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Mexico and Brazil—equally affected by climate change, land degradation, and
desertification. This platform is a significant part of the royal guidelines seeking to
strengthen Morocco’s scientific cooperation towards sustainability for drylands in
Africa and Latin America.
International Cooperation Framework: A Transatlantic
Approach to Achieve Sustainable Drylands—The Case
of the Agadir Platform
It is a common opinion that international cooperation in general and the tripartite
cooperation in particular can be promoted and monitored as a means of implementation of the SDGs
5
and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda
6
on aid effectiveness.
Through tripartite cooperation, partners involved share and cogenerate knowledge,
learn together, facilitate capacity development, collaborate and jointly create solutions to development challenges. Combining efforts based on complementary
knowledge can be key to achieving good results and to taking the 2030 Sustainable
Development Agenda forward. All countries can potentially be providers, facilitators, and beneficiaries of knowledge sharing in tripartite cooperation, so it transcends divides between different types of cooperation, geographic boundaries,
knowledge systems, cultures, and mental models, among others (UN-ESC 2008).
With this perspective, co-generation of useful knowledge for the sustainability of
Northern Africa and Latin America drylands lies at the crux of the Agadir Platform
which was founded in December 2016. Its main objectives are to coordinate national
participatory research networks, such as RISZA (Red Internacional para la
Sustentabilidad de las Zonas Áridas—International Network for the Sustainability
of Drylands)
7
in Mexico, collaborative, transdisciplinary research efforts and training opportunities, and to build a cross-regional coordinated research framework
centered around the SDGs for the sustainable development of local socio-ecological
systems. Hence, the Agadir Platform represents a novel science–policy–society
interface for dryland development in the transatlantic context. Knowledge sharing
5 https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ (UN, 2015).
6 https://www.un.org/esa/ffd/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/AAAA_Outcome.pdf.
7 The International Network for the Sustainability of Drylands is comprised of various members
from diverse sectors like academic and government institutions, NGOs, civil associations, students, and the civil society including indigenous communities. These members are organized to
analyze collaborative actions that strengthen agenda for the dryland regions and respond to the UN
sustainable development goals. For these actions, the network requires the implementation of multilateral and inter-institutional collaborations, which are inclusive considering all the stakeholders
including the decision-makers. It also provides the possibility to establish strong collaborations
with members of Latin America, North Africa and Europe (source: www.risza.com.mx).
14 The Agadir Platform: A Transatlantic Cooperation to Achieve Sustainable Drylands
Mexico and Brazil—equally affected by climate change, land degradation, and
desertification. This platform is a significant part of the royal guidelines seeking to
strengthen Morocco’s scientific cooperation towards sustainability for drylands in
Africa and Latin America.
International Cooperation Framework: A Transatlantic
Approach to Achieve Sustainable Drylands—The Case
of the Agadir Platform
It is a common opinion that international cooperation in general and the tripartite
cooperation in particular can be promoted and monitored as a means of implementation of the SDGs
5
and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda
6
on aid effectiveness.
Through tripartite cooperation, partners involved share and cogenerate knowledge,
learn together, facilitate capacity development, collaborate and jointly create solutions to development challenges. Combining efforts based on complementary
knowledge can be key to achieving good results and to taking the 2030 Sustainable
Development Agenda forward. All countries can potentially be providers, facilitators, and beneficiaries of knowledge sharing in tripartite cooperation, so it transcends divides between different types of cooperation, geographic boundaries,
knowledge systems, cultures, and mental models, among others (UN-ESC 2008).
With this perspective, co-generation of useful knowledge for the sustainability of
Northern Africa and Latin America drylands lies at the crux of the Agadir Platform
which was founded in December 2016. Its main objectives are to coordinate national
participatory research networks, such as RISZA (Red Internacional para la
Sustentabilidad de las Zonas Áridas—International Network for the Sustainability
of Drylands)
7
in Mexico, collaborative, transdisciplinary research efforts and training opportunities, and to build a cross-regional coordinated research framework
centered around the SDGs for the sustainable development of local socio-ecological
systems. Hence, the Agadir Platform represents a novel science–policy–society
interface for dryland development in the transatlantic context. Knowledge sharing
5 https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ (UN, 2015).
6 https://www.un.org/esa/ffd/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/AAAA_Outcome.pdf.
7 The International Network for the Sustainability of Drylands is comprised of various members
from diverse sectors like academic and government institutions, NGOs, civil associations, students, and the civil society including indigenous communities. These members are organized to
analyze collaborative actions that strengthen agenda for the dryland regions and respond to the UN
sustainable development goals. For these actions, the network requires the implementation of multilateral and inter-institutional collaborations, which are inclusive considering all the stakeholders
including the decision-makers. It also provides the possibility to establish strong collaborations
with members of Latin America, North Africa and Europe (source: www.risza.com.mx).
14 The Agadir Platform: A Transatlantic Cooperation to Achieve Sustainable Drylands