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Partners in South-South Cooperation, formerly Programme for South-South Cooperation PSC, is a development cooperation comprising several developing countries working together towards sustainable development and to fight poverty. Currently Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica are partners in the cooperation and other countries have expressed interest. Since its inception in 2006 Partners has managed 34 projects in the three countries.〔()〕 While initial funding was provided by the Netherlands to kickstart the process, the cooperation is run independently by the members who support each other through knowledge transfer and exchange. This is distinctively different from the traditional development approach where developing countries highly depend on expensive and not always adequate Northern expertise and consultants (technical assistance). Partners's guiding principles are Equality (among members), Reciprocity (between members on each project) and Participation (inclusion of civil society, governments, local authorities, professional associations, businesses, indigenous people). The cooperation emphasizes economic and social development and environmental protection within the prioritized sustainable development themes - water, agriculture and biodiversity. Partners supports innovation through seeding initiatives, replicating successes, establishing transnational partnerships and disseminating information in five thematic areas: * Sustainable tourism * Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity * Access to sustainable energy and efficient energy use. * Sustainable chains of production and consumption. * Gender equity (as cross-cutting theme). ==History== During the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg in 2002, the Republic of Benin, the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of Costa Rica entered into a Strategic Partnership for Cooperation on Sustainable Development, signing an agreement on the 31 of August 2002. This agreement was the outcome of the collaboration of the three partner countries and the Kingdom of the Netherlands within the framework of the Sustainable Development Agreements (SDAs). During the Joint Committee Meeting of the Bilateral Agreements for Sustainable Development in May 2005 the three countries reaffirmed their commitment to the pursuit of sustainable development goals and created the Programme for South-South Cooperation on Sustainable Development between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica (PSC). The organization changed its name to Partners in South-South Cooperation in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Partners in South-South Cooperation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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