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Unpacking The 2013 Human Development Index
23 May 2013 | debate, dev index, global index, hdi, south-south, undpThe UNDP claims ‘the Rise of the South’ is having a significant impact on economic growth and societal change. In a notable challenge to the gloom of recession in the West and all the continuing and...
Promoting Citizen-Centred Security through South-South Cooperation I Brasilia 2012
14 December 2012 | Brasilia, brazil, citizen security, data, event, events, governance assessments, monitoring, security, south south cooperation, south-south, workshop, workshopsFrom national security to citizen security For decades, the term “security” in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was synonymous with national security, where the army and police had...
Experts’ Round-table and South-South Exchange Forum 2012 l Jakarta, Indonesia
11 December 2012 | expert meeting, forum, governance assessment, lessons learned, papi, south-southIn March 2012 the first regional Exchange of National Experiences in Governance Assessments was held in Jakarta, Indonesia. The "Experts Roundtable and South-South Exchange Forum" on “Lessons from...
Nicaragua presenta en feria regional experiencia parlamentaria de cooperación Sur-Sur
14 May 2012 | event, nicaragua, south-south, spanishPanamá, 10 de mayo, 2012/ Saber del Sur es la feria regional de cooperación Sur-Sur, organizada por el Gobierno de Panamá con el apoyo del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas, coordinada por el PNUD, que...
El Salvador and Mexico: South-South solidarity to assess and combat corruption
03 May 2012 | el salvador, mexico, south-south, undp-supportedFor the first time in the history of El Salvador, the government embarks on a high-level project to systematically measure corruption and transparency, through a country-specific indicators framework...
Senegal and Indonesia: South-South cross-fertilization on data collection methods
30 September 2010 | data collection, indonesia, senegal, south-south, undp-supported, workshopIn Senegal, the first National Programme for Good Governance (which ended in 2007) suffered from a lack of coordination amongst governance actors, and from the absence of a monitoring framework to...
African Parliamentarians Engage in Peer Learning In Africa’s Premier Self-Monitoring and Accountability Mechanism (African Press Organisation, 12 May 2010)
13 May 2010 | africa, aprm, economic governance, parliament, peer review, self-monitoring, south-southAfrican Parliamentarians will tomorrow in Addis Ababa, begin a three-day peer-learning workshop to improve their knowledge and skills in the self-monitoring mechanism established by the African Union...
Pan-Asian workshop aims to boost social monitoring in Asia (Social Watch, 11 May 2010)
11 May 2010 | asia pacific, budget, event, human rights, m&e, mdg, press release, social accountability, south-south, workshopThe dynamics of International Financial Institutions and private capital in the globalized world has often acted as delimiting factors to state sovereignty. The role of Social Watch as a ‘watch dog’...
South-south research consortium looks at the use of governance indicators
22 March 2010 | africa, donors negotiations, eu commission, framework, ghana, idasa, indicators, mozambique, research, rwanda, south-south, think tanksHow are governance indicators actually used to strengthen democratic governance at the country level? A research consortium of African think tanks is now set to explore this question....