Under the theme of “ICT, Innovation, Culture and Sustainable urbanization”, the Annual Forum on South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development 2013 focuses on how to spur ICT innovations in the cultural and urban environment of the South with a view to advancing sustainable development and urbanization, within the framework of South-South Cooperation(SSC).
South-South cooperation (SSC) has moved from strength to strength and is now an integral part of the landscape in the South, John William Ashe, the newly-elected president of the United Nations General Assembly, said prior to a forthcoming SSC forum in Hong Kong.