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v DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION Contents Acknowledgements . iii Foreword . 1 H.E. Dr. Bandar M. H. Hajjar, President, Islamic Development Bank The Islamic Development Bank – long-standing experience in technical cooperation . 2 IsDB Reverse Linkage Team Sustainable development results through enhanced partnerships – IsDB’s Reverse Linkage mechanism . 6 IsDB Reverse Linkage Team Providing development solutions by mapping resource centres in IsDB member countries . 9 IsDB Reverse Linkage Team 3 2-C Initiative for Effective Technical Cooperation . 12 IsDB Reverse Linkage Team Driving the 2030 Agenda through South-South Cooperation . 15 Dr. Rami M.S. Ahmad, Special Envoy on SDGs, Senior Advisor to the President, Islamic Development Bank United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation in partnership with IsDB . 17 Jorge Chediek, Envoy of the Secretary-General on South- South Cooperation and Director, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation BADEA’s technical assistance to Africa – an SSC paradigm . 22 Prof. Mekki El Shibly, Executive Director, Mamoun Beherie Centre for Economic and Social Studies and Research in Africa; Lubna D. Ahmed, Strategic Studies and Corporate Development; Shahad Khidir, Young Professional Programme, Marketing Expert, Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa Triangular Cooperation – characteristics, realities and opportunities . 26 Nadine Piefer and Juan Casado-Asensio, OECD Development Cooperation Directorate South-South Cooperation: a pioneering model for sustainable development in OIC Countries . 29 Onur Çaglar, Technical Cooperation Specialist, Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), a subsidiary of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Enhancing technical cooperation among developing countries . 33 The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) Reverse Linkage between Marmara Research Center, Turkey and Meteorological Department, Pakistan . 36 Zahid Rafi, Project Coordinator, Pakistan Meteorological Department Indonesia’s contribution to developing South-South and Triangular Cooperation . 39 Directorate for Foreign Policy and International Development Cooperation, BAPPENAS Expanding Malaysia’s development partnership through SSC . 43 Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation and MARDI Corporation From a grain of rice – Reverse Linkage between Suriname and Malaysia . 48 MARDI Corporation