Fostering global South-South policy dialogue on major development issues and challenges.

This platform offers the entire international development community the opportunity to place South-South cooperation on the development agenda, complementing the more traditional North-South cooperation. Examples of initiatives under this platform include the:

• Global South Development Forum (GSDF)
• Cooperation South journal
• Global Science Corps (GSC) and Remittance of Development Programme

Public-Private Partnership Fostering

Creating an enabling environment for South-South private sector development and business collaboration for development.

This platform is designed to create public policy-supported but market-oriented mechanisms that will allow greater South-South flow of trade, investment, technology transfer as well as technical and humanitarian assistance. Examples of initiatives under this platform include the:

• South-South Global Assets & Technology Exchanges System (SS-GATE)
• Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF), funded by Japan

Southern Development Knowledge Exchange

Brokering for the Sharing of Southern Development Knowledge and Solutions.

This platform serves as a global hub for networking among Southern centers of excellence, in a collective effort, to document and disseminate successful Southern experiences, knowledge and solutions to specific development problems. Examples of initiatives under this platform include the:

• WIDE Roster System (Web of information for Development)
• Publication of the series Sharing Innovation Experiences
• Publication of Southern Development Solutions
• Creative Economy for Development