| Partners
in Population and Development (PPD)
is an intergovernmental initiative
created specifically for the purpose
of expanding and improving South-to-South
collaboration in the fields of reproductive
health, population, and development.
PPD was launched at the 1994 International
Conference on Population and Development
(ICPD), when ten developing countries
from Asia, Africa and Latin America
formed an intergovernmental alliance
to help implement the Cairo Program
of Action (POA). This POA, endorsed
by 179 nations, stresses the need
to establish mechanisms to promote
development through the sharing of
experiences in reproductive health
(RH) and family planning (FP) within
and among countries and to promote
effective partnerships among the governments,
Non- Governmental-Organizations (NGOs),
research institutions and the private
sector.
During
the five-year review of the implementation
of the POA (“Cairo+5”),
representatives at the June 1999 Special
Session of the United Nations General
Assembly not only documented renewed
commitment to the goals of the ICPD,
but also encouraged intensified support
of South- South Collaboration.
Para
14.6 suggested that,
“…more
attention should be given to South-South
Cooperation as well as to new ways
of mobilizing private contributions,
particularly in partnership with nongovernmental
organizations. The International community
should urge the donor agencies to
improve and modify their funding procedures
in order to facilitate and give high
priority to supporting direct South-
South collaboration arrangements….South-
South cooperation at all levels is
an important instrument of development.”
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