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Permalink Reply by Amitava Basu on December 8, 2009 at 3:35am

It is true that south-south cooperation is primarily aimed to exchange of expertise between governments and organizations. However, the intended purpose can only be achieved through involvement of individuals, who form part of the government and organizations. Besides, a cause such as this requires public awareness among south-south nations without which the true objective of the exercise would remain far from being fulfilled. Hence, it may be a good idea to consider to have a special forum for exchange of experience and expertise involving willing individuals and a specific agenda could be drawn up in line with the theme of south-south cooperation.

Permalink Reply by Aaron Leonard on February 12, 2010 at 1:20pm

Amitava, you make an excellent point on the need for a way to connect willing parties / facilitate broader South-South exchange. There is significant movement around this very issue -

The High Level Event on South South Cooperation and Capacity Development will be dealing directly with this issue (among others).

See Han Fraeter's blog post on the World Bank's call for a global platform.

Amitava Basu said:

It is true that south-south cooperation is primarily aimed to exchange of expertise between governments and organizations. However, the intended purpose can only be achieved through involvement of individuals, who form part of the government and organizations. Besides, a cause such as this requires public awareness among south-south nations without which the true objective of the exercise would remain far from being fulfilled. Hence, it may be a good idea to consider to have a special forum for exchange of experience and expertise involving willing individuals and a specific agenda could be drawn up in line with the theme of south-south cooperation.