Side Event to the 19th NAM Summit and the Third South Summit
“Leveraging the Potential of South-South and Triangular Cooperation for the Decade of Action”
Co-organized by the Islamic Development Bank, South Centre and UNCTAD
20 January 2024, 14:30 – 15:30
Kampala, Uganda
Venue: Victoria Ballroom, Speke Resort Munyonyo
Panel During the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) e-Week
“Overcoming the fragmentation of digital governance: what role for the Global Digital Compact and e-trade rules?”
Co-organized by the South Centre (SC) and the University of St. Gallen
7 December 2023
Geneva, Switzerland
Panel During the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) e-Week
“Digital health at the crossroads of human rights, AI governance and digital trade”
Co-organized by the South Centre (SC) and the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection (Idec)
6 December 2023
Geneva, Switzerland
The Global Digital Compact: opportunities and challenges for developing countries in a fragmented digital space
By Carlos Correa, Danish, Vitor Ido, Jacquelene Mwangi and Daniel Uribe
The adoption of a Global Digital Compact (GDC) as one of the outcomes of the Summit of the Future opens up the opportunity to address in a systematic manner issues that are of critical importance for the digital global governance. It also poses a challenge to developing countries, as most of them lack the infrastructure and capabilities to fully participate in the digital transformation. Many inequalities, including a deep digital divide, do exist and would need to be addressed by the GDC for it to become a real instrument of change and improvement in the living conditions and the prospects of a better future for most of the world population. This paper examines the current fragmentation in the digital governance and some of the issues raised by the proposals made by the UN Secretary-General for adoption of the GDC.
Event at the 28th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
“Expanding South-South trade in low carbon technologies for development and resilience”
Co-organized by the South Centre (SC), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS)
3 December 2023, 13:30 – 14:30
Multipartisme: est-ce bon pour les pays en développement?
Par Harris Gleckman
Publié par South Centre et Institut Transnational
Résumé exécutif:
Multistakeholderismo: ¿Es bueno para los países en desarrollo?
Por Harris Gleckman
Publicado por South Centre y Instituto Transnacional
Resumen ejecutivo:
Public Dialogue
Multistakeholderism and UN 2.0: Challenges and Alternatives for Developing Countries
08 November 2023 | 15:30 CET
Online Participation – Zoom
Co-organized by the South Centre and the Transnational Institute
STATEMENT OF THE SOUTH CENTRE AT THE SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE G77 PLUS CHINA
Havana, Cuba, 09.16.2023
This summit can contribute to consolidate the cooperation mechanisms between G77 member countries and the Non-Aligned Movement for the reform of the United Nations system and the global financial, trade and fiscal architecture where the interests and rights of developing countries are respected. It is also necessary to make effective the financial and technology transfer obligations of developed countries in the fight against climate change, including the operationalization of the loss and damage fund agreed at COP27.
The South Centre, as an intergovernmental organization created by and for developing countries, has benefited from strong cooperation with the Group of 77+China since its inception. We remain firmly committed to such cooperation in a variety of areas where the Group focuses its efforts.
Multistakeholderism: Is it good for developing countries?
By Harris Gleckman
Published by South Centre and Transnational Institute
Executive Summary:
For A New Global Deal
Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and South Centre High-Level Expert Exchange
Geneva, 8 September 2023, 09:00 to 17:00 CET
Room Rhin (ground floor)
International Environment House 2
Chemin de Balexert 7-9
Public Workshop
Multistakeholderism and UN 2.0: Challenges and Alternatives for Developing Countries
7 September 2023 | 10:00 – 11:30 EDT
Co-organized By the South Centre and the Transnational Institute
Co-sponsored by Corporate Accountability and ESCR NET, Peoples´ Working Group on Multistakeholderism
This Public Workshop will discuss the findings of a new report commissioned jointly by South Centre and The Transnational Institute (TNI) and elaborated by Prof. Harris Gleckman on the idea of the increasing role of ‘multistakeholderism’ in making key policy and programmatic decisions in the context of the United Nations and other fora. The workshop will also serve as an opportunity to discuss the recommendations on how to deal with multistakeholderism and its risks for global governance and the participation of developing countries.
This event is designed as an open forum to foster dialogue and share views among representatives of the Group of 77 and China, particularly those based in Geneva and New York, and civil society organizations.
The public forum will be held in a hybrid format.
