Triple Forum
Mercosur and CPLP countries discuss challenges and opportunities of South-South Cooperation in the Digital Era in Ceará
June 03, 2025 05h49 PM | Last Updated: June 04, 2025 03h37 PM
In cooperation with the Government of the State of Ceará and supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and other partners, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) will carry out on June 11-13 the "Triple International Forum of Global South Governance - New indicators and strategic themes for the development and sustainability in the Digital Era", which will take place in Fortaleza, at the Ceará´s Event Center (999 Washington Soares Avenue).
South-South Cooperation session
On June 12, from 8 to 10 am, a session with representatives from the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) and Mercosur countries will take place, including Marcelo Bisogno (INE Uruguay), Gioconda Ocampo (INEC Ecuador), Noélia Massangaia (INE Mozambique) and Anália Silva (INE Angola). IBGE´s Andrea Diniz da Silva will moderate the session.
The South-South Cooperation, a technical cooperation among developing countries in the Global South, has been widely used by governments, civil society and international organizations to share knowledge, skills and success initiatives in several areas. Despite the undeniable benefits of this model of knowledge management, the lack of resources imposes limitations to the exchanges. With the advance of the information and communication technologies, new possibilities are arising. The session will explore the potential of the ICTs to leverage collaboration opportunities among Global South countries in the context of the digital transformation. The role of technology as a driver of the collaboration among countries that share similar challenges will be discussed.
Know more about the Triple Forum
Between June 11 and 13, Fortaleza will host the biggest group of representatives of national statistical offices of the Global South. The following delegations have already confirmed their participation: Angola, South Africa, Colombia, China, Egypt, Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Mozambique, Russia and Uruguay.
In addition to the official delegations, participants from more than 30 countries have already registered in the Triple Forum. And more than 100 speakers!
Forum will gather in Fortaleza representatives from BRICS, Mercosur and CPLP, in a year of discussions of COP 30 in Brazil, which will involve countries from the Amazon biome.
On-site registration in the Triple Forum is open to authorities, public and private managers, scholars, researchers, professionals and students, as well as to entities in general.
Besides international and thematic sessions, the Triple Forum will provide technology workshops. Among them, "Public policies in the Digital Era - Mastering IBGE data".
International sessions will be translated into Portuguese. The IBGE will provide an official certificate of participation.
Targets
The Triple Forum aims at organizing a technical discussion (on-site and remote) by gathering heads of national statistical offices, authorities, congressmen, public and private managers, universities, entities from civil society, young researchers, students, among others, towards the challenges of the International Governance in the Digital Era and their impacts on economies of the Global South.
It should be added that Brazil will chair BRICS and Mercosur in 2025, having the IBGE as the Brazilian representative of the statistical offices of these countries. Brazil will have a special agenda dedicated to the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries as well.
They are three strategic forums to propose new sovereign indicators and to reflect on key themes for the development and sustainability, in a year that Brazil will host COP 30 (United Nations Climate Change Conference - Conference of the Parties), which will involve the participation of countries from the Amazon biome.
Service
The detailed program is already available on the Triple Forum website within the IBGE portal (https://eventos.ibge.gov.br/triplo-forum), will free registration (only through the Internet) for those interested in Brazil and abroad.
The number of seats is limited and will follow the registration order.
All participants will receive a participation certificate.
Free registration until June 8. For more information, please send an email to eventos@ibge.gov.br
