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The COPAC Secretariat has regrouped information on support to cooperative development for which information is available on the internet. This is by no means complete, however, may provide some insights on the types of assistance being provided and by which agencies. Further information on the actual projects or programmes should be requested from the donor or implementing agency.

Further information on agencies supporting cooperatives can be found in the recently updated COPAC Directory of Agencies Assisting Cooperatives. It is available in Acrobat PDF format and in print format from the Secretariat.

ACDI/VOCA -- CCA -- CHF -- CIDA -- CECI -- DID -- FAO -- IDB -- IDEX -- IFAD -- ILO -- ITU -- Land O'Lakes -- LWR -- SCC -- SOCODEVI -- UNCDF -- UNDP -- UNFPA -- UNICEF -- UNIDO -- UNIFEM -- USAID -- WOCCU -- World Bank

• Azerbaijan: Rural Credit Project (establishing a rural credit cooperative credit system)
• Brazil: Cooperative Development Programme (CDP) in Amazonia
• Ethiopia: Agricultural Cooperatives in Ethiopia (ACE)
• Kenya: Farmer to Farmer Programme (working with farmer-based cooperatives and smallholder associations)
• Mozambique: Cooperative Development Programme (CDP)
• Paraguay: Cooperative Development Programme (CDP)
• Philippines: SUCCESS Asia Alliance (seeks to develop cocoa-related cooperatives)
• Russia: Mobilizing Agricultural Credit Programme (supports a credit fund for credit cooperatives)
• Rwanda: Agribusiness and Natural Resource Management (helps co-ops strengthen their business skills &increase their involvement in commercial agricultural markets)
• Serbia: Community Revitalization through Democratic Action (includes a co-op component)
• Uganda: Grants Management & HIV/AIDS (grants to co-ops for technical training and capacity building)

Canadian Co-operative Association CCA

CCA works with cooperatives and other community-based organizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas to strengthen cooperative expertise and develop strong, well-managed and economically viable cooperative enterprises. CCA target four programming areas: financial services, agriculture/enterprise, basic human needs and public policy engagement as well as the following cross-cutting themes: gender equality, poverty, aboriginal communuties ans access to technology. CCA's annual international budget is approximately C$12 million.

Cooperative Housing Foundation CHF (USA) http://www.chfhq.org

Information on Cooperative Development Programmes

• Bosnia: Improving, Measuring, and Promoting Poverty Alleviation by Cooperatives in Transition Societies (IMPPACTS)
• Mongolia: Supporting Entrepreneurs in Mongolia
• Assistance to Housing Cooperatives in the Philippines

Canadian International Agency for Development CIDA http://w3.acdi-cida.gc.ca

CIDA provides funding to support cooperative development. CIDA channels assistance through a variety of partner organizations:

• Cameroon: All projects including those with cooperative components --Strengthening Camccul (Cameroon Cooperative Credit Union League)
• Mali: Support to Credit Unions

Développement international Desjardins DID http://www.did.qc.ca

Listing of operational projects supporting financial cooperatives and other financial institutions (general information)

• Americas and Caribbean Regional: Support for Latin American partners benefiting from DID investments ( support to financial cooperatives and other partners). 1 October 2002- 31 March 2007
• Cameroon: Strengthen the Cameroon Co-operative Credit Union League, 6 September 2001 - 31 January 2006
• Haiti: Support for credit unions in Haiti (ACOOPECH), 1 November 2000-31 December 2005
  Strengthen microfinance activities of financial cooperatives , 13 January 2005 - 13 January 2009
• Mali: Support for the Nyèsigiso (credit union) network - Phase II, 1 September 1998 - 31 August 2006
• Philippines: Integration, external auditing and legal framework of the financial cooperatives in the Philippines, 1 January 2003 - 31 December 2006
• Tanzania: Financial Cooperative Management Program (FCMP), 1 4 January 2005 31 March 2007
• Rwanda Support project for microfinance in Rwanda (PAMIR), 1 December 2001 - 31 March 2007
• Vietnam: Support for the development of the People’s Credit Fund (PCF) network, 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2007

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations http://www.fao.org

Information on FAO cooperative development projects -- completed, current and under development. (pdf)
Current and Completed Projects (June 2004): see pdf file for more information

• Albania: GCP/ALB/005/ITA: Agriculture Production Support in Albania.
• Burkina Faso: TCP/BKF/2902 (T): Renforcement de Capacité Stratégique des Organisations Paysannes.
• Burkina Faso: GCP/BKF/041/BEL: Organisations Paysannes de la Province de la Kompienga dans le Cadre de la Securité Alimentaire et de la Décentralisation au Burkina Faso.
  
• Central African Republic: TCP/CAF/2902 (D)
• Ghana: Agricultural Services Sub sector Investment Project (AgSSIP)
  
• Kenya: TCP/KEN/2907 (A): Computerisation of Agricultural Co-operatives and Emerging Producer Associations in Kenya.
  
• Malta: TCP/MAT/3001 (a): Strengthening the Organizational and Business Capacities of Agricultural Cooperatives in Malta.
  
