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Report on South-South and Triangular Cooperation in Ibero-America 2022

Cooperation to support post-pandemic sustainable development This report describes the strategies Ibero-American countries promoted to adapt to COVID-19 and how South-South and Triangular Cooperation became an instrument to respond to the challenges of the multidimensional crisis caused by the pandemic.

A decade of South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America

A decade in the voice of the protagonists of South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America.

Previous reports

Multilateralism as an answer to the health, economic and social crisis

In order to overcome the global crisis caused by COVID-19, it is crucial to strengthen international cooperation more than ever. This report aims to better understand the progress made so far, to learn from accumulated experience and contribute to enhance that collective response.

South-South Cooperation after BAPA+40

This edition reflects on how this cooperation can continue to respond to development challenges in a scenario marked by the emergence of new stakeholders and the development of different alliances.

An international cooperation system that leaves no one behind

The report reveals the need to build an inclusive international cooperation system, in line with the current development paradigm of the 2030 Agenda.

Towards the 40th anniversary of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action

This edition reflects on the validity of the 1978 Plan, on the region’s progress in these 40 years and on challenges and opportunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The contribution of South-South and Triangular Cooperation to the SDGs

The report reviews the region’s progress in terms of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the potential contribution of South-South and Triangular Cooperation to the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Triangular Cooperation as the meeting point between two paradigms

Triangular Cooperation, the meeting point between South-South and Traditional Cooperation, has the challenge to bring countries together without putting South-South Cooperation’s principles at risk.

Towards a Post-2015 cooperation agenda

The report explores the Ibero-American vision on the Post-2015 cooperation agenda and the role of international and, especially, South-South and Triangular Cooperation.

Ibero-America’s contributions to the global cooperation agenda

This edition reviews Ibero-American South-South and Triangular Cooperation’s contributions to the global development cooperation agenda.

Principles of South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America

This report reflects on the theoretical foundations of South-South Cooperation as an instrument to strengthen capacities, to promote coordination and to foster regional integration.

South-South Cooperation in the Ibero-American space

In a context of a possible reduction of assistance to Latin-America, the Report calls for the strengthening of South-South and Triangular Cooperation, while highlighting its distinctive features and the challenges it faces.

Ibero-America’s vision on South-South Cooperation

This edition addresses the renewed boom of South-South Cooperation: its diversification, its inclusion in development cooperation fora and the generation of its own debate agenda.

A historical and conceptual approach to South-South Cooperation

This second Report provides a deeper understanding of South-South Cooperation’s main modalities, as well as of some of its best practices. (Link in Spanish)

Ibero-America in international cooperation

This first report addresses South-South Cooperation carried out among developing Ibero-American countries from a broad perspective, which includes an analysis of Official Development Assistance flows in the region. (Link in Spanish)

An Innovative Triangular Cooperation for a New Development Agenda

Final publication of the EU-SEGIB project in which important issues for the strengthening of TC between LAC and the European Union are addressed.

International Development Co-operation after COVID-19: prospects for strengthened triangular partnerships between LAC and OECD members

Policy paper by the Development Co-operation Directorate (OECD) and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB).

Towards an Ibero-American Ecosystem of Decentralized South-South and Triangular Cooperation

The summary of the results of a study, conducted in the framework of the EU-SEGIB project "The Innovative Triangular Cooperation for a New Development Agenda", which aimed at finding out how SSST is carried out at sub-national and local level in the Ibero-American region.

South-South and Triangular Cooperation and Indigenous Populations

The summary of the results of a study, conducted in the framework of the EU-SEGIB project "The Innovative Triangular Cooperation for a New Development Agenda", whose objectives included building the foundations of a strategy for working in Triangular Cooperation with indigenous peoples and communities.

South-South and Triangular Cooperation and The Sustainable Development Agenda in Ibero-America: Critical junctions and horizons in the response to Covid-19

This report, conducted in the framework of the EU-SEGIB project "The Innovative Triangular Cooperation for a New Development Agenda", is dedicated to analyzing how South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SCSyT) has been adapting to the changes caused by the transition between development agendas.

A methodology to identify the alignment of South-South and Triangular Cooperation with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This document is product of the collective dialogue and the joint work of the ibero-american countries, PIFCSS and SEGIB to develop a tool that allows to know the alignment of South-South and Triangular Cooperation with the 2030 Agenda.

South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the health sector in Ibero-America 2018

The second edition of the joint work between PAHO/WHO and SEGIB aims to deepen synergies between regional health strategies and South-South and Triangular Cooperation’s management. (Link in Spanish)