Post-COVID-19: Implications for International (Development) Cooperation

The world is working on mitigating the enormous challenges of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, however, some ideas on what the recovery will require are already emerging. It is certain that it will represent a major game-changer in the international (development) cooperation. The United Nations Development Programme Seoul Policy Centre (USPC) has organized a series of webinars to discuss the implications for international (development) cooperation post-COVID-19. Experts from Southern and Northern think tanks discussed and shared their views on how COVID-19 can create momentum for more and better international cooperation.

Following are the details of speakers and link to the recordings for the webinars held on 16 April 2020

  • Jorge Chediek, Director of UNOSSC & Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on South-South Cooperation (Opening Remarks), New York, United States 
  • Sachin Chaturvedi, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, India
  • Anthony Pipa, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA
  • Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Imme Scholz, German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany
  • Stephan Klingebiel, USPC (Conclusions), Seoul, South Korea
  • Artemy Izmestiev, USPC (Moderator), Seoul, South Korea

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