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South-South Cooperation Trust Fund

The objective of the South-South Cooperation Trust Fund is to support African countries in mobilizing and taking advantage of development solutions and technical expertise available in the South. The Fund will also seek to promote South-South partnerships and knowledge sharing among MICs and between MICs and LDCs in Africa. The ultimate goal is to introduce and implement solutions in all the areas of focus that can actually have a high development impact.

Support provider

Multi-donor facility

Purpose of support

Project and program implementation

Eligible countries and regions

Regional member countries of the AfDB.

Eligibility criteria

The fund will support: Provision of technical assistance in the preparation of policy and sector studies, research and analysis; capacity building and human resources development; organization of seminars, workshops, conferences and consultations and knowledge sharing of experiences; and, implementation and piloting of innovative approaches to solve development challenges in Regional Member Countries.

Financial instruments

Grants, In-kind contributions

Decision-making information

AfDB's Partnerships and Cooperation Unit is responsible for managing the fund. The unit will issue a call for proposals for annual programming.

An inter departmental technical review committee, chaired by the head of the unit, will assess the technical and financial viability of all proposals.

An oversight committee, consisting of representatives of contributing donors, will ensure the strategic orientation and overall policy governing the use of the fund through its annual meetings. Proposals requiring a budget of USD 100,000 or less will be approved by the technical review committee.

Monitoring and reporting procedures

Annual financial and progress reports will be submitted to the oversight committee.

Information on how to...

AfDB's Partnerships and Cooperation Unit is responsible for managing the fund. The unit will issue a call for proposals for annual programming. An inter-departmental technical review committee, chaired by the head of the unit, will assess the technical and financial viability of all proposals. An oversight committee, consisting of representatives of contributing donors, will ensure the strategic orientation and overall policy governing the use of the fund through its annual meetings.

Climate objective

Adaptation, Mitigation, Cross-cutting

Sectors and themes

Agriculture, Energy efficiency, Renewable Energy, Rural Development, Health, Jobs, Poverty

Type of support provider

Multilateral

Type of recipient

Public entity at the national level, Public entity at the sub-national level, Public entity at the regional level

Co-financing required

Application timeframe

On a rolling basis.

Trustee or administrator

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Contact information

http://www.afdb.org/en/topics-and-sectors/initiatives-partnerships/south-south-cooperation-trust-fund/

mami.sakurai@undp.org

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