This material serves the purpose of equipping savings and credit cooperatives with suggested standards and protocols that comply with the regulations observed by different local and international credit unions, including those mandated by the government. From creating the mission and vision of the cooperative, to formalizing systems of board selection, membership, financing and auditing, this manual consists of step-by-step rules on how coop leaders could organize and groom their members professionally. Each policy manual stipulated in this material contains the purpose and values behind every coop rule and the people that why people are expected to follow these measures. If any of these rules were offended, suggested penalizations and sanctions are also stipulated for coop’s reference.

Aside from the policy manuals, the material also contains handouts from NATCCO’s compliance seminar on good governance and management of cooperatives in hopes of enlightening participants (or future readers who would use this as reference) on the significance and function of upholding and maintaining the sanctity of coop by-laws.