The Fons Català de Cooperació al Desenvolupament (Catalan Fund of Cooperation for Development) is a non-profit association born in July 1986, with the intention of being an organization where all public institutions (town councils, county councils, province councils and autonomous government) could gather, in order to contribute, from the Catalan scope, to the development of the most impoverished countries in the planet, as well as to stimulate the citizens' participation through informative campaigns. At present the Fund has 302 members, out of which 271 are town councils concentrating 85% of the Catalan population.

Its priorities have been delimited in two frameworks:

a) Theme framework: aimed at encouraging municipals and local development, migration and development programme, promotion of human and people’s rights, as well as human and sustainable development.

b) Geographical framework: divided in five areas, aimed principally at Latin America (with special interest in Central America and the Caribbean), the Mediterranean, and sub-Saharan Africa, and, to a lesser extent, initiatives in Europe (only in post-war emergency situations), and Asia.
Strategically lines of work have also been established in order to encourage decentralized cooperation for development and integral promotion of people and communities of Southern countries, as well as to sensitise the population of the North by fostering the understanding of other societies and cultures. Those priority lines of action are:

a) Municipal: promotion of local educational and training initiatives and support for local administration in the South so as to achieve a democratic and participative municipal management.

b) Co-development: promotion of active cooperation and technical support to immigrants’ organizations as web as training and efforts to make them more dynamic. Foster citizens participation and immigrants’ integration as well as sensitise about immigrations causes.

c) Cities diplomacy and Peace culture: strengthen the role of municipalities and local actors in peace dealings; promote diplomacy among cities in conflicts interventions as well as sensitise about peace and individual and collective Human Rights
Both the bodies grouping the Catalan town councils, the Catalan Association of Municipalities and Counties, and the Federation of Municipalities of Catalonia, are organizations collaborating with the Fons, which urge their members to associate to the Fons Català. The Fund counts on the Generalitat of Catalonia (Autonomous Government) as a protective body, and it has been a member of the Cooperation Council of the Generalitat since its constitution in 1995. Likewise, as a result of the approval of the Catalan Law of Cooperation for Development (Law 26/2001, of 31st December), the Fons Català is a member of the Committee Coordinating with Local Bodies.