The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID) is the main management body of the Spanish Cooperation, aimed at poverty reduction and sustainable human development. According to its statute, the Agency was created to promote the full realization of development, conceived as a fundamental human right, being the fight against poverty part of the construction process of this right. To do this follow the guidelines of the IV Master Plan for Spanish Cooperation , in line with the international agenda marked by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and attention to three transverse elements: gender, environmental quality and respect cultural diversity.

AECID is attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation through the State Secretariat for International Cooperation and Latin America (SECIPI). Law 23/1998, of July 7, International Development Cooperation Agency contemplates the executive organ of the Spanish Cooperation, and its object falls within its priorities: promoting development and balance in international relations, prevention and emergency care, promotion of democracy and the promotion of relations with partner countries . It counts with instruments such as technical cooperation, economic and financial cooperation, humanitarian aid and development education and social awareness .