South-South and Triangular Cooperation
- 91%
- of WFP’s country offices engaged with host governments on South-South and Triangular Cooperation in 2021, compared to 62% in 2017
- 3
- Centres of Excellence serving as global knowledge hubs (WFP Centre of Excellence against Hunger Brazil, WFP China Centre of Excellence for Rural Transformation and the Regional Centre of Excellence against Hunger and Malnutrition in Côte d’Ivoire)
- 10,380-plus
- people in 31 host countries benefited from WFP’s global SSTC initiatives between 2020 and 2021
Over the last decade and a half, the bulk of global economic growth has occurred in developing and middle-income countries. Governance standards and practices are maturing: many nations have been developing and testing their own solutions as they chart a path towards zero hunger. At the same time, the universality of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and of Goal 2 in particular, means hunger and malnutrition must be ended for all people in all country contexts – something no development actor, government or other entity can achieve in isolation. This is also why Goal 17, the last of the SDGs, commits stakeholders to realizing all partnerships necessary to achieve the other 16 goals.
Driven by rising demand among countries, WFP has stepped up to support governments through South-South and triangular cooperation (SSTC). This involves the direct exchange of knowledge, experiences, skills, resources and technical know-how among developing countries, often assisted by a donor or multilateral organization such as WFP. This “triangular” facilitation may take the form of funding, training, management, technological systems or other types of support.