The South North-Network Cultures and Development has been supported throughout its existence by the D.G. VIII (Developpment Co-operation) Directorate of the European Commission, by the Paris-based Fondation Charles-Léopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l'Homme and by a large number of NGDO's. Among them APHD (Hong Kong), Broederlijk Delen (Belgium), CCFD (France), Christian Aid (Great Britain and Ireland), Bilance (Netherlands), DANIDA (Denmark), Development and Peace (Canada), EMW (Germany), Entraide et Fraternité (Belgium), Franklin and Eleonor Roosevelt Institute ( USA), Frères des Hommes (Luxemburg), ICCO (Netherlands), Missionari CICM (Italy), NCOS (Belgium), NORAD (Norway), OXFAM (Belgium), SCIAF (Scotland), as well as by a number of private donors.

Some of the programmes of the Network have been officially recognized by UNESCO as part of the World Decade for Cultural Developmentand and the international year for a culture of peace.