Access Branding

NATCCO, together with the Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU), aims to develop primary coops into world-class institutions by making them the best in microfinance services in their communities.

So our Training and Consultancy Department, offers ACCESS which stands for “A1 Competitive Choice for Excellence in Service and Soundness”.

ACCESS Branding will arm your cooperative with the tools needed to build the organization-wide quality assurance strategy.  The aim is the sustainability of your cooperative – or more specifically a better bottom line.

To monitor viability, the average cooperative is required by the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) to submit its yearly COOP PESOS rating.  Although the COOP PESOS rating covers nine different aspects of a cooperative’s operations, the total number of indicators or ratios is only 17.

But ACCESS Branding goes further.  The ACCU developed the Balanced Scorecard architecture comprising 86 indicators on four aspects of operations – finance, learning and growth, customer-member processes and internal business processes. 

The National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO) is pleased to invite everyone to enroll in a comprehensive     eLearning program. The Learning Management System is designed for cooperative board of directors, committees and officers. You may learn, acquire and receive vital     training specially all compliance courses without leaving your office.

Students upon completion of the requirements and passed the assessment will receive a certificate.

E-learning offers an interactive self-paced courses. These courses can be blended with your current training program or used as standalone activity. It is a learner centered approach that actively involves participants in upgrading and amplifying their knowledge and skills on cooperative issues.

Why NATCCO E-Learning?

• It can work from any location and any time- Student can go through training sessions from anywhere, usually at anytime.
• It’s self-paced- Programs and courses can be taken when needed. Learner can go through the smaller chunks of training that can be used and absorbed for a while before moving on.
• It can lead to increased retention and stronger grasp of the subject because of many elements that are combined to reinforce the message, such as video,audio, quizzes and interactions.
• Online teachers monitor and ensure that learners are personally taking the assessment test via Skype.

Aflatoun

For starters, the word "aflatoun" is of Arabic origin and refers to "the explorer," a person who thinks, explores, investigates, and acts.  It also refers to Plato, known for his ideas and ethics, citizenship, social justice, respect, conservation, friendship, and love for fellowmen (!).

NATCCO is implementing the Aflatoun concept in the Philippines in partnership with Aflatoun Child Social and Financial Education Organization, formerly Child Savings International based in Amsterdam.  The Program is being implemented in selected schools in the Philippines in partnership with local cooperatives, the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), and the Department of Education (DepEd).

The NATCCO Knowledge Resource Center or KRC is the newest unit within Education, Training, and Consultancy Group (ETCG).  Its main objective is to act as a primary source of knowledge for every cooperative.  It serves as the Research and Development arm of the federation to design programs that directly addresses the competency-development needs of primary cooperatives.

Knowledge Resource Center (KRC) would be the foundation of the Cooperative Academy of NATCCO (CAN).  The academy’s role is to inculcate the values of cooperative movements among its member cooperatives, as well as to NATCCO internal employees.

KRC will gather and collect NATCCO’s information, educational programs, training programs, materials, books and manuals that can help cooperatives operate better. The consolidated knowledge resources would be utilized to institutionalize cooperatives’ best practices, and use it as learning materials for the network.  As a federation, we have the responsibility to impart cooperative values, knowledges, information, skills and experiences to all its members.  It is therefore also imperative to assess if the programs of the academy generated significant social impact to the cooperatives’ members.

NATCCO has vast reservoir of learning from its different programs like education, training, research, consulting and monitoring services, that needs to be preserved.  In consultation with Dr. Eduardo Morato Jr., we have identified four (4) Major activities that KRC will perform and these are as follows:

Knowledge Distillation – Capacitating different members to regularly document their initiatives and community interventions to translate into professional learning materials, books and white papers

Knowledge Sourcing – Providing accessible and relevant resources to every cooperative.

Knowledge Creation – Creating cooperatives’ own thought pieces, policy and strategy papers, issue monographs and topical dissertations.

 Knowledge Dissemination – Offering resources to all NATCCO members and other cooperatives who are committed to serve others their intellectual property through publications and educational or training programs.

(Resource:  The 4 Knowledge Mining Activity mentioned above is taken from the project concept designed by Dr. Eduardo Morato, Jr.).

NATCCO KRC currently offers the following programs:

1.  (Co-op LAMP)  Cooperative Leadership And Management Program -  This 10-days program is like a mini-mba, which focuses on Social Enterprise development, as well as Strong Cooperative Values.  Upon completion of the program, graduates would be able to gain the CCM (Certified Cooperative Manager) title.  Being a CCM, learning and leadership development is a continuous process.  Thus, being a CCM, they are given extra benefits like discounts on training events, as well as access to regular learning sessions and materials.

2. (SHRMP) Strategic HR Management Program -  This is a five (5) days program that covers the who spectrum of HR functions.  By completing the program, the participants would be able to gain skills and insights on how they can improve their HR department or unit, by aligning employee development programs to cooperative/organization goals and objectives.

3.  (LMMD) Learning Methodologies and Materials - This is a five (5) days program for trainers and instructors for cooperative sector.  The program teaches SLEs (Structured Learning Exercises) and Adult learning techniques, as well as provide skills in developing modules and learning materials that they can use for the Co-ops.  Also, it introduces approaches to designing leadership programs, and case study method as tool for learning.