Guidelines for Trilateral South-South Cooperation Initiatives

These Guidelines provide step-by-step guidance and tools for the identification and joint formulation of Trilateral South-South Cooperation initiatives (TSSC) with UNICEF and the Government of Brazil. 

This document is primarily aimed to serve authorities in developing countries interested in cooperating with the Government of Brazil (GoB) and UNICEF under the framework of TSSC initiatives. These Guidelines are also expected to be a useful tool to UNICEF staff at Headquarters, Regional and Country Offices, as well as to Brazilian Government authorities involved in the identification and formulation of such arrangements. 

It presents the key steps and templates of documents required for the presentation and initial processing of TSSC requests by interested developing countries, in addition to detailed information on the joint development and launching of TSSC activities and projects. Furthermore, it offers an overview of the range of modalities available for the exchange of development solutions between Brazil and requesting countries, with the support of UNICEF.