About the Programme
  
The South-South Tricontinental Collaborative Academic Programme has been conceived in the context of the hegemony of epistemological paradigms conceived in the North in the study of the South and the weakening of independent research capacity developing in academic and research institutions in the South. While this remains true, the severe crisis afflicting the mainstream social sciences, offers an opportunity for a significant renewal of the social sciences, especially with respect to broad issues such as development, democracy, the environment, peace and international justice. This provides the context for the launch of this South-South initiative.
  
This collaborative academic programme is jointly led by International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs), the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), and the Latin American Council of Social Science (CLACSO).
  
Publications

With the view to increase the production and use of new knowledge from a Southern perspective in areas given priority in the programme, the Tricontinental programme aims at disseminating results of research works carried out within the framework of South-South academic cooperation.
 
Various Activities

The main activities of the Tricontinental Collaborative Programme to be held in Africa, Asia and Latin America are:

a. Comparative research workshops/conferences
b. Summer Institutes
c. Grants for collaborative research and academic interaction
d. Publication of books/working papers/ policy briefs
e. Online courses.