Technology Sharing
Building technological capabilities and expanding scientific knowledge base are important emerging areas of engagement for the South. The similarity between the countries in their stages of development and context of adaptation makes diffusion and adaption a relatively successful exercise. Southern partners have engaged in these exchanges for several years, largely as a means of achieving self-reliance. The modalities may include joint R&D projects aimed at co-creation of knowledge and technology, cooperation towards continuous scientific exchanges aimed at gradual capacity building in frontier domains and technology transfer. Such programmes may help Southern economies to develop suitable solutions to bridge developmental gaps and build long term competitiveness.
