A new contribution from the Government of Türkiye to the United Nations Fund for South-South Cooperation (UNFSSC) is accelerating science, technology, and innovation in Least Developed Countries while also enabling closer collaboration between the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and the UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries.
This collaboration reflects the spirit of UN80, highlighting how South-South and triangular cooperation can deliver practical, forward-looking solutions through partnership, complementarity and collective action. By bringing together institutions of the United Nations system with Southern-led leadership and expertise, the initiative demonstrates how South-South cooperation is responding to today’s global challenges while advancing a more inclusive and effective multilateral system.
Türkiye’s contribution enables UNOSSC to deepen its partnership with the UN Technology Bank in a manner that is both strategic and complementary, leveraging the respective mandates and comparative advantages of the two entities. Building on strong institutional alignment, the collaboration aims to promote innovation-led South-South and triangular cooperation. This offers a practical pathway to address persistent development challenges faced by LDCs, including structural vulnerabilities, limited technological capacity, and uneven access to innovation ecosystems.
In an increasingly complex global environment, strengthening science, technology and innovation capacities in LDCs is critical to accelerating sustainable development, enhancing resilience, and supporting progress toward the 2030 Agenda and the Doha Programme of Action. South-South and triangular cooperation offer important opportunities to mobilize context-appropriate technologies, applied expertise and peer learning from across the Global South, complementing traditional development approaches.
The UNOSSC-UN Technology Bank collaboration will focus on shared knowledge and capacity development through targeted analytical reviews, knowledge products, policy dialogues, and innovation-focused capacity-building initiatives to respond to country-driven priorities. Through joint efforts, the partnership seeks to elevate evidence-based insights, highlight practical innovation solutions, and strengthen platforms for exchange among policymakers, practitioners and development partners – helping connect LDC demand with relevant technology and innovation expertise.
As host country of the UN Technology Bank and a longstanding champion of South-South and triangular cooperation, Türkiye continues to demonstrate leadership in promoting innovation-driven development solutions for LDCs. This contribution provides a foundation for expanded collaboration, increased visibility of Southern-led innovation, and the development of scalable initiatives that can attract broader partnerships and resources over time.
