{"id":455,"date":"2010-04-15T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T08:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/?p=455"},"modified":"2018-04-07T20:52:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T17:52:32","slug":"turki-faisal-al-rasheed-speech-at-crans-montana-forum-on-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/turki-faisal-al-rasheed-speech-at-crans-montana-forum-on-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The South-South Cooperation Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/31092683\" width=\"580\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/turki-faisal-al-rasheed-speech-at-crans-montana-forum-on-africa\/tfr_crans_montana-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-456\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-456\" title=\"tfr_crans_montana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/tfr_crans_montana1-200x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/tfr_crans_montana1-200x163.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/tfr_crans_montana1.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crans Montana Forum on South Africa &#8211; Brussels Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The South-South Cooperation speech by: Mr. Turki Faisal Al Rasheed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crans Montana Forum April 7 to 10, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Distinguished Guest<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re Excellencies<\/p>\n<p>Ladies and Gentlemen<\/p>\n<p>I am delighted to be in Brussels coming from Riyadh and luckily we brought you some sunshine.&nbsp; It was 32 C in Riyadh and of course with a lot of sunshine.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the opportunity to be a special guest for The South-South Cooperation as the new tool of Africa\u2019s International Cooperation:&nbsp; which place for the European Union?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South-South cooperation is a term <strong>historically <\/strong>used by policymakers and academics to describe the <strong>exchange of resources<\/strong>, technology, and knowledge between developing countries.<\/li>\n<li>The UN establish it to <strong>promote<\/strong> South-South trade and <strong>collaboration<\/strong> within its agencies<\/li>\n<li>Successful in <strong>decreasing<\/strong> dependence on the <strong>aid <\/strong>programs of developed countries<\/li>\n<li>Creating a shift in the international <strong>balance<\/strong> of power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opportunities<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New world order and counter the existing <strong>western dominance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strengthen<\/strong> and improve economical ties<\/li>\n<li>Peace and security<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developments<\/strong> in the political arena<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Africa Growth<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2007 \/2008, <strong>growth<\/strong> was 2 % ,despite global recession (Newsweek 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Expected growth this year will be 4.8 % ; the <strong>highest <\/strong>growth outside Asia.( IMF )<\/li>\n<li>Private consumption of <strong>goods and services <\/strong>has accounted for two thirds of Africa\u2019s GDP growth.<\/li>\n<li>Emerging African <strong>middle class <\/strong>expected to be&nbsp; 300 M, out of 1 billion of the total population , (Vijay Majahan, Africa rising book&nbsp; 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Africa\u2019s Challenges<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Capital <\/strong>limitation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Corruption<\/strong>(Transparency International)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Difficulty<\/strong> and <strong>cost<\/strong> of running a business. Is the highest in the world (IMF).<\/li>\n<li>Few <strong>states voices <\/strong>are heard. (only Rich\/Powerful)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recommendations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Water<\/strong> efficient technologies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Desert <\/strong>Irrigation technologies<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seeds<\/strong>, good <strong>animals <\/strong>breed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marketing<\/strong> intelligence<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financing<\/strong> for the small stakeholders .<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainable<\/strong> production systems to ensure food <strong>security<\/strong>\/economic <strong>growth<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Africa and EU should build a Strategic <strong>Partnership <\/strong>for security and sustainable development.<\/li>\n<li>Cooperate and support to the development of <strong>communication<\/strong> technology.<\/li>\n<li>African government must strive&nbsp; to achieve Good and <strong>effective governance.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainable<\/strong> development on trade .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/?attachment_id=447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Photo Captions<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South-South cooperation is a term historically used by policymakers and academics to describe the exchange of resources, technology, and knowledge between developing countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5020,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions\/5020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tfrasheed.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}