In his report to ECOSOC on Repositioning the UN development system to deliver on the 2030 Agenda, Secretary-General António Guterres says that \”the rapid evolution of alternative forms of development cooperation, including the scaling up of south-south cooperation, is beginning to suggest bold, innovative means to strengthen cooperation to deliver the SDGs.\”
\”We must step up capacities to support and leverage south-south cooperation, as a complement to traditional development assistance,\” he says. \”This form of cooperation among developing countries is a unique asset for knowledge-exchange, transfer of appropriate technologies, and tested development solutions – as valuable to developing countries as financial resources.\”
He calls for the launch of a partnership-focused work-stream to analyse “ways to strengthen the UN development system’s capacities to foster and support south-south and triangular cooperation, building on the United Nations Office for South- South Cooperation and the United Nation’s country presence.”
