To date the largest donor for SSC is Japan, which, under the Japan Human Resources Development Fund (JHRDF) (a cost-sharing arrangement between UNDP and the Government of Japan), has shown great interest in promoting SSC. A decision was taken by the Government of Japan to replace the JHRDF with the UNDP-Japan Partnership Fund (currently the Japan-UNDP Partnership Fund) in 2003.

Link to website: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

The Governments of India, Brazil and South Africa established the IBSA Facility for Poverty and Hunger Alleviation in 2003, with the Special Unit providing management support. The IBSA Fund supports the most vulnerable segments of the population of Southern countries through community development, utilizing funds and expertise of the three countries.

Link to website: India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Facility

In 2010, the Republic of Korea signed an agreement with the Special Unit to finance the Facility/Programme for Capacity Development for Poverty Reduction through South-South and triangular cooperation. The objective of this programme is to share the Republic of Korea’s development experience and know-how in education as well as science and technology as a way of assisting the economic advancement of less developed countries in line with MDGs.

Link to website: Korean Facility

The Pérez-Guerrero Trust Fund for South-South Cooperation (PGTF), established in 1983, provides catalytic financial support to cooperative projects carried out by three or more developing-country members of the Group of 77.

Link to website: Pérez-Guerrero Trust Fund (PGTF)