- Policy
- Peru’s support to sustainable development
- Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals Peru: Sustainable Development Goal focus 2024
- Cross-border resources to TOSSD recipients (Pillar 1)
- Sectoral distribution Peru: Sectoral distribution of TOSSD 2024
- Regional and global expenditures in support of sustainable development (Pillar 2)
- Triangular co-operation
- Institutional set-up
- Other profiles
- Additional resources
Development Co‑operation Profiles: Peru
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International development co-operation is an integral component of Peru’s foreign policy. Peru is both a provider of technical co-operation through South-South and triangular co-operation and a recipient of official development assistance (ODA). Peru’s bilateral co-operation is focused on sharing the country’s strengths, capacities and knowledge for mutual benefit and learning, mainly with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a clear aspiration to expand its co-operation to other regions.
This profile presents verified data on Peru’s development assistance allocation. See the Development Co‑operation Profiles.
Peru’s international development co-operation is guided by the 2030 Agenda, the Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA +40) commitments, and its aspiration to join the OECD. Peru’s international development co-operation is aligned with its foreign policy objectives and the National Policy for International Technical Cooperation to 2030 (PNCTI), as established under Decree No. 008-2023-RE. This document outlines the following sectoral priority areas for Peru’s development co-operation: social development, governance and democracy, economic development, and environmental conservation. Peru has also developed a Technical Cooperation Offer Catalogue for the period 2025-2026, which provides an overview of its technical expertise across eight specific sectors.
On the multilateral front, Peru has gradually strengthened its co-operation with the Asia-Pacific region over the last few years, for example by hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum for the third time in 2024. Beyond APEC, Peru plays an active role in regional integration initiatives, notably as a founding member of the Pacific Alliance, a Latin American integration bloc oriented towards deepening economic ties with the Asia-Pacific region.
The Peruvian Marine Research Institute (IMARPE) is a specialised technical agency under the Ministry of Production of Peru responsible for research on the Peruvian sea and its marine resources. The institute supports the sustainable management of fisheries and the conservation of marine ecosystems.
IMARPE promotes capacity-building initiatives with other countries on selective fishing procedures to support sustainable fisheries by strengthening technical skills and encouraging the adoption of innovative practices. For 2024-2025, the “Sustainable Strengthening Project for the Implementation of Selective and Ecosystem-Friendly Fishing Procedures and Methods” is supporting professionals, technicians, fishers and other key actors in the fisheries sector in Costa Rica. The initiative provides training and technical guidance to improve the adoption of selective fishing techniques and contributes to the sustainable management of marine resources in the country.
Sources: Catalogue of Peruvian Offer for International Technical Cooperation 2025-2026: https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/7880003/6638757-part-2-peruvian-technical-cooperation-offer-catalogue-2025-2026.pdf?v=1743790524.
Peru is a member of the International Forum on Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD). As a provider of South-South co-operation, Peru reported on TOSSD for the first time in 2022 on a pilot basis. In 2025, Peru participated in the regular reporting process on 2024 activities.
Peru reported 139 activities (USD 20.2 million) in support of sustainable development in 2024, 66 of which (USD 2.1 million) were cross-border support to TOSSD recipients and 73 (USD 18.1 million) were regional and global expenditures for sustainable development.
In 2024, Peru’s support to sustainable development mainly contributed to advancing SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions), SDG 17 (partnerships for the Goals) and SDG 10 (reduced inequalities).
In 2024, 91 activities (65%) of the support provided by Peru were cross-border resources to TOSSD recipients. In total, Peru’s cross-border support benefited 14 countries, all of them in Latin America and the Caribbean. Colombia, El Salvador, the Plurinational State of Bolivia and Chile were the main partners of Peruvian co-operation, by number of activities.
In 2024, nearly half (47%) of Peru’s cross-border resources targeted social infrastructure and services in TOSSD recipients in activity terms. Support in this area primarily focused on government and civil society (35% of all activities), mainly in public sector policy and administrative management. About 18% of Peru’s cross-border South-South co-operation activities targeted production sectors in TOSSD recipients, mainly focused on support to agriculture, forestry and fishing (9%).
