DGRV is active nationwide in the Ecuadorian cooperative sector. The aim of the project is to improve the income situation of micro-entrepreneurs and family farms, as well as to secure the savings of members of savings and credit cooperatives.
At makro level, the DGRV team in Ecuador advises the supervisor of the cooperative sector (SEPS) on legislative proposals and provides assistance in staff training. At meso level, DGRV works together with the central bank of the Ecuadorian savings and credit cooperatives, FINANCOOP. FINANCOOP strengthens its member cooperatives using DGRV tools in the areas of good governance and social accountability. And finally, at micro level, DGRV also works directly with the savings and credit cooperatives. Through a range of software tools, such as the MicroScore (a program to evaluate credit risks for microcredits), DGRV supports the credit unions in their daily work. All DGRV tools used by savings and credit cooperatives aim to promote financial inclusion, especially for the rural population, and to ensure the proper and efficient management of the savings entrusted to credit unions. In doing so, DGRV makes an important contribution to the stability of the Ecuadorian financial system.
In addition, DGRV supports the savings and credit cooperatives in establishing a green credit line. The term “green credit line” refers to a range of financial products such as loans, which are specifically designed to finance investments that make a positive contribution to environmental and climate protection. Also, at micro-leveland in cooperation with the credit cooperative “Vis Andes”, DGRV supports associations of family farms in the province of Cotopaxi. By networking several groups and the joint purchase and sale of goods, the families involved in the project should be able to increase their income.
SEPS is a government agency with the task of monitoring and regulating the Ecuadorian solidarity economy (savings and credit cooperatives, real estate cooperatives, associations, etc.). With the SEPS we work on regulatory issues and social balance.
https://www.seps.gob.ec/
FINANCOOP is the central bank of the savings and credit cooperatives in Ecuador. Member cooperatives have the option of providing themselves with liquidity via a credit line. The DGRV is working with FINANCOOP in areas such as good governance or social balance.
https://www.financoop.net/
The Savings and Credit Cooperative Vis Andes offers classic financial services to members as well as non-members. These include, for example, microcredits or savings accounts. Vis Andes is our partner in the project section rural networks.
https://visandes.fin.ec/web/
Rumipamba E2-214 y Av. República
Edif. Signature, Piso 7, Of. 701
170201 Quito – Ecuador
F. +593 (2) 351-8389
ecuador@dgrv.coop
Dr. Matthias Arzbach (marzbach@dgrv.coop)
Patrick Heckler (pheckler@dgrv.coop)
Katherine Cuesta (kcuesta@dgrv.coop)
Alejandro Romero (aromero@dgrv.coop)
Cintia Brito (cbrito@dgrv.coop)
Cristina Trujillo (ctrujillo@dgrv.coop)
Fernando Espinosa (fespinosa@dgrv.coop)
Katerine Simbaña (ksimbana@dgrv.coop)
Mónica Molina (mmolina@dgrv.coop)
Rodrigo Mullo (rmullo@dgrv.coop)
Stefanie Terneus (sterneus@dgrv.coop)
Latin America There are more than 2,500 savings and credit cooperatives (SCC), and production and service cooperatives in the country, which contribute around 5% to the country’s GDP. There are secondary institutions, such as FACACH, the national SCC federation, to which 88 SCC with around 850,000 members are affiliated.
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Latin America The project work in Colombia mainly focuses on two key areas: DGRV supports its partner VISIONAMOS, operator of the Red Coopcentral payment system, in running a technical advice program for affiliated credit cooperatives.
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Latin America Mexico is one of the priority countries in the DGRV’s project work in Latin America. The marginalized population in Mexico, which is to be given access to the formal economy through cooperatives, is mostly found in rural areas.
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Social Development Goals
The project makes an important contribution to the fulfillment of various ” SDG´s”, in particular to: