South-South and Triangular Cooperation is key to fighting hunger and poverty and transforming rural communities in developing countries says IFAD
ROME (PRWEB) November 16, 2017 -- More than 300 participants representing governments, international organizations, academia, research organizations, the private sector, NGOs and civil society are expected to descend upon Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, from 20 to 21 November, to attend the International Conference on South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) - Leveraging Innovations from the Global South to Support Rural Transformation.
Dyogo Oliveira, Brazil’s Minister of Planning, Development and Management, will open the conference on 20 November at the Meliá Brasil 21 Convention Centre in Brasilia.
"In a country where agriculture is so important to the economy and still experiencing poverty scenarios, it is fundamental to know new experiences and mechanisms to combat inequalities,” said Oliveira. “We are committed to promoting conditions conducive to the development and generation of jobs and income and understand the activity as a Brazilian force in this struggle.”
Over the course of the two-day conference, participants will discuss boosting investment promotion between developing countries to support financing for smallholder agriculture and rural development, and leveraging information and communication technologies with a specific focus on engaging rural youth and women.
Partnerships and cooperation opportunities across low-income, middle income and upper middle-income countries that can be expanded to support agriculture and rural development for better prosperity, will also be discussed.
“South-South and Triangular Cooperation is a key development modality for furthering the objectives of Agenda 2030 and reaching the SDGs. Complementing the more traditional north-south modality for development cooperation,” said Ashwani Muthoo, IFAD’s Director of Global Engagement, Knowledge and Strategy Division. “SSTC allows developing countries to take more leadership, responsibility and ownership in their own development to improve the livelihoods and food security of their own people.”
During the conference, more than 10 Ministers from participating developing countries will share their experiences during two high-level ministerial panels: The role and contribution of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the Sustainable Development Agenda and The role of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in supporting inclusive rural transformation. The high-level panels will be followed by three moderated thematic sessions.
Since 1980, IFAD has financed 12 rural development programmes and projects in Brazil for a total cost of US$864.5 million. This includes $565 million ($279.4 million direct IFAD investment) for current operations in the country’s northeast states which benefits nearly 400,000 rural households. While initial IFAD investments focused on rural development activities in the north-eastern, semi-arid region of the country known as sertão, today IFAD has expanded its operations to the Maranhão Amazonian transition area, Pernambuco pre-sertão area (agreste) and coastal rainforest (mata atlantica).
Over the years, the lessons learned from IFAD-funded operations in Brazil have been shared with government officials, civil society, the private sector and family farmers via policy dialogue forums and the knowledge-sharing programme Semear ("to sow" in Portuguese).
Journalists must accredit by 20 November 2017 at 11 a.m. in order to gain access to the event. The conference will start at 1:30 p.m. Please email a copy of your press card, name, media outlet and telephone number to one of the following contacts:
For Ministry of Planning of Brazil:
Thaisis Barboza
Chief of Press
Cell: +55 61 2020 5043
thaisis.souza(at)planejamento.gov.br
For IFAD:
David Florentin Paqui
Regional Communications Officer
IFAD Communications Division
Cell: +55 61 98175 7739
Tel: +390654592213
Cell: +39 3357516406
d.paqui(at)ifad.org
IFAD invests in rural people, empowering them to reduce poverty, increase food security, improve nutrition and strengthen resilience. Since 1978, we have provided about US$18.9 billion in grants and low-interest loans to projects that have reached some 470 million people. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency based in Rome – the UN’s food and agriculture hub. For more information visit http://www.ifad.org.
David Paqui, IFAD, http://www.ifad.org, +39 3921605992, [email protected]
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