Dr. Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre made a presentation at the Global Preparatory Meeting "Towards the 2008 Development Cooperation Forum" held in New York on 6 March 2008. The presentation focused on the "Stakeholders Expectations for the DCF" based on the initial desk study done by the South Centre and interviews of some South government delegations and negotiators (mostly Geneva-based), IGO groups (such as G77), IGO agencies (such as FAO, IFAD, WFP in Rome), and some civil society representatives.
The meeting was organized to discuss how the 2008 DCF – as a principal forum for global policy dialogue and review of international development cooperation – would be expected to influence the processes of the Monterrey Follow-up Conference and the Accra High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, both of which will take place in the second half of 2008.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
South Centre makes a presentation at the High Level Segment on Development Cooperation Framework (DCF)
Friday, January 18, 2008
South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights (Issue 7) is out
The South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights (Issue 7, 16 January 2008) produced by South Centre has been published.
The issue includes the following analysis and commentaries:
- Editorial on Development Dialogue with Donors
- Challenges of Aid Effectiveness- A Way Forward
- Making Aid Accountable and Effective
- US Patent Law Reform - Resolving the Dilemma: Any Lessons for the South?
- Snippets on the Role of the Government
- Op-Ed on Reshaping the Development Cooperation Architecture
The Issue can be downloaded from http://www.southcentre.org/southbulletin/Issue7-16January.pdf
The previous Issue of the South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights (Issue 6, 16 December 2007) focused on Climate Change @ Bali and is available from: http://www.southcentre.org/southbulletin/Issue6.pdf
Thursday, January 17, 2008
South Centre to participate in the Advisory Board Meeting of the UN's Development Cooperation Forum in Cairo
Dr. Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre will be participating at the High-Level Symposium on "Trends in development cooperation: South-South and triangular cooperation and aid effectiveness" being organized in Cairo from 19-20 January 2008.
As a major preparatory event for the 2008 DCF, the discussions will solicit the views of all stakeholders with regard to current experiences and future expectations of partnerships in selected areas of development cooperation. The discussions will
be captured in a report of the Cairo meeting, including key policy messages, which will serve to inform the consultative process and analytical preparations for the 2008 DCF.
More information at: http://www.un.org/ecosoc/newfunct/dcfcairo.shtml