• Mexico: TCP/MEX/0167: Institutional and Capacity building of UNORCA (The National Union of Regionally Autonomous Peasant Organizations).
  
• Niger: GCP/NER/041/BEL: Promotion de l'utilisation des Intrants Agricoles par les Organisations de Producteurs.
• Serbia: GCP/FRY/001/NET: Development Assistance to Livestock Farmers in Serbia.
• Sierra Leone: TCP/SIL/2903 (T): Emergency Assistance for the Reintegration of War-Handicapped and other Disabled Persons.
• Thailand: TCP/THA/0165 Capacity Building for Promotion of Co-operative Small Farmer and Women Group Activities
• Tunisia: TCP/TUN/2907 (T): Appui à la vulgarisation et à la formation participatives pour le développement de la production du blé.
• Uganda: TCP/UGA/2904 (T): Strengthening Sustainable Farmer Groups and Associations.

Inter-American Development Bank IDB http://www.iadb.org

Information on IDB Projects
Approved Projects:

• Regional: Integration of Small-Scale Coffee Cooperatives (ATN/ME-6540-RG)
• Boliva: Program to Strengthen Rural Cooperatives to Serve Microenterprise (ATN/ME-4409-BO)
• Bolivia: Cooperativa Integral de Servicios Cochabamba, Ltda. CISC, Programa de Desarrollo Agropecuario Integrado PDAI y Programa Integral de la Mujer AND CAIM (SP/SB-9503-05-BO)
  
• Colombia: Strengthening of the Credit Union System (ATN/MH-6280-CO)
• Chile: CREDICOOP, PROPESA & FINAM (ATN/SF-4945-47-CH)
  
• Jamaica: Jamaican Cooperative Credit Union League (ATN/ME-4763-JA)
  
• Paraguay: Agricultural Cooperative "La Norteña Ycuamandyyu" (ATN/SF-5637-PR)
  
• Trinidad & Tobago: Credit Union Strengthening Project ( ATN/ME-5054-TT / ATN/MT-5055-TT)
  
• Uruguay: Restructuring of Manos del Uruguay (Grant)
  

Projects with components of cooperative support:

• Colombia: Support to Fundación para el Desarrollo Cooperativo (FUNDECOOP)
  
• Nicaragua: Credit Program with Institutional Strengthening for Non-Conventional Intermediaries (789/OC-NI)

International Development Exchange IDEX http://www.idex.org

• Bangladesh: CDS-IDEX Partnership: Assist indigenous groups to start up handicraft, animal husbandry, and agricultural cooperatives
• Bangladesh: SATU-IDEX Partnership Supporting women´s groups in rural Bangladesh (dairy co-ops)
• Guatemala: Project with Mujeres en Acción that helps women start cooperatives
• Philippines: PhilDHRRA-IDEX Partnership: Farming Cooperative in Libas

International Fund for Agricultural Development IFAD http://www.ifad.org/

• Armenia: Agricultural Services Project (water user consumer co-ops)
• Côte d'Ivoire: Rural Development Project in the Zanzan Region (promotion of credit and savings co-ops)
• D.P. Korea: Uplands Food Security Project (agricultural co-op development)
• Ethiopia: Rural Financial Intermediation Programme (savings and credit co-ops)
• Lebanon: Cooperative Rural Finance Programme Project
• Morocco: Livestock and Pasture Development in the Eastern Region
• Syria: Badia Rangelands Development Project (includes co-op beneficiaries)

International Labour Office, Coop Branch http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/ent/coop/projects/index.htm

The ILO Cooperative Branch is presently implementing the following technical cooperation projects. The list does not include short-term projects (less than one year duration) that are funded under the Technical Support Services Facility of UNDP, by multi-bilateral donors or by the ILO itself.

• Cameroon: Follow-up to Cooperative Reforms (CMR/97/005), 1997-1999
• Chad: Grassroots cooperative development for poverty alleviation (CHD/93/008), 1993-1999
• Comoros Islands: Job Creation through the Promotion of Rural and Urban Micro-Enterprises and their Associations (COI/97/001), 1997-1998
• Côte d'Ivoire: Support to the management capacity strengthening programme - decentralisation component (IVC/96/002), 1997-1999
• Haiti: Support to the Development of the Cooperative Sector and Mutual Benefit Groups (HAI/95/014), 1996-1999
• Indonesia: Strengthening Self-Reliance of the Village Unit Cooperative Structure INS/93/024, 1995-1998
• Mali: Support to Decentralized Village Communities for Participatory Development (ACODEP)(MLI/91/003), 1993-1998
  
• Niger: Participation of Cooperative Groups in Food Security and Local Development in the Divison of Zinder (NER/93/MO1/NET), 1994-1998
  
• Niger: Appui au PROMEX (NER/97/MO2/SNV), 1997-1998
  
• Tanzania: Strengthening Small and Micro Enterprise Cooperative Associations (URT/90/MO3/BEL (phase II)), 1995-1999

International Telecommunications Union ITU http:/www.itu.int/home/index.html

Programmes which include support to cooperatives:

• Consumer Electronic Commerce for Developing Countries - Pilot project

Land O'Lakes International Development Division, Cooperative Development Programmes http://www.idd.landolakes.com/programs.asp?Program=Coop%20Development

• Land O’Lakes, in a cooperative agreement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is implementing a five-year programme which began in June 1997, to assist in the development of cooperative business systems. The goal of the project is to promote economic growth through development and strengthening of financially viable agribusiness cooperatives and associations.

