India and UN launch Global Capacity Building Initiative

Subject :IR

Section: International Organisation

Context: India and the UN have jointly launched an initiative aimed at building the capacity of countries in the Global South.

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India and the United Nations have launched a collaborative project to assist countries in the Global South. It focuses on sharing India’s development experiences and expertise through capacity-building programs.
The initiative was introduced at the India-UN for the Global South event in New York.
This initiative complements the India-UN Development Partnership Fund, which has supported 75 development projects in 61 countries over the past six years.
UN India and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will collaborate to utilize India’s Technical and Economic Cooperation platform, strengthening the initiative’s impact.
The initiative will implement development-related goals from India’s G20 Presidency, including advancing progress on Sustainable Development Goals, technological transformation, and building Digital Public Infrastructure.

What is Global South:

The Global South is a term often used to identify the regions of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
The term “Global South” was first coined by a social activist Carl Oglesby in 1969.
It is an analogous term to “Third World” and “Periphery” that denote regions outside Europe and North America, mostly low-income and often politically or culturally marginalized countries.
Countries of the Global South have been described as newly industrialized or in the process of industrializing, and are frequently current or former subjects of colonialism.
As such, the term does not refer to geographical south; for example, most of the Global South is geographically within the Northern Hemisphere.