Closing Ceremony and Annual South-South Cooperation Awards

The Closing Ceremony

The Closing Ceremony of the GSSD Expo 2012 will be a grand celebration of the event’s successes. Eminent leaders in South-South and triangular cooperation, including government officials, leaders of United Nations agencies and intergovernmental organizations, and other significant leaders of Southern initiatives will share their ongoing commitment to South-South cooperation and highlight the importance of it going forward. It will conclude with speeches by UNIDO and presentations of the annual South-South Cooperation Awards to individuals and organizations that have been prominent role models of South-South cooperation throughout the world.

The Annual South-South Cooperation Awards

The motto of the GSSD Expo is Solutions! Solutions! Solutions! To this end, the GSSD Expo seeks to showcase the strongest and most successful Southern development solutions to the complex challenges facing the South today.

Many inspirational and innovative solutions nominations will be received from all regions of the world.The Annual Reward will celebrate the solutions which will stand out as global in scope, reach and impact and exemplary of the most important elements of South-South cooperation: innovation, partnership and leadership.

GSSD Expo 2011: UNIDO wins the Innovation Award

UNIDO was awarded with last year’s South-South Cooperation Award for Innovation. This award was presented to the solution, "Solar Power for Irrigation in Mozambique", funded by FAO and UNIDO.

The South-South Cooperation Award for innovation was given to the solution that best showed the creativity needed to address the challenges of today, especially in showcasing interventions that would overcome critical constraints in the agricultural value chains, thus enhancing food production, creating employment and improving nutrition.