CONTENTS RoA kicks off 2019 with successful Report Launch New Year, New Chair Bringing southern people’s voices in the North Pushing for meaningful peoples’ inclusion in South-South Cooperation A glimpse of the regions DOWNLOAD: The Reality of Aid 2019 Jan-Jun Newsletter    

21 March 2019, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA – The Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation (SSC), CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) and The Reality of Aid (RoA) Network have organised an official BAPA+40 Conference side event held on March 21, 2019, from 9 to 11:30am at the El Conquistador Hotel in Buenos Aires. Titled Putting People at the Heart of South-South Cooperation, the activity sought to promote a people-centered approach to SSC, and gather insights and

Your Excellency President of the Republic of Argentina President Mauricio Macri Your Excellency Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Antonio Guterres Administrator UNDP Mr. Achim Steiner Honorable Minister, Distinguished Delegates, Colleagues and Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen I have the pleasure to be among you today and give opening Statement to the meeting of the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South- South Cooperation (BAPA+40 Conference). Ladies and Gentlemen, We are at crossroads. It has

20 March 2019, Buenos Aires – Members of the Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation (SSC), CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) and The Reality of Aid Network have gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the 2nd UN High Level Conference or BAPA+40, happening on March 20 to 22, 2019. The BAPA+40 Conference commemorates the 40th year of the signing of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (BAPA), and explores the role of SSC and

We, civil society organizations from Asia, Africa and Latin America under the banner of the Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation, welcome the following positive developments to the draft of the outcome document and propose further improvements: (i) SSC IN RELATION TO N-S COOPERATION – defining SSC as being only complementary and not an alternative to the North-South cooperation, which still stands as the main channel for development cooperation. While distinguishing it from ODA, however,

Recent changes in the direction and prospect for international aid in the context of Agenda 2030 lead us to raise questions on the role of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in meeting the financing needs of Agenda 2030.  Is ODA fit for this purpose? Are the current directions in ODA helping or hindering the realization of Agenda 2030 and the SDGs? Many challenges for development in the 21st Century require both a human rights -based and