of the newest development solutions placed on the southsouthworld.org mapping portal, which was developed with the support of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the UNDP Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS). This mapping tool is intended to provide "one-stop-shop" access to practical, easy-to-use expertise in the broad range of South-South cooperation mechanisms and solutions in the two regions. |
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Visit our mapping portal at southsouthworld.org to share and gain better access to development solutions.
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Hungary: School Fruit and Vegetables Scheme
The voluntary school fruit and vegetables scheme promotes healthy eating habits among school children. The scheme, which combines providing fruits and vegetables with relevant educational activities, is being carried out under the auspices of the National Public Health Programme.
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To ensure access to basic health care for the refugees in the informal camps and remote villages, Amel Association International, a Lebanese non-governmental organization, set up the Mobile Medical Unit (MMU), a special vehicle equipped with a wide range of medical tools.
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Morocco: Methodological Approach for Marine Aquaculture Spatial Planning
Innovative planning tools in marine aquaculture enabled the establishment of an exhaustive, consolidated mapping database, which provides up-to-date information for decision-making on the activities in the sector.
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The colony support management system is a method based on setting pair colonies which produce honey from each colony in every pair. When applied in the correct way, it is effective in maintaining an increase in colony size and productivity.
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Share your experiences in solving development problems. Your successful stories about supporting various dimensions of human development through new, low-cost and effective approaches will be placed on the southsouthworld.org portal. The template for documenting a solution can be downloaded here. The solutions are to be e-mailed to ssc.europecis@undp.org
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South-South Cooperation around the World
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New York, 23 February 2018 – The Board of Directors of the India-UN Development Partnership Fund approved four projects for Belize, Chad, Liberia and Uruguay. Find out more.
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New York, 31 January 2018 – UNOSSC and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) co-organized a Global Thinkers Dialogue with the China Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD). Read more.
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New York, 31 January 2018 – UNOSSC and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) co-organized a Global Thinkers Dialogue with the China Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD). Read more. Learn more.
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Follow South-South Cooperation on Social Media
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The 2017 report summarizes the deliverables produced in compliance with the UNOSSC guiding frameworks and regional strategic approach based on the overall operational context. As an integral part of the joint advisory offerings, the Division built up a range of tailor-made support services on South-South cooperation in the two regions.
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The report explores how SSTC plays a greater role than ever before in tackling rural poverty and food insecurity and its importance in international efforts to enhance development effectiveness through innovation, new partnerships, knowledge-sharing and the scaling up of proven approaches.
International Fund for Agricultural Development. 2017.
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The UNICEF global publication showcases examples of how South-South cooperation contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for children. The ten good and promising practices demonstrate how different South-South cooperation modalities have been used to implement programmes for children.
United Nations Children's Fund. 2018.
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