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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.
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Summary of activities included in this category
South-South cooperation is encouraged in regional programmes funded by Finland, for example Southern African Innovation Support (SAIS) programme that encourages south-south cooperation among SADC region countries; ITC Intra-regional Trade in Easter Africa