Reverse Linkage

130 REVERSE LINKAGE that characterises this technical cooperation. Likewise, this evidence leads to a reflection on the effective enforcement of the principles that the countries themselves ascribed in the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (BAPA), such as responsibility being mutual, respect for sovereignty and horizontal align- ment, among others. Last but not least, South-South and Triangular Cooperation, whose history is nothing new, has already been recognised as a means of implementing the Agenda 2030 in the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals. Having more and better information on the activities that the coun- tries of the Global South are already implementing serves to showcase successful experiences and national capabili- ties, which may be adapted and replicated in other countries through SSC mechanisms. Projecting and becoming more familiar with SSC also contributes to positioning this cooperation modality in the international cooperation system as an indispensable tool, feeding, in turn, international debate spaces and their deci- sion-making with information. From our Ibero-American experience, we firmly believe that it is extremely important, in the specific context of the PABA+40 Conference to be held in the year 2019, to continue working, not only at the regional but also at the global levels, on furthering knowl- edge on the reality of South-South Cooperation. SDG # of Projects SDG 3................ 124 SDG 2.................. 94 SDG 16................ 74 SDG 9.................. 63 SDG 8..................44 SDG 4..................34 SDG 10................ 27 SDG 6.................. 26 SDG 11................ 24 SDG # of Projects SDG 17................ 23 SDG 1.................. 21 SDG 7.................. 17 SDG 12................ 17 SDG 14................ 16 SDG 13................ 14 SDG 15................ 14 SDG 5.................... 8 Total.................640 #94 #124 #63 #44 #74 The contribution of bilateral South-South Cooperation projects to the Sustainable Development Goals Source: Report on South-South Cooperation in Ibero-America (SEGIB, 2017) # indicates the number of SSC projects in each SDG