Turning South-South cooperation into results.
South-South Club helps ministries and international organisations design, broker and deliver cooperation between countries of the Global South: from strategy to the first exchange, and on to measurable results.
Countries of the South learning from one another
South-South Club is a social enterprise that helps countries of the Global South share what works. We support ministries of economy, planning, education and other sectors, as well as UN agencies and international financial institutions.
The most relevant solutions often come from countries that have recently faced the same challenges. Our role is to connect them, give the cooperation a clear structure, and help it deliver measurable results across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the CIS, and the Middle East and North Africa.
Partnership among equals
Cooperation built on solidarity and mutual respect between countries.
National ownership
Countries initiate, organise and lead their cooperation. We support; they lead.
Mutual benefit
Every exchange should leave both sides stronger in knowledge, skills and results.
Non-conditionality
No policy conditions attached. Cooperation responds to national priorities.
Principles as set out in the Nairobi outcome document of the UN High-level Conference on South-South Cooperation (2009).
Six ways we support your cooperation
From the first idea to the final report, we work alongside your team at the stage where you need us.
SSTC strategy and ecosystem assessment
We map your institutional set-up for South-South and triangular cooperation and design the strategy, structures and action plan to strengthen it.
Ministry-to-ministry exchange and partnership brokering
We identify peer ministries with relevant experience and organise study visits, expert exchanges and joint working sessions.
Project design and resource mobilisation
We turn cooperation ideas into well-designed, fundable proposals and help you approach the right financing partners.
Indicator frameworks and M&E
We build indicator frameworks and monitoring systems that show what your cooperation achieves.
High-level events and pavilion programmes
We design and run programmes for ministerial meetings, side events and pavilions at international conferences.
Policy papers and ministerial briefings
We prepare concise, evidence-based papers and briefings for senior decision-makers.
From your priorities to results
Understand
We start from your national priorities and the results you need.
Connect
We identify peer institutions whose experience fits your context.
Design
We structure the cooperation: objectives, activities, budget and indicators.
Deliver
We support implementation and measure what the cooperation achieves.
A free library on South-South cooperation
Courses, frameworks, publications and platforms from the UN system, development banks and research centres, each credited to its author.
Let’s talk about your priorities
Tell us what you are working on, and we will suggest how South-South cooperation could support it.