Cooperative Facility for Africa

In October 2007, the ILO launched a new program in Africa entitled Cooperative Facility for Africa ( CoopAFRICA ) based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. COOPAfrica is a multi donors program, mainly supported by DfID, as well as AGFUND, SIDA, the Governemnt of Finland and DGRV.

The program pursues the overarching goal of mobilizing the cooperative self-help mechanism and to improve their governance, efficiency and performance in order to strengthen their capacity to create jobs, access markets, generate income, reduce poverty, provide social protection and give people a voice in society.