In 2024, Peru extended USD 18.1 million in support of international public goods, development enablers and global challenges, accounting for 90% of its TOSSD. Almost all this support was contributions to the general budget of multilateral institutions (core contributions, both assessed and voluntary).
In 2024, Peru engaged in triangular co-operation with El Salvador, Honduras and Uruguay.
The sectors of its triangular co‑operation were government and civil society; water supply and sanitation; and industry, mining and construction. Peru carried out four triangular co-operation activities in 2024.
Learn more about triangular co-operation.
The two main institutions involved in Peru's international development co-operation are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the mandate to formulate, plan, direct, co-ordinate and supervise national policies on international co‑operation. It is also the governing body of the National Decentralized System of International Technical Co-operation (SINDCINR), a co-ordination framework that brings together public institutions across all branches of government and civil society organisations involved in international co‑operation, with the aim of co-ordinating non-refundable international co-operation. APCI is a public agency attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its functions are defined by Law 27692. It is responsible for programming and organising international co‑operation received by Peru, contributing to the co-ordination and facilitation of co-operation from official bilateral and multilateral sources. APCI manages and finances the Peruvian Offer of International Technical Cooperation to partner countries through South-South co-operation. It also holds the Executive Secretariat of the SINDCINR.
Access the full list of providers of development co-operation at: Development Co-operation Profiles.
APCI (2026), Mapa Interactivo de la Cooperación Técnica Internacional, Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation, https://mapacti.apci.gob.pe (in Spanish).
APCI (2025), Peruvian Technical Cooperation Offer Catalogue 2025-2026, Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation, https://www.gob.pe/institucion/apci/informes-publicaciones/6638757-peruvian-technical-cooperation-offer-catalogue-2025-2026.
APCI (2025), In-person experiences of South–South Cooperation: Peruvian Offer of International Technical Cooperation (OPCTI) in Latin America and the Caribbean, Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation, https://www.gob.pe/institucion/apci/informes-publicaciones/7606461-experiencias-presenciales-de-cooperacion-sur-sur-oferta-peruana-de-cooperacion-tecnica-internacional-opcti-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe.
APCI (2025), Cifras de Cooperación Técnica Internacional en el Perú 2024, Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation, https://www.gob.pe/institucion/apci/informes-publicaciones/7585208-cifras-de-cooperacion-tecnica-internacional-en-el-peru-2024 (in Spanish).
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2023), Política Nacional de Cooperación Técnica Internacional (PNCTI) al 2030, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lima, https://www.gob.pe/institucion/apci/informes-publicaciones/4155784-politica-nacional-de-cooperacion-tecnica-internacional-al-2030 (in Spanish, summary in English).
SEGIB (2025), Informe de la Cooperación Sur-Sur y Triangular en Iberoamérica 2024, Ibero-American General Secretariat, Madrid, https://www.segib.org/?document=informe-de-la-cooperacion-sur-sur-y-triangular-en-iberoamerica-2024 (in Spanish).
On 25 January 2022, the OECD Council decided to open accession discussions with Peru and on 10 June 2022 adopted a Roadmap for the OECD Accession of Peru. Since 2018, Peru has been implementing an Action Plan to support its reform agenda, drawing on OECD legal instruments, bodies and evidence-based analysis. In June 2023, Peru submitted its Initial Memorandum and is advancing in its accession process.
Peru is an Adherent to the OECD Recommendation of the Council for Development Co-operation Actors on Managing the Risk of Corruption, the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and the OECD Recommendation of the Council on Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. Learn more about OECD legal instruments and DAC Recommendations.
Peru virtually hosted and co-chaired the third LAC-DAC Dialogue on Development Co-operation in 2021, participated in the first Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Regional Programme Dialogue on Development Co-operation in 2024, and in the 2025 LAC-DAC Co-Lab series on Reducing Poverty and Inequalities and Multidimensional Metrics for Development. Peru participated in the DAC High Level Meetings in 2023 and 2025.
In October 2026, Peru will be hosting the 3rd General Assembly Meeting and the Steering Group Meeting of the International TOSSD Forum.
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