Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional

What Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional does

CEDER (Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional) is a Peruvian non-governmental development organization founded in 1983 and headquartered in Arequipa. It designs and executes rural and urban development programs targeting poor rural families in the Andean regions of Arequipa, Moquegua, and Puno. Its work is organized around three programmatic areas: Rural Development (productive chains in dairy, fruits, alpaca and goat fiber, plus food security and commercialization initiatives), Urban Development and Decentralization (regional development analysis, citizen participation, and decentralization advocacy), and Population and Development (education, capacity building, and the PRONIÑO child labor program).

The organization delivers its impact through three operating channels: direct project implementation in rural communities, the Programa de Desarrollo Rural (PDR) rights-based platform executed jointly with El Taller in the Castilla Media basin, and a consulting services line (socioeconomic studies, baselines, impact evaluations, organizational strengthening, and project formulation) certified by SINEACE for rural extension. Field teams provide technical assistance, productive infrastructure support, and market access linkages to producer families in agricultural value chains such as avocado, guinea pig, and dairy.

CEDER is funded almost entirely by international cooperation grants and corporate social responsibility contributions from a diverse donor base that includes Brot für die Welt, Svalorna Latinamerika, the Inter-American Foundation, Manos Unidas, Louvain Cooperation, Fondoempleo, and mining-sector partners Hudbay, AngloAmerican, and Fondo Quellaveco. The organization operates as a non-profit governed by a Board of Directors, employs between 11 and 50 staff, and reports no equity ownership, parent company, or commercial revenue stream beyond grant-funded project execution.

Name

Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional

Legal name

Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional

Website

https://ceder.org.pe

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CEDER is a Peruvian non-governmental development organization founded in 1983, executing rural development, decentralization, and capacity-building programs for poor Andean families in Arequipa, Moquegua, and Puno, funded by international cooperation grants.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Arequipa

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

CEDER is a non-governmental development organization that implements rural and urban development projects in the Andean regions of Arequipa, Moquegua, and Puno in Peru. Its core work spans three programmatic lines — rural development (productive chains in dairy, fruits, alpaca and goat fiber plus food security and commercialization), urban development and decentralization (regional development analysis and citizen participation), and population development (education and capabilities, including the PRONIÑO child labor program). The organization also operates the community-based PDR platform in Castilla Media and provides consulting and technical assistance services such as socioeconomic studies, baseline studies, impact evaluations, and project formulation for social development projects.

Product overview

CEDER (Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Regional) is a non-governmental development organization founded in 1983 that operates as a multi-program NGO rather than a technology company. The organization offers three main programmatic areas: Rural Development (working on dairy, fruits, alpaca fiber, and goat production chains), Urban Development and Decentralization (supporting regional development and citizen participation), and Population and Development (focusing on education and capabilities). CEDER also operates the Rural Development Program (PDR), a rights-based community development platform, and provides consulting services including socioeconomic studies, project formulation support, and organizational strengthening advisory. All offerings are development-focused NGO services rather than technology products.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Desarrollo Rural (Rural Development Program) Program area that executes development projects across dairy, fruit, alpaca fiber, and goat productive value chains, plus food security and commercialization initiatives, targeting poor rural families in Arequipa, Moquegua, and Puno.
• Desarrollo Urbano y Descentralización (Urban Development and Decentralization Program) Program area focused on regional development analysis, decentralization processes, citizen participation, debate, and policy proposals for the Arequipa, Moquegua, and Puno regions.
• Población y Desarrollo (Population and Development Program) Program area delivering education, capacity-building, and personal development actions, including the PRONIÑO program addressing child labor, for populations in CEDER's regions of intervention.
• Programa de Desarrollo Rural (PDR) Inter-institutional community-based rights-approach development platform operating in the Castilla Media region of Arequipa (Tipán, Viraco, Machaguay, Uñón, and Pampacolca), promoting sustainable development with environmental and equity focus and supporting women and youth economic independence, local governance, and human rights education.
• Consultoría y Asistencia Técnica (Consulting and Technical Assistance Services) Technical assistance and consulting services for public agencies, NGOs, foundations, and development organizations, covering socioeconomic studies, baseline and impact evaluations, diagnostics, systematization, organizational strengthening, training, and project formulation/execution/evaluation. SINEACE-certified for rural extension advisory.

Quantifiable outcome

• 260 families in Omate improved avocado productivity through water management
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SENASA (Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria)coreTechnology or IntegrationNational agricultural health service providing technical support for animal health and agricultural certification programs including guinea pig and goat production.
• Propuesta CiudadanaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil society organization network working on development issues, partner in CEDER's reflection and advocacy spaces.
• CIES (Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch consortium providing knowledge sharing and research collaboration on economic and social development topics.
• El Taller Asociación de Promoción y DesarrollocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner NGO in the PDR (Rural Development Program) platform, focused on promoting individual and collective entrepreneurship with efficient human networks.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CARE Peru: Peruvian office of CARE International, a large global humanitarian NGO with programmes in food security, rural livelihoods and women's economic empowerment across multiple Peruvian regions. Directly comparable in mission and target beneficiaries, though substantially larger in budget and geographic footprint than CEDER.
• HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Peru: Swiss development organisation with Peruvian operations focused on rural economic development, water management and skills training. Highly comparable to CEDER in Andean rural development focus, similar multi-donor international funding model, and comparable engagement with water-management and productive-chain outcomes.
• Oxfam Peru: Peruvian office of Oxfam International, working on inequality, rural livelihoods, food security and gender justice. Comparable to CEDER in mission and target populations, but operates at significantly larger scale and across all Peruvian regions.
• Caritas del Perú: Catholic charity with an extensive national network of rural development, social protection and food-security programmes across Peru. Comparable to CEDER in rural development and food-security focus, but with national geographic reach and substantially larger institutional footprint.
• World Vision Peru: Peruvian office of World Vision International, with large-scale child-focused community development, food security and rural livelihoods programmes. Comparable in rural Peruvian programme delivery and international co-operation funding, though substantially larger budget and beneficiary reach than CEDER.

Direct peers

• Asociación ARARIWA: Peruvian NGO based in Cusco working on rural development, agricultural productivity and capacity-building in Andean communities. Highly comparable to CEDER in mission (sustainable rural livelihoods), productive-chain focus (alpaca fibre, dairy, native crops), and operational scale (regional NGO with international co-operation funding).
• FOVIDA: Peruvian NGO promoting food security, rural economic development and citizen participation in Lima and several Andean regions. Comparable to CEDER in non-profit rural development mandate, focus on productive chains and family agriculture, and reliance on European co-operation funding.
• CEDEPRO: Peruvian NGO based in Cajamarca working on rural development, citizen participation and productive-chain strengthening. Comparable to CEDER in mission, productive-chain focus and family-agriculture beneficiary base, though operating in northern rather than southern Peru.
• Practical Action Latin America: International development NGO working on technology-based solutions for poverty in Andean and Latin American rural communities, including food security and smallholder productivity. Comparable to CEDER in technology-for-livelihoods approach, Andean focus, and project-implementation model.
• PREDES: Peruvian NGO focused on disaster risk management and sustainable rural development, with operations in southern Peru including Arequipa. Comparable to CEDER in southern-Andean geographic focus, NGO size and grant-funded rural development delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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