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Ayudar a eliminar el hambre, la inseguridad alimentaria y la malnutrición; hacer que la agricultu
South-South and Triangular Cooperation
South-South Cooperation (SSC) has grown in scope, diversity and influence over the past 40 years, following the first High-level United Nations Conference on SSC, which produced the landmark Buenos Aires Plan of Action (BAPA) for technical cooperation among developing countries. SSC is now widely accepted as a viable pathway for sustainable development in the Global South. In the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) enables countries to pool resources, adopt and adapt tested and proven solutions in a manner that is consistent with their socio-economic needs and political and cultural circumstances.
FAO has over 40 years of experience as a leading promotor and facilitator of SSTC in agriculture, food security and nutrition. The adoption of SSC in FAO's work began in 1979 with the establishment of a focal point to integrate Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries (TCDC) in all activities of the Organization. SSTC became more institutionalized in FAO with the launch of the Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) in 1994. As an important scheme within the SPFS, SSC enabled countries to benefit from the experience and expertise of other developing countries, largely through the deployment of experts from provider countries to work directly with farmers in rural communities of recipient countries.
Today, SSTC is fully integrated within FAO's Strategic Framework and is a key delivery modality in the implementation of FAO's projects and programmes. For more information on FAO's approach to SSTC Watch the video on South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) in FAO > or Download the Publication on South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) Guidelines for Action >.
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South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) in FAO
11/01/2022
FAO has embraced South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC) as a key delivery modality to catalyze agricultural development, food security, rural development, poverty reduction and nutrition ove
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Del campo a la política pública: así presentó Colombia la experiencia del programa “Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO”
26/10/2022
Ayudar a eliminar el hambre, la inseguridad alimentaria y la malnutrición; hacer que la agricultura, la actividad forestal y la pesca sean más productivas y sostenibles; y contribuir en la reducción de la pobreza rural, son algunos de los aportes que el programa Mesoamérica sin Hambre AMEXCID-FAO (MsH), una iniciativa conjunta de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y la Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AMEXCID).
Brazil and FAO, the path to cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean
01/04/2022
In 2008, due to the growing interest of other developing countries in learning about successful Brazilian policies in the area of food and nutrition security (FNS) and agriculture, the Brazilian Government initiated a partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to share Brazil's experience through South-South cooperation, based on FAO's comparative advantages.
South-South Cooperation (SSC)
South-South Cooperation is defined as a mutual sharing and exchange of knowledge, experience, technical and financial resources related to agriculture and food systems between two or more developing countries, as well as collective actions in pursuit of their individual and/or shared development objectives.
Triangular Cooperation (TrC)
Triangular Cooperation is defined as a development cooperation framework whereby two or more developing countries, alongside other development stakeholders, engage in mutually beneficial collaboration and exchanges with the support of a developed country(ies) and/or multilateral organization(s).
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