Since 1987, the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) is providing major financial support to CCC - CA and its programme activities through the Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC). The total amount of the support 1987 - 92 15 Swedish Crowns 19.2 million (appr USD 3.2 million).
An evaluation of the Swedish support to CCC-CA and the cooperative movement in Central America and the Caribbean must be undertaken in the light of the political, economic and social situation of the region and must take into account the particular circumstances of the cooperative movement in each one of the countries. It is necessary to determine the role that the cooperative movement has played in the past and might play in the future in the socio-economic development of the region.