Project profile — SOCODEVI - Program 2007-2012 - Africa

• Côte d'Ivoire (7.00%)
• Senegal (27.00%)
• Cameroon (11.00%)
• Mali (29.00%)
• Nigeria (7.00%)
• Liberia (19.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (40.00%)
• Banking And Financial Services: Informal/semi-formal financial intermediaries (24040) (30.00%)
• Agriculture: Agricultural co-operatives (31194) (30.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (significant objective)

This project represents additional support provided to the SOCODEVI program for activities in Africa. The goal of the SOCODEVI program is to strengthen cooperatives, mutuals, and other associations in order to improve their economic, organizational, and governance performance. The program aims to help cooperatives and mutuals generate more economic activity through more effective organizations, thereby achieving greater profitability and providing better services to their members and to the general public. The program also aims to help cooperatives and mutuals become more influential within civil society and with government, to have a more significant impact on their community.

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Results achieved as of March 2011 include: SOCODEVI supported 396 partners in 13 countries. The vast majority if which (308) are cooperatives and grass-roots mutual associations. In addition, there are 31 federations, 5 confederations, 16 associations, 25 government organizations, and 11 other cooperative organizations. These various partnerships make it possible to have an impact at the micro, meso, and macro levels. In Bolivia, 81 percent of 38 funded organizations improved their sales volume. For example, a project to develop agricultural sectors allowed the spice industry to increase its self-financing from 20 percent in 2005 to 60 percent in 2011. In Guatemala, the cooperative sector made significant progress. For example, a cooperative census was conducted in 2007, and updated in 2009 and 2011. The cooperative movement was involved in reviewing the Bank Act, which applies to 368 cooperatives. The cooperative movement was also involved in reviewing and modernizing taxation.

• Proactive disclosure
• Related activities:
• SOCODEVI - Program 2007-2012
• SOCODEVI - Program 2007-2012 - Haiti