SolArid : South-to-South Cooperation
South-to-south cooperation is widely recognized as an effective tool for mobilizing additional resources and rationalizing the use of existing financial, technical and organizational resources through enhanced consultation and new partnerships at sub-regional, regional and international levels.
It provides a strategic opportunity to invest in new approaches to resource mobilization for sustainable land management, which effectively respond to the specific needs of countries affected by desertification and drought, with the ultimate aim of improving their peoples’ livelihoods.
The GM’s South-to-south cooperation programme, SolArid, brings together the countries of the Sahel and the Sahara and aims to highlight the specific characteristics of these countries that must be taken into account by the international community when developing strategies to combat desertification and poverty.
It also aims to establish a permanent network to exchange experiences on resource mobilization strategies, to develop financial partnering strategies and to foster partnerships.
The international workshop, Decentralisation and Local Development in Arid Zones, (Marrakech, 13-16 April 2006), was a milestone in this process. It brought together the stakeholders in the region, including inter-governmental organizations and potential donors, providing a forum in which to foster a deeper understanding of ongoing initiatives at inter-regional level; explore capacity-building opportunities; identify potential partnerships; and to define the modalities for permanent exchanges on hot topics in the desertification debate.
Download the SolArid Programme (English - PDF 87 Kb, French - PDF 181 Kb)
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