This paper describes the perceptions of people involved in the processes related to the international cooperation for development in the Department of Valle del Cauca. Following the analysis of interviews with various key players and of documents relevant to international cooperation in the region, the authors argue that perceptions of individual actors have a strong impact on the processes related to international cooperation, and emphasize a wide diversity of perceptions demonstrated by those players as regards the aspects of the actual processes themselves. This diversity may impede a better coordination of the flow of international cooperation in the region.