Lutheran World Relief http://www.lwr.org

Programmes which include support to cooperatives:

• North Korea: Seeds for a cooperative farm
• Rwanda: Social programme which includes the promotion of local small-business cooperatives

Swedish Cooperative Centre SCC http://www.utangranser.se/

• Costa Rica: Development of a national wholesale organisation for consumer cooperatives
• Guatemala: Support to the cooperative movement
• Honduras: Education of cooperative leaders and key personnel
• Kenya: Development of primary agricultural cooperative societies
• Nicaragua: Development of primary agricultural cooperative societies
• Paraguay: Development of the cooperative concept
• Sri Lanka: Development of agricultural cooperatives at primary and secondary level
• Uganda: Development of primary agricultural cooperative societies
• Uruguay: Support to cooperative movement through CUCECOOP

Société de Coopération pour le Développement International SOCODEVI http://www.socodevi.org

• Côte d'Ivoire : Appui à l’Union de coopératives de producteurs de café-cacao en Côte d’Ivoire (COMKA), 1 September 2004- 30 September 2006
• Guatemala: Programme de développement de l'entrepreneuriat de FEDECOAG et FEDECOVERA (PRODEF) see also: Information from CIDA, 30 June 2002 - 31 March 2007
• Mali: Projet d'appui au secteur agricole, 1 April 2004 - 31 March 2007
• Paraguay: Projet d’amélioration de la gestion de la production laitière dans les coopératives du Paraguay, 1 July 2004 - 30 June 2007
• Peru: Consolidation organisationnelle et commerciale de coopératives agricoles péruviennes, 1 April 2003 - 31 March 2006

Programmes which include support to cooperatives:

• Nepal: Rural Urban Partnership Programme, May 1997-December 2001 (NEP/96/003/B/01/99) -- Project financed by UNDP and implemented by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA http://www.unfpa.org/

• Fiji: Family Welfare Education Development in Cooperatives
  
• Tonga: Family Life Improvement through Co-operatives

United Nations Capital Development Fund UNCDF http://www.uncdf.org/

Programmes which include support to cooperatives:

• Burundi: Agricultural Development and Socio-Economic Infras in Mutumba
  
• Senegal: Water Supply and Sanitation in Rural Areas
  
• Sudan: Assistance to the SPWP in the White Nile Province, Phase II (SUD/86/C01)
  

United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/

Programmes which include support to cooperatives:

• Philippines: Partnerships for Poverty Alleviation in Cebu City

United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO http://www.unido.org

Philippines: Integrated Coconut Processing
Philippines:Tropical Fruit Processing (Juices of Pineapple, Mango)

United Nations Fund for Women UNIFEM http://www.unifem.undp.org

• Mali: Garbage Collectors (Support to COFESFA: Women's Cooperative for Employment and Health
  
• North Korea: Cottage Industry (cooperatives for housewives)

United States Agency for International Development US AID http://www.usaid.gov
For specific information on Cooperative Development: http://www.usaid.gov/hum_response/pvc/coop.html

Programmes which include support to cooperatives:
Africa:

• Eritrea: Increase Income from Growth of Rural Enterprise with Emphasis on Targeted Groups and Exports, 661-SOO2
• Ghana: Trade and Investment Reform Program, 641-S001
  
• Guinea: Fostering Civil Society Development and Good Governance, 675-SP001
  
• Malawi: Increased Agricultural Incomes on a Per Capita Basis, 612-SOO1
  
• Mozambique: Rural Household Income Increased in Targeted Areas, 656-S001
  
• Uganda: Rural Household Income Increased, 617-SO01

• Bolivia: Reduced Degradation of Forest and Water Resources and Biodiversity Protected, 511-SOO4
  
• Honduras: Enhanced Economic Participation and Increased Incomes of the Poor, 522-SO01
  
• Nicaragua: Sustainable Growth in Employment and Income, 524-SO02

• Albania: Private Enterprise, 180-S001.3
  
• Azerbaijan: Private Enterprise, 110-S001.3
  
• Macedonia: Citizens' Participation, 180-S002.1
  
• Poland: Financial Reform, 180-SO01.4

• India: Reduced Fertility in North India, 386-S002

World Bank http://www.worldbank.org

World Council of Credit Unions WOCCU http://www.woccu.org

WOCCU undertakes both regional and national projects. Current project include: Bolivia, Bulgaria, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Macedonia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, Romania, Uganda, and Vietnam

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Updated: 1 November 2005