Regional, Sub-regional and Interregional Organizations in the Global South Responding to COVID-19

This webinar, jointly organized by UNOSSC and UNDP Seoul Policy Centre (USPC), brought together actors from regional, sub-regional and interregional organizations to share their experiences and responses to COVID-19.

There is an urgent need for international cooperation and global solidarity in order to tackle this crisis together and not leave anyone behind. International organizations, including the United Nations, have called for joint approaches and cooperation on the international and regional level. The WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that “this is a time for all of us to be united in our common struggle against a common threat – a dangerous enemy. When we are divided, the virus exploits the cracks between us.”

Regional approaches provide one option of international development cooperation, which have been highly demanded as a discussion topic during the webinars of the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre´s and UNOSSC’s previous webinar series on COVID-19 and the possible implications for international development cooperation.