UNOSSC Director Dima Al-Khatib and Laura Turner, WFP Multilateral and Programme Country Partnerships Division (MPC) Deputy Director, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aiming to jointly implement UNOSSC’s South-South and Triangular Cooperation Solutions Lab to address key development challenges related to SDG 2 (zero hunger) by leveraging innovative solutions, testing new solutions, building coherent portfolios of innovative South-South and triangular cooperation solutions, and enhancing cooperation.
“The partnership between UNOSSC and WFP is strategically significant, harnessing the complementary strengths of both organizations to address global challenges related to SDG 2,” said UNOSSC Director Dima Al-Khatib at the MOU signing.
This collaboration aims to identify, scale, and support impactful South-South and triangular cooperation solutions that contribute to eradicating hunger and improving food security. Together, the partners will focus on incubating and testing innovative solutions, developing comprehensive portfolios that empower governments and key stakeholders with actionable tools for sustainable impact. Additionally, the partnership will facilitate the identification and sourcing of new solutions through global innovation challenges, with the first challenge currently underway, inviting innovators worldwide to contribute their solutions. “This strategic alliance is designed to drive long-term, transformative change through collaboration and innovation,” said UNOSSC Director Dima Al-Khatib.
The Solutions Lab is a global platform for incubating, testing, and scaling up development solutions. WFP’s participation as one of the first UN entities to join the Solutions Lab demonstrates its commitment to innovative and collaborative approaches to achieving SDGs.
“The MOU between WFP and UNOSSC presents an opportunity to formalize collaboration on the Solutions Lab, strengthen ties between the two agencies, and enhance coordination among developing actors,” stated WFP MPC Deputy Director Laura Turner. “It also allows WFP to bring its unique perspective to the platform, adding valuable insights and expertise.”
Together UNOSSC and WFP intend to set up coherent portfolios of SDG2-relevant solutions, support countries in adapting and scaling them up, engage new partners, mobilize financing, and connect knowledge platforms. Portfolios will be supported by large data collaboratives, pooling all available data and insights to make future ideation and implementation efforts much more evidence based.
Evidence will also be generated and disseminated on results and lessons learned from WFP-facilitated #SouthSouth and #TriangularCooperation initiatives identified and incubated through the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Solutions Lab.
WFP is a champion of South-South cooperation. It’s strategy on promoting and facilitating the South-South and triangular cooperation envisages 2 main outcomes:
The Solutions Lab is a global platform for incubating, testing, and scaling up development solutions. WFP’s participation as one of the first UN entities to join the Solutions Lab demonstrates its commitment to innovative and collaborative approaches to achieving SDGs.
“The MOU between WFP and UNOSSC presents an opportunity to formalize collaboration on the Solutions Lab, strengthen ties between the two agencies, and enhance coordination among developing actors,” stated WFP MPC Deputy Director Laura Turner. “It also allows WFP to bring its unique perspective to the platform, adding valuable insights and expertise.”
Together UNOSSC and WFP intend to set up coherent portfolios of SDG2-relevant solutions, support countries in adapting and scaling them up, engage new partners, mobilize financing, and connect knowledge platforms. Portfolios will be supported by large data collaboratives, pooling all available data and insights to make future ideation and implementation efforts much more evidence based.
Evidence will also be generated and disseminated on results and lessons learned from WFP-facilitated #SouthSouth and #TriangularCooperation initiatives identified and incubated through the South-South and Triangular Cooperation Solutions Lab.
WFP is a champion of South-South cooperation. It’s strategy on promoting and facilitating the South-South and triangular cooperation envisages 2 main outcomes:
- Governments and other national and local stakeholders benefit from WFP’s specialized support for South-South and triangular cooperation and the matching of solutions, in the area of SDG 2.
- Country-led South-South and triangular cooperation is recognized, developed and widely embraced as an integral tool for delivering inclusive solutions.
