The XXXII meeting of directors of international cooperation agencies of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean is organised by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) jointly with the Government of the Republic of Peru, through the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru and the support of the Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund (PGTF) of the Group of 77. It is held in Lima, Peru, from 27 to 28 November 2024. 

The event aims at deepening the actions undertaken by SELA to support South-South and Triangular Cooperation by strengthening regional institutions with competence in this area, systematize the experiences of Latin American and Caribbean countries in the process of sharing and standardizing methodologies to measure cooperation at the regional level, and increase knowledge about the approaches formulated to learn about the progress made and the methods applied by the countries. 

The objective is to contribute to the development of systems that are as homogeneous as possible to ascertain the real scope of South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC), as a contribution to the promotion of mechanisms to systematise information on SSTC by fostering the use and application of technological platforms for the exchange of information. 

UNCTAD will share information on measuring South-South cooperation within the UN system and its reporting on SDG indicator 17.3.1, and presents the “Manual for the Framework to measure South-South Cooperation”, a country led-process lead by pioneering countries and supported by UNCTAD. The Manual is a step by step guidance for countries part of the UN DA15 ongoing project on quantifying SSC to mobilize funds for the Sustainable Development Goals, and any other interested countries who wish to measure SSC.