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Organization

Organizational evolution

In recent years, COOPI has made a major organizational change, with the organizational decentralization approved in 2019 as a key step.

The organization now has a Regional Coordination for each area of intervention (West Africa, Central Africa, East and Southern Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean), the purpose of which is to bring decision-making closer to the field of intervention, as well as to give COOPI local accreditation and to better involve the beneficiaries in the choices. The headquarters in Milan is reconfirmed in the role of general direction, support and control of the overall work. Today it is divided into two units: the "General Activities" Unit and the "International Activities Development" Unit.

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

Three areas are included in the "International Activities Development" Unit: 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 qualitative monitoring of projects, maintenance of control systems, and administrative compliance of projects to be submitted; 3) the Emergency Unit, whose purpose is to initiate and manage new emergency interventions on specific issues or areas.

The HQs staffs, in this logic, become 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.

FACTS AND FIGURES

58

Staff members in Italy

274

International operators

1,694

Local operators

COOPI IN THE WORLD

COOPI is present in more than 33 countries and works directly in the main humanitarian crises: Sahel, Horn of Africa, Syrian crisis and Venezuelan crisis.

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