Organizational evolution

In recent years, COOPI has undergone significant organizational change, with the decentralization approved in 2019 being a crucial step.

Today COOPI has a Regional Coordination for each area of intervention (West Africa, Central Africa, East and Southern Africa, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean), whose purpose is to bring decision-making closer to the area of intervention, as well as to give COOPI local accreditation and to better involve the beneficiaries in the decision-making process.

The headquarters in Milan is again confirmed as the main place for general direction, support and control of the overall work. Today it is divided into three units: the "General Activities", “Support to International Activities” and the "International Activities" ones.

The "General Activities" staff includes the functions of General Secretariat, Administration and Finance, Institutional Representation, Institutional Communication, Human Resources, Security Advisor and Fundraising.

The “Support to International Activities” Unit includes: 1) "Development and Knowledge" whose objectives are the nurturing and enhancement of COOPI's know-how, in terms of content and operational practices, aimed at supporting the growth process and fostering the development of new initiatives; 2) "Development and Management," whose tasks pertain to the qualitative monitoring of projects, the maintenance of control systems and the administrative compliance of projects to be submitted.

The "International Activities" Unit includes the Regional Coordinations, other than the “First emergency” Unit, which is aimed at initiating and managing new emergency interventions on specific issues or areas.

Following this logic, the HQs staffs are, on the one hand, centers of competence and monitoring in support of the operational areas, and, on the other hand, centers of high control, to guarantee the international donors and their processes.