FAO conducted a one-week mission to Tehran (3-6 December 2016) that aimed to assist the Iranian Government in finalization of the Country Programme Framework (CPF) and encouraged the engagement of the country in the South-South Cooperation (SSC) framework. 

The mission composed by Representatives from the FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa (RNE) and the FAO South-South Cooperation team in collaboration with the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) and  the Agricultural Planning, Economic and Rural Development Research Institute (APERDRI) of the ministry of Jihad-e Agriculture (MOJA).  

Concurrently the government of Iran and FAO are jointly collaborate on developing the next Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period 2017-2021. 

In June 2012, the Islamic Republic of Iran and FAO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to “establish a strategic alliance in capacity building in support of food security objectives in other developing countries in the region and beyond, sharing Iran’s technical knowhow”.

For its part, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been increasingly playing a substantive role in sharing knowledge, experiences and good-practices, as well as know-how in the field of development with neighbouring and, in some cases, far-off countries.  

The ‘South-South Cooperation’ framework has been widely accepted as an important model of development and recognised as having assisted developing countries to benefit from innovations, lessons learned and good practices, tried and tested elsewhere in the south. 

“There is a significant contribution and complementary value-added that could be attained from further pursuing the mutual sharing of knowledge through UN Organizations. Multilateral institutions can facilitate the exchange and update of development solutions and promote sound platforms for knowledge networking, which constitute essential approaches to achieve sustainable development”, said  FAO Representative to Iran, Mr. Serge Nakouzi. 

FAO has been advocating since the mid-1990s that ‘South-South Cooperation’ can effectively contribute to the accomplishment of food security, poverty reduction and the sustainable management of natural resources. 

FAO has contributed significantly over the past twenty years through its SSC programme to promote the sharing of knowledge and experience between the countries of the global south, by providing technical oversight and quality assurance, promoting partnerships and facilitating resource mobilization and ensuring that technology and knowledge are adaptable to local conditions and are environmentally, socially and economically sustainable and socially inclusive. 

The Organization earlier launched a new ‘South-South Cooperation Gateway’ aimed at reinforcing the mutual learning through the exchange of development solutions.  

The FAO/SSC gateway presented to Iran as a mechanism that would enable the country to engage more substantively in exchanging development solutions and knowledge and uphold in this respect its long-held tradition of sharing development experiences and know-how for the benefit of nations not only in this region but also more globally. 

FAO Strengths Collaboration with Iran on South-South Cooperation

FAO conducted a one-week mission to Tehran (3-6 December 2016) that aimed to assist the Iranian Government in finalization of the Country Programme Framework (CPF) and encouraged the engagement of the country in the South-South Cooperation (SSC) framework.

The mission composed by Representatives from the FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa (RNE) and the FAO South-South Cooperation team in collaboration with the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) and  the Agricultural Planning, Economic and Rural Development Research Institute (APERDRI) of the ministry of Jihad-e Agriculture (MOJA).  

Concurrently the government of Iran and FAO are jointly collaborate on developing the next Country Programme Framework (CPF) for the period 2017-2021.

In June 2012, the Islamic Republic of Iran and FAO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to “establish a strategic alliance in capacity building in support of food security objectives in other developing countries in the region and beyond, sharing Iran’s technical knowhow”.

For its part, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been increasingly playing a substantive role in sharing knowledge, experiences and good-practices, as well as know-how in the field of development with neighbouring and, in some cases, far-off countries. 

The ‘South-South Cooperation’ framework has been widely accepted as an important model of development and recognised as having assisted developing countries to benefit from innovations, lessons learned and good practices, tried and tested elsewhere in the south.

“There is a significant contribution and complementary value-added that could be attained from further pursuing the mutual sharing of knowledge through UN Organizations. Multilateral institutions can facilitate the exchange and update of development solutions and promote sound platforms for knowledge networking, which constitute essential approaches to achieve sustainable development”, said  FAO Representative to Iran, Mr. Serge Nakouzi.

FAO has been advocating since the mid-1990s that ‘South-South Cooperation’ can effectively contribute to the accomplishment of food security, poverty reduction and the sustainable management of natural resources.

FAO has contributed significantly over the past twenty years through its SSC programme to promote the sharing of knowledge and experience between the countries of the global south, by providing technical oversight and quality assurance, promoting partnerships and facilitating resource mobilization and ensuring that technology and knowledge are adaptable to local conditions and are environmentally, socially and economically sustainable and socially inclusive.

The Organization earlier launched a new ‘South-South Cooperation Gateway’ aimed at reinforcing the mutual learning through the exchange of development solutions. 

The FAO/SSC gateway presented to Iran as a mechanism that would enable the country to engage more substantively in exchanging development solutions and knowledge and uphold in this respect its long-held tradition of sharing development experiences and know-how for the benefit of nations not only in this region but also more globally.