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Global Advocacy

The global advocacy category covers services that are designed to promote the use of trade as a development tool and to encourage sup­port for developing countries’ efforts to improve their trade capacity building. This includes analysis and dissemination of trade-related information, promoting understanding of the relationship between trade and development, and supporting policies. Some agencies pro­vide information on and support for the interactions between their more specialized interests and trade.

switzerland

switzerland

Summary of activities included in this category
Raising awareness
united kingdom

united kingdom

Summary of activities included in this category
AfT monitoring and awareness building
WTO Global Aid for Trade Review

South-South and Triangular Cooperation

South-South cooperation is the process whereby two or more developing countries pursue their individual and/or shared national capacity development objectives through exchanges of knowledge, skills, resources and technical know-how, and through regional and interregional collective actions, including partnerships involving Governments, regional organizations, civil society, academia and the private sector, for their individual and/or mutual benefit within and across regions.

Triangular Cooperation is a southern-driven partnership between two or more developing countries, supported by a developed country or multilateral organization(s), to implement development cooperation programmes and projects.

adb

Asian Development Bank(adb)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South Cooperation Initiatives
The Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum (APTFF)
The SASEC Information Highway project
A project to identify and promote regional supply chains
Communities of Practice (COP) models such as the Capacity Development for Development Effectiveness initiative
ADB and IDB joint South-South cooperation initiative
afdb

African Development Bank(afdb)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South Cooperation Trust Fund (SSCTF)
fao

Food and Agriculture Organization (fao)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South and Triangular Cooperation
iaea

International Atomic Energy Agency(iaea)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South and Triangular Cooperation
idb

INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (idb)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South cooperation (SSC) programs
ifad

International Fund for Agricultural Development(ifad)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC)
ilo

International Labour Organization(ilo)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South cooperation (SSC) Memorandum of Understanding
imo

International Maritime Organization(imo)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South and Triangular Cooperation
itc

International Trade Centre(itc)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South Trade and Investment Linkages
unctad

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development(unctad)

Summary of activities included in this category
South-South and Triangular Cooperation