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    The document summarizes the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum, an international tripartite cooperation established in 2003. IBSA brings together three large multi-cultural democracies facing similar challenges to consult on global issues, collaborate on projects, and assist other developing nations through their jointly-funded IBSA Facility Fund. It has 14 working groups, 6 people-to-people forums, and meets regularly at both ministerial and leadership levels, most recently reaffirming South-South cooperation in their 2018 declaration.

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    The document summarizes the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Dialogue Forum, an international tripartite cooperation established in 2003. IBSA brings together three large multi-cultural democracies facing similar challenges to consult on global issues, collaborate on projects, and assist other developing nations through their jointly-funded IBSA Facility Fund. It has 14 working groups, 6 people-to-people forums, and meets regularly at both ministerial and leadership levels, most recently reaffirming South-South cooperation in their 2018 declaration.

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    IBSA [India, Brazil & South Africa]

    Dated: 09-04-2020

    IBSA is a unique Forum which brings together India, Brazil and South Africa, three
    large democracies and major economies from three different continents, facing
    similar challenges. All three countries are developing, pluralistic, multi-cultural,
    multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious nations.

    The idea of establishing IBSA was discussed at a meeting between the then Prime
    Minister of India and the then Presidents of Brazil and South Africa in Evian on 2
    June 2003 on the margins of the G-8 Summit. The grouping was formalized and
    named the IBSA Dialogue Forum when the Foreign Ministers of the three
    countries met in Brasilia on 6 June 2003 and issued the Brasilia Declaration.

    The Cooperation in IBSA is on three fronts:


    1. As a forum for consultation and coordination on global and regional
    political issues, such as, the reform of the global institutions of political and
    economic governance, WTO/Doha Development Agenda, climate change,
    terrorism etc.;
    2. Trilateral collaboration on concrete areas/projects, through fourteen
    working groups and six People-to-People Forums, for the common benefit of
    three countries;
    3. Assisting other developing countries by taking up projects in the latter
    through IBSA Fund.

    The success of IBSA reflects an important demonstration effect. It demonstrates,


    most vividly, the desirability and feasibility of South-South cooperation beyond the
    conventional areas of exchange of experts and training. IBSA success in
    contributing to discourse on global issues also shows the importance of engaging
    with the countries of the South.
    Organizational Structure

    Joint Working Groups

    Joint Working Groups to promote sectoral cooperation have been established. There
    are 14 Joint Working Groups in areas, Transport; Health; Education; Defence;
    Science & Technology; Trade & Investment; Culture; Agriculture; Energy; Public
    Administration and Governance, Revenue Administration, Human Settlement,
    Environment and Social Development. These Working Groups meet as per their
    respective plans.

    People-to-People Forums

    There are six People-to-People Forums under IBSA. These are, Parliamentary
    Forum, Women's Forum, Academic Forum, Local Governance Forum, Business
    Forum, and Editors' Forum. There is also a Tri-nation Forum on MSME.

    Focal Points

    Senior Officials from the Foreign Offices of the three countries dealing with IBSA are
    the designated Focal Points; Secretary (West), assisted by Joint Secretary (MER),
    Ministry of External Affairs, is the IBSA Focal Point for India. Focal Points meet once
    a year for a standalone meeting and also meet prior to the Trilateral Commission.

    Trilateral Commission

    The Brasilia Declaration established a Trilateral Commission at the level of Foreign


    Ministers. The Commission meets regularly; the first meeting of the Trilateral
    Commission was held in New Delhi on 4 - 5 March 2004. The 7th meeting of the
    Commission was also held in New Delhi on 8th March, 2011; 8th Meeting is due in
    South Africa. In addition, Foreign Ministers meet regularly before every IBSA Summit
    as well as on the sidelines of UNGA in New York.
    IBSA Summits
    Date Host country Host leader Location held

    2006 September, 2006 Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brasilia

    2007 October, 2007 South Africa Thabo Mbeki Pretoria

    2008 October, 2008 India Manmohan Singh New Delhi

    2010 15 April 2010 Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brasília

    2011 18 October 2011 South Africa Jacob Zuma Pretoria

    2013 16 May 2013 (canceled) India Manmohan Singh New Delhi

    2017 17 October 2017 South Africa Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Durban

    An innovative work of IBSA is the establishment of IBSA Facility Fund for


    Alleviation of Poverty and Hunger through which development projects are
    executed with IBSA funding in fellow developing countries. An annual amount of
    US $ 1 million is contributed by each IBSA member country. IBSA Fund received
    the 2010 MDG Award for South-South cooperation on 17 September 2010 in New
    York recognizing the work of the three countries in using innovative approaches
    to share development experiences in other parts of the world.

    IBSA projects cover Haiti, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Burundi, Palestine,
    Cambodia, Lao PDR and Sierra Leone. A sports complex has been completed
    and inaugurated in 2011 in Ramallah under the IBSA Fund.

    IBSA Business Forum


    An IBSA Business Forum was launched in Cape Town in March 2005. From India,
    CII, FICCI and ASSOCHAM are represented on the Council; CII coordinates
    India's participation.
    Agreements/MoUs

    1. Three Agreements and 17 MoUs have been signed for pursuing sectoral
    cooperation among IBSA countries
    Other Meetings/Areas

    2. The IBSA Trade Ministers frequently meet to exchange views on Doha Round.
    At their meeting on the sidelines of OECD Trade Ministers Meeting in June 2009,
    they adopted a Joint Declaration highlighting the common approach of the three
    countries towards the Doha Round; they also met in Davos in January 2013.
    Permanent Representatives of the three countries in Geneva and New York also
    meet to coordinate on issues related to WTO/WIPO.

    3. Four meetings of IBSA S&T Ministers have been held; two were hosted by India
    (the first meeting in 2004 and the fourth in 2008 before the third Summit) and two
    by Brazil (second in 2005 and the third in 2006).

    4. The Third edition of Joint Naval Exercises of IBSA countries took place in South
    Africa in October 2012; two Indian Naval Ships participated in these exercises.
    The Second edition was held in South Africa in September 2010.

    5. A Declaration of Intent between ILO and IBSA members was signed in Geneva
    in 2010. Under this Declaration the Ministry of Labour and Employment hosted an
    International Workshop on "Employment Guarantee Schemes & Sustainable,
    Inclusive Growth: Innovations, Convergence and Adaptation” in New Delhi on 1-3
    March 2012.

    Latest on IBSA

    Meeting between external affairs ministers of India, Brazil and South Africa was
    organized in Pretoria, South Africa in June’2018. This ministerial summit chaired by
    India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was attended by South
    African Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation Lindiwe Sisulu and the
    Brazilian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcos Bezerra Abbott Galvao.
    The outcome of this meeting was a document titled IBSA Declaration on South-South
    Cooperation. This document calls for contribution of each of the member to contribute
    to greater understanding of development cooperation as a common endeavour of the
    global South.

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