BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af89206c3803 DTSTART:20231219T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231219T093000Z LOCATION:Online\, SUMMARY:StatsTalk-Africa: Quantifying South-South cooperation with data of the South CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Financing Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) process and achie vement has been at the heart of global leaders around the way due to the c hallenge it represents in terms of amounts to be mobilized and their sourc es. The SDG agenda foresaw in its Target 17.3 the need to “Mobilize addi tional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources ” as a supporting means to implement the Agenda beside ODA flows and str engthening of domestic resources mobilization. In this respect\, understan ding the contribution of South-south Cooperation (SSC) constitutes an impo rtant step in better comprehending the sources of development support for developing countries as well as the specific challenges faced by developin g countries in meeting the SDGs.The Economic Commission for Africa\, Afric an Center for Statistics (ECA-ACS)\, in collaboration with the United Nati ons Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Statistics Service\, are organizing a session during the StatsTalk-Africa webinar on progress and c hallenges regarding the measurement of SSC\, as part of the new SDG indica tor 17.3.1 on ‘additional financial resources mobilized for developing c ountries from multiple sources’. The new indicator’s methodology was a dopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) at its 53rd ses sion in March 2022.Thanks to the joint efforts of the South\, now for the first time there is a global\, voluntary Conceptual Framework to Measure S outh-South Cooperation which will support countries’ reporting on the SD G indicator. The Statistical Commission\, at its 53rd session\, welcomed t he development of this conceptual framework and “requested that further work on this\, including on global reporting and capacity-building\, be en abled by the co-custodianship of UNCTAD and be led by countries from the g lobal South\, building on country-led mechanisms”. The Commission also i nvited countries involved in SSC to work closely with UNCTAD to that effec t. This event will update heads of National statistical offices (NSOs) and international cooperation agencies across Africa as well as other partici pants interested in this field. Specifically\, this event on the quantific ation of SSC aims to:Share information on the new SDG Indicator 17.3.1 and on the Framework to measure South-South cooperation elaborated by countri es of the South\;Present the ongoing UN Development Account project on Qua ntifying South-South cooperation to mobilize funds for the SDGs\;Discuss A frican perspectives on South-South cooperation and its measurement. <\; p>\;Financing Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) process and achievemen t has been at the heart of global leaders around the way due to the challe nge it represents in terms of amounts to be mobilized and their sources. T he SDG agenda foresaw in its Target 17.3 the need to “Mobilize additiona l financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources” as a supporting means to implement the Agenda beside ODA flows and strengthe ning of domestic resources mobilization. In this respect\, understanding t he contribution of South-south Cooperation (SSC) constitutes an important step in better comprehending the sources of development support for develo ping countries as well as the specific challenges faced by developing coun tries in meeting the SDGs.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The Economic Commission f or Africa\, African Center for Statistics (ECA-ACS)\, in collaboration wit h the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Statisti cs Service\, are organizing a session during the StatsTalk-Africa webinar on progress and challenges regarding the measurement of SSC\, as part of t he new SDG indicator 17.3.1 on ‘<\;em>\;additional financial resourc es mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources<\;/em>\; ’. The new indicator’s methodology was adopted by the United Nations S tatistical Commission (UNSC) at its 53rd session in March 2022.<\;/p>\ ;<\;p>\;Thanks to the joint efforts of the South\, now for the first t ime there is a global\, voluntary Conceptual Framework to Measure South-So uth Cooperation which will support countries’ reporting on the SDG indic ator. The Statistical Commission\, at its 53rd session\, welcomed the deve lopment of this conceptual framework and “requested that further work on this\, including on global reporting and capacity-building\, be enabled b y the co-custodianship of UNCTAD and be led by countries from the global S outh\, building on country-led mechanisms”. The Commission also invited countries involved in SSC to work closely with UNCTAD to that effect. This event will update heads of National statistical offices (NSOs) and intern ational cooperation agencies across Africa as well as other participants i nterested in this field. Specifically\, this event on the quantification o f SSC aims to:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;<\;li data-list-item-id="\;e11 8a71625cedf47328eeeeb6491169ff\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unct ad.org/meeting/statstalk-africa-quantifying-south-south-cooperation-data-s outh DTSTAMP:20261114T165326Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR