A decade of South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America
A decade in the voice of the protagonists of South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America.
A commemorative publication of the collaborative work between SEGIB and Ibero-American countries to systematize and analyze South-South Cooperation since 2007, reflected in the first ten editions of the Report on South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America.
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The South-South Cooperation Logbook
The Report on South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America is the first regional effort to record, systematize, analyze, and spread knowledge of SSC in the history of cooperation. Ten years after its launching, it has become a reference. In this chapter, the leading figures behind this initiative describe, in their own words, how it began and how it has contributed to the development of SSC in Ibero-America and abroad.
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A brief history of South-South Cooperation
This chapter describes the history of South-South Cooperation, its main highlights and events, from the 1955 Afro-Asian Conference in Bandung (Indonesia), where the key aspects of a future “South discourse” were established, through our time. A better understanding of the past is crucial to adequately interpret the present, and thus to more clearly envisage the possibilities of this tool for development.
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A decade of South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America
The information accumulated throughout one decade makes it possible to analyze the evolution of SSC in which the region has participated. This Report presents the details of a technical and political process of multilateral and always consensual construction shared by Ibero-America’s twenty-two nations. This chapter narrates the history of this report, which is, itself, an exercise of SSC only possible through shared efforts and dialogue.
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Ten Years, ten Cases
This chapter presents ten initiatives that reflect the diversity of South-South Cooperation projects carried out by Ibero-American countries over the last decade. These ten cases also illustrate the diversity of topics, different modalities of institutional articulation and different formulas for cooperation, not only among Ibero-American countries, but also with other countries of other regions such as Asia, Europe and Africa.
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Our future
This chapter analyzes the challenges faced by SSC in the current scenario, where the work carried out by Ibero-America in this decade stands as a reference for the development of a new model of global cooperation. It addresses, for example, its link with development financing, gender equality, vulnerable populations, decentralized cooperation and the role of new stakeholders, among others.
