A technical cooperation project for climate information services led by the APEC Climate Center (APCC) in Peru has resulted in the enactment of an official municipal ordinance by a local government, marking a significant milestone in institutionalizing Korea's climate crisis response technologies into the legal and policy framework of a partner country.

From October 10 to 24, the Peru project team—comprising APCC and Weatherpia Co., Ltd.—conducted its second on-site cooperation mission as part of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Public Cooperation Pilot Project titled "Improvement of Climate Information Services for Strengthening Community Climate Resilience in Peru (December 2025 – October 2027)". Throughout the visit, the team held continuous working-level consultations with the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru (SENAMHI) and local government authorities.

As a result, on Monday, October 19, the Municipal Council of the District of Acocro in the Department of Ayacucho, Peru, unanimously passed the "Municipal Ordinance on the Recognition, Regulation, and Operational Organization of the Local Agroclimatic Management Platform (PGA) of the District of Acocro (Ordinance No. 007-2026-MDA)," officially launching the district's first-ever platform.

The enactment of this ordinance holds great significance as it translates Peru's national-level climate change adaptation policies—outlined in the National Competitiveness and Productivity Plan (PNCP 2019–2030) and the National Agrarian Policy (2021–2030)—into a concrete, actionable system at the local level through APCC's technical cooperation. The ordinance stipulates that the Mayor of Acocro serves as the Chair of the platform and establishes the Local Technical Committee (CTL) as its official operating body, bringing together SENAMHI, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI), and representatives of local farmers to hold quarterly meetings and formulate annual work plans. Notably, to ensure self-reliant operation even after the project concludes, the ordinance establishes a legal basis for securing municipal funding, including regional government subsidies (Article 7), and mandates the sharing of annual performance reports with regional and central government bodies, including MIDAGRI and SENAMHI (Article 11). This creates a virtuous cycle in which on-the-ground achievements at the local level are fed back into national climate policies.

Furthermore, to formally recognize and commend the pivotal role played by APCC and the KOICA cooperation project team in building and institutionalizing the platform, the District Municipality of Acocro presented an official Mayoral Resolution of Institutional Recognition (Mayoral Commendation, Resolution No. 259-2026-MDA/A) to the project leader, Dr. Jin Ho Yoo, Research Fellow at APCC, during an official local ceremony on Saturday, October 17. Through the resolution, the District Municipality of Acocro officially evaluated that the KOICA–SENAMHI cooperation project led by APCC has established agroclimatic services tailored to the needs of local farmers, thereby enhancing their utilization of climate information and laying the foundation for preventing agroclimatic risks and achieving sustainable agricultural and livestock development.

Building on the enactment of the Acocro municipal ordinance and the official recognition from the local government, APCC plans to actively support the strengthening of climate resilience and the improvement of agricultural productivity for Peruvian farming households by continuing follow-up activities, including an invitational training program in Korea for SENAMHI working-level staff and the development of a communication manual connecting climate information providers and farmers.