The process of building international cooperation through North-South and South-South cooperation

Abstract

This scientific essay aims to discuss the obstacles to the construction of International Cooperation; to indicate the main characteristics and how the North-South Cooperation was developed and, finally, to describe the main characteristics of South-South CooperationSouth, identifying some differences between North-South and South-South and presenting the main criticisms of this type of cooperation. The research was based on a survey of bibliographic sources available in the teaching plan of the discipline Public Management and International Cooperation (PGPCI/UFPB), as well as in literature that sought to complement the above mentioned themes. In short, it shows that trust and good cooperative reputation are essential elements for the establishment of International Cooperation, indicating a possible way to build a more cooperative and less competitive world. Moreover, throughout its historical process, International Cooperation has opened spaces mainly to two strands of partnerships: North-South Cooperation, the main purpose of which was to finance projects and programmes that would contribute to the development of underdeveloped nations, and South-South Cooperation, in which it sought to assert independence and development processes that corresponded to reality among the Third World Nations.