South-South Cooperation from a Brazilian Civil Society Perspective International Seminar: South-South and Triangular Cooperation TUCA Cooperation Meeting Florianópolis, 28 th-30 th of August, 2012 Iara Leite, Articulação SUL (South-South Cooperation Research and Policy Center)
OVERVIEW • Definitions • The role of civil society in traditional cooperation • The role of Brazilian civil society in SSC • Challenges • Opportunities • Questions for the future
DEFINITIONS SSC as modality of IDC? (strict def. ) IDC: ODA + PDA IDC does not account for “exchanges” SSC (broad def. ) = trade, investments, regional integration, coalitions, development cooperation (SSDC), policy exchange/dialogue, knowledge exchange (official or non-official) • Cooperation cannot be taken for granted. It is an empirical matter, as well as a political one (who is being benefitted? ) • •
THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN TRADITIONAL COOPERATION • • • Private relief older then ODA Development purposes Constituencies Delivery Information Monitoring and evaluation
BRAZILIAN CIVIL SOCIETY’S ENGAGEMENT IN SSDC • Transition • Practical: autonomous or in partnership with official cooperation • Normative: ABONG, CFEMEA and CSA in Busan • Knowledge-based organizations • Accountability and transparency • Not make the same mistakes
CHALLENGES • Weak state-society links • Mutual suspicions • Unclearness of decision-making processes in the MRE • Guaranteeing exchanges instead of pure transfer
OPPORTUNITIES • • • Redemocratization (80 s) Social agenda (90 s) Tradition of mobilization and horizontal cooperation Brasil 2022 MRE-civil society dialogue Open Gov’t Partnership Reflection (focus on results instead of processes) Lack of resources (human and financial) ABC recognizing the role of civil society
CONCLUSION: THREE QUESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE • How can Brazil engage civil society in partner countries without risking the principle of noninterference? • How to stimulate social mobilization in countries that have decentralized governance without relying in a strong civil society basis? • How to guarantee exchanges among MICs and LICs? • Is it possible that democratic countries offer a coherent cooperation?
Thank you! i. leite@articulacaosul. org
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