South-South Cooperation (SSC) providers have expressed on numerous occasions the need for more opportunities to meet together before large international conferences to discuss and debate the issues among themselves and develop a stronger Southern voice. In response to this demand, and requests from South-South cooperation provider countries for more information on the first Mexico High Level Meeting (HLM) on the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) in April 2014, UNDP China and the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Development Cooperation (CAITEC) co-hosted a workshop for government and civil society representatives of 11 SSC provider countries, in Beijing on 24-25 March 2014.