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vii DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION SSC project to aid artificial insemination in Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Sarastina, Head of Marketing and Information Division, Singosari National Artificial Insemination Center (SNAIC) UNCST–IsDB project contributes to environmentally friendly charcoal industry in Uganda . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Dickson Avutia, Charcoal Briquettes Project Manager and Head of Business Development; and Bashir Rajab Kagere, Project Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Manager and Head of Policy Analysis and Development, UNCST MEDRC and knowledge sharing for water desalination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Jauad El Kharraz, Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) ISTIC as an international platform for SSC in science, technology and innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Dr. Sharifah Maimunah Syed Zin, Director, ISTIC ECO Science Foundation – a catalyst for promoting science, technology and innovation in the ECO region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Prof. Dr. Manzoor Hussain Soomro, President, ECOSF Technology transfer and research and development in halal product authentication in Kuwait . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Adnan Husain, Food and Nutrition Programme Manager, Environment and Life Sciences Research Centre (ELSRC), Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR); Talat Saeed, Research Scientist, ELSRC, KISR; Hani Al-Mazeedi, Associate Research Scientist, ELSRC, KISR; Wajih Sawaya, Senior Advisor, Director General Office, KISR Innovations in public service delivery – the view from Azerbaijan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Zaka Muradov, Senior Adviser, International Relations Department, The State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan International Islamic University Malaysia: fostering cooperation through Reverse Linkage . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Prof. Dato’ Sri Dr. Zaleha Kamarudin, Rector; Prof. Dr. Abdul Rashid Moten, Guest Writer; International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Jordan’s evolving landscape in development cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Zeina Toukan, Director, International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Reporting SSC – lessons from Ibero-America . . . . . . . 128 Martín Rivero Illa, Social Cohesion and South-South Cooperation Area Coordinator for the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB); Cristina Xalma, Lead Researcher for the Report on South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America (SEGIB), Silvia López, Researcher for the Report on South-South Cooperation in Ibero- America (SEGIB) Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131