South-South meeting in Dhaka Sunday
Dhaka: The government of Bangladesh, in partnership with the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will convene an important global meeting on South-South cooperation in Dhaka on 17-18 May.
The theme of the high-level meeting is 'South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Financing for Development in the South and Technology Transfer'.
The event will bring together representatives from over 50 governments, senior officials from international organisations, world renowned experts and practitioners both from the South and the North for discussions on how South-South and triangular cooperation could be better oriented towards the attainment of internationally agreed upon development goals today and in the years ahead.
This high-profile discussion come at an important time for Bangladesh, as it explore modalities beyond traditional Official Development Assistance and address the means of implementation in realising the ambitious post-2015 development agenda.
During the session, representatives from the government, private sector, community and leading think tanks from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey will share experiences in the innovative use of private financing for service delivery, public funding participation in development projects, and community financing and mobilisation.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the opening session of the event on Sunday.