What is the South-South Human Development Investment Exchange?
It is a marketplace for cooperation projects between institutions from developing countries seeking to promote human development and the Millennium Development Goals. The South-South Exchange facilitates matching of resources to projects by centralizing South-South cooperation initiatives peer-reviewed for credibility in one consistent and transparent on-line platform, easily accessible to social investors. In this manner it seeks to increase governance standards, transparency and accountability.
This is a market place for:
- Social investors wanting to promote human development to identify and provide financial or in-kind support to South-South cooperation projects based on Proven Solutions.
- Developing country institutions to list their cooperation projects by complying with the South-South Exchange disclosure and reporting requirements to thereby attract resources.
| Benefit to Institutions Advancing Human Development | Benefit to Social Investors |
| The pilot South-South Exchange structure provides greater visibility for human development projects and the innovative work of developing country institutions advancing human development. | The pilot South-South Exchange creates a reliable, standardized and accountable environment for the identification of human development projects. |
| The South-South Exchange can reduce investor relations costs for institutions working on human development issues and broaden access to a network of potential donors, including non-traditional social investors. | The pilot South-South Exchange encourages the engagement of smaller and non-traditional donors by allowing them to take shares in development projects. |
| The pilot South-South Exchange provides administrative support and structure for project management, monitoring and reporting. | The pilot South-South Exchange reduces due diligence costs for social investors and promotes donor confidence by ensuring governance and performance criteria. |
| The pilot South-South Exchange facilitates the creation of a varied social network for capacity building; encouraging the exchange of experiences, best practices and resources. | The pilot South-South Exchange assists in the development of a culture of giving and a culture of social entrepreneurship. |
- Why give through a social investment at the pilot South-South Exchange?
- What types of projects are listed in the pilot South-South Exchange?
- What criteria does the South-South Exchange use to review and select listed projects?
- Why is the South-South Exchange a pilot, and how does it differ from the actual South-South Exchange
- Why is the pilot South-South Exchange important to SSC?
- What is UNDP SU/SSC’s strategy to advance HDIXs?