21/12/2020
On 15 December 2020, nineteen participants participated in a face to face retreat at Anantara hotel in Bangkok. An additional sixteen participants joined the meeting online. The participants were drawn from UN agencies and intergovernmental institutions. The one-day Retreat was […]
16/12/2020
On 5-6 December 2020, the UN Office for South-South Cooperation convened the South-South Entrepreneurship Academy Second Cohort 2020, on the theme of “Sports and Entrepreneurship”. More than 40 participants, speakers and trainers from 14 countries, namely, Bangladesh, China (including HKSAR), […]
03/11/2020
Introduction As the world is struggling with the severe health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the developing countries are at greater risk from this global shock. With limited resources and weak capacity to carry out lockdown measures, […]
29/10/2020
The UN Office for South-South Cooperation and partners from Hong Kong, namely, Centre for Business/Social Sustainability and Innovations (BSSI) of Gratia Business School of Gratia Christian College with support from the Government of Hong Kong SAR- Cyberport and Youth Square, […]
25/09/2020
On Thursday, 24 September 2020, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation (TGO) convened an event to mark the end of the project that has been implemented in three phases. The event took place […]
21/09/2020
Recording of this event can be viewed here Ms. Sroy Socheath, Director General of Youth, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Cambodia; Mr. Ke Yousheng, Permanent Representative of China to UN ESCAP, and Mr. Li Jian, Secretary-General of the […]
16/09/2020
The Annual report 2019 is a documentation of the progress achieved by the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (Asia-Pacific) in 2019.
09/09/2020
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation 2020 Asia-Pacific Theme: South-South Cooperation, COVID-19 Impacts on the Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Agenda and the Role of South-South Volunteerism. Join us HERE on Microsoft Team or on UNOSSC FACEBOOK page Introduction In […]
26/08/2020
On 26 August 2020, the UN Office for South-South Cooperation’s Regional Coordinator for Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Denis Nkala delivered an online lecture on “Sustainable Development and the Role of South-South Cooperation”. Over 25 students from the Master of […]
18/08/2020
This summary is prepared in support to the recording of the 2 hour event that can be accessed here. On 22 July, 2020, a webinar on Supporting SMEs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia-Pacific was organized by the […]
25/06/2020
“On behalf of the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), it is with regret that we announce the cancellation of Youth Triangular Cooperation Academy for Sustainable Development Agenda (YTCA4SDA) scheduled for August 7th – 15th, for reasons beyond our control. […]
07/06/2020
The COVID-19 outbreak interrupted the beginning of the “Decade of Action” on the Sustainable Development Agenda (2030 Agenda). The nature of the pandemic and its impacts require us to place more importance on the sustainable development agenda, which provides a […]