High Level Opening Ceremony

High-Level Opening Ceremony (19 November 2012)

The Global South-South Development Expo 2012 was set off with a high-level Opening Ceremony featuring distinguished host and key players in South-South cooperation. Former Heads of State, prominent government officials, senior officials of the United Nations system, Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, and business leaders from around the world will come together to launch the event, set its tone and agenda and share their ongoing commitment to innovative and inclusive South-South and triangular partnerships.

The Exhibition Floors (19-23 November 2012)

Throughout the GSSD Expo 2012, the exhibition floor will showcase nominated successful and innovative Southern-grown development solutions that are showcased in the Solution Forums – considered to be best practice examples of the current and potential strength of South-South cooperation. A number of South-South and triangular partnership solutions in the main thematic areas will be displayed using posters, audio-visual equipment, and tables for printed materials and publications relevant to South-South cooperation. The showcased solutions will embody all of the following key attributes: (a) Southern priority/demand driven; (b) Southern ownership; (c) Southern leadership; (d) broad-based partnership; (e) innovation; (f) efficiency; (g) sustainability; and (h) scalability. Also exhibited will be innovative South-South, triangular and PPP mechanisms championed in the South, by the South and for the South, including those supported by the donor community, the United Nations development system, multilateral financial institutions, the private sector and other development partner organizations.

An adjacent exhibition room will showcase UN Agencies and GSSD Expo 2012 partners and sponsors. Booths will display each agency’s mandates on South-South Cooperation and provide a place to exhibit relevant advocacy and support material.