We, civil society organizations from Asia, Africa and Latin America under the banner of the Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation, first and foremost, commend the UN Office for South-South Cooperation for organizing the 2nd High Level Conference on South-South Cooperation. We join in celebrating the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action, which reaffirmed that technical cooperation’s purpose, guided by the principles of respect for national sovereignty and equality,

October 14, 2018 | Bali, Indonesia Whereas, South-South Cooperation, having arisen from the Global South’s search for alternatives to the paternalistic and unequal traditional North-South development aid and cooperation framework, poses opportunities and has raised high hopes for people from the South; Whereas, emerging in the 1950s in the context of the common struggle of former colonies for genuine independence and development, 29 countries from Asia and Africa met at the Bandung Conference in 1955 to promote economic and

Bali, Indonesia – 22 organizations from Asia, Africa and Latin America, fresh off of a CSO planning meeting on the road to the 2nd High Level UN Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40 Conference)1, just launched the Southern CSO Alliance on South-South Cooperation. This is in light of the ambitious 2030 Agenda, which encourages development actors to step up their efforts to strengthen global partnership, including South-South Cooperation (SSC). The Alliance, spearheaded by The Reality of Aid Network and several

The Reality of Aid – Asia Pacific expresses its grave disappointment over the Indonesian government’s repressive acts against the Peoples’ Global Conference Against IMF-WB (PGC). As a South-led network concerned with the proper use of development assistance and effective development cooperation, ROA-AP has resolved to strengthen its engagement with the IMF-World Bank to enable civil society organizations to raise their concerns and propose policy alternatives to the institution. Several of its members, who are also

CONTENTS Global Updates DAC-CSO Reference Group holds strategy meeting amidst ongoing reform processes Reality of Aid Network holds 2017 Global Assembly in Paris, France Asia-Pacific RoA Asia-Pacific discusses militarization of aid in new Reality Check issue RoA Asia-Pacific launches the 2016 RoA Report alongside ADB 50th anniversary in Yokohama Africa RoA Africa participates in the Inclusive Partnerships Multistakeholder Validation/Workshop in Cameroon Latin America and the Caribbean On Debt: How are we in Latin America? “Financial

When: September 13, 2017 Where: Paris, France Who: Members of the Reality of Aid and the CSO community What: Reality of Aid Network Global Assembly Why: The Reality of Aid Network holds a Global Assembly for RoA members once in its two-year Report cycle. Its purpose is to engage members to debate key issues for the theme of the upcoming Global Report and to share national and regional experiences with other RoA members. It seeks