Our activities in Peru are part of the CoopSur project.
We work with cooperatives and other forms of member-based cooperation in the agricultural and financial sector. The objectives of the project follow a multi-level approach and address the issues of sustainability, protection, competitiveness, stability and continuous training. We support the federations or centrals and their partner cooperatives in Paraguay and Peru in achieving their objectives.
This project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and is currently running until the end of 2027.
There are 1,245 cooperatives in Peru, grouping 2.4 million members. Cooperatives are found in multiple sectors, with the financial and agricultural sectors being the main ones. Approximately 22% of all cooperatives are in rural areas. In addition, the Peruvian cooperative sector is characterized by small entrepreneurship: 90.4 % of all cooperatives are micro or small enterprises. The objectives of the Coopsur project in Peru address the main challenges of the cooperative sector in the agricultural and financial sectors, to improve access to sustainable value chains and to ensure the competitiveness and future viability of the cooperative financial sector.
At the macro level, the focus is on advice in the area of regulation and supervision, especially in the financial sector with regard to the adaptation of cooperatives to the legal framework governing agricultural cooperatives as of 2019. In the agricultural sector, the aim is to improve the framework conditions for cooperatives and their producer members by providing incentives for access to financing and support programmes.
At the meso level, in the financial sector, the project focuses on strengthening the federation and the head office, as well as their technical consultancy areas, in areas such as integrated risk management, strategic and financial planning, cooperative social balance, microcredit, and the promotion of digital readiness, with the target group being the staff of federations and head offices. In the agricultural sector, it strengthens the services of the Central Agroandina del Perú (CAAP). From 2026 onwards, the project is expected to be extended to one more central.
At the micro level, the target groups are the members of individual cooperatives as well as other forms of cooperation. The final beneficiaries are micro-enterprises in marginalised rural and urban areas, with a special focus on family farmers, women and youth.
Together with our partners, we carry out the following activities:
– Digital training and capacity building through workshops and seminars
– Regional and international internships
– Formation of various competence networks and working groups.
– Consultancy, technical assistance and technology transfer programmes (DGRV tools).
– Elaboration of studies, methodologies, guides and reference manuals.
The activities of the project in Peru are supervised by the DGRV office in Paraguay:
Dr. Cirilo Cáceres Zorrilla N° 1050
entre San Juan XXIII y Narciso Colmán
Asunción, Paraguay
Heber Fundes (financial sector)
Mirkko Villa (agricultural sector)
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