International Day of Women Here is the message of the International Cooperative Alliance for International Women’s Day: Cooperatives reduce socio-economic injustices vs women! Gender equality and women’s empowerment are challenges both within cooperatives, and in countries where cooperatives operate. Multiple barriers impose limitations on women, hindering their access to opportunities, often translating into legal restrictions […]
NATCCO Youth Congress April 22-24
NATCCO Youth Congress April 22-24 “Let’s get the young people playing in the first minute of the ballgame. We cannot expect them to score the goals, but they have to play!”— Ariel Guarco, President of International Cooperative Alliance With the current issues and crisis that the world is facing, it is of a fact that […]
WOCCU, ACCU, Gates Foundation embark on ambitious project
WOCCU, ACCU, Gates Foundation embark on ambitious project We all want a better future and to serve our members in the best way we can. PaySys works with private and public institutions to harness the power of digital technology to build more cashless and inclusive financial systems. One of the important projects Paysys is working […]
For Asia-wide co-op digitization and inter-operability
For Asia-wide co-op digitization and inter-operability KUALA LUMPUR – A robust co-op sector all over Asia that can enable their members to transact digitally on equal footing with other financial service providers is the ultimate goal of the Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU). And given that the 31,752 ACCU member co-ops in […]
Ariel Guarco: “We are the Sixth Largest Economy!”
Ariel Guarco: “We are the Sixth Largest Economy!” Ariel Guarco: “We are the Sixth Largest Economy!” ICA President Ariel Guarco visited Manila on February 5 & 6 and met with 100 co-op leaders. Read on and be inspired! You introduced me as a “new friend”. I am not a friend. I am family! It is […]
Guarco visit seen to boost Philippine co-ops
Guarco visit seen to boost Philippine co-ops International Cooperative Alliance president, Ariel Guarco, is set to visit the Philippines on February 5 and 6 to confirm the solidarity of Philippine cooperatives with the three million cooperatives worldwide. This was announced by the Philippine Cooperative Center (PCC) composed of some 30 co-op federations all over the […]
NATCCO turns 43!
NATCCO turns 43! NATCCO staff celebrated the 43rd year of the National Confederation of Cooperatives at the headquarters today. NATCCO began as the National Association of Training Centers for Cooperatives, formed by co-op leaders who believed that the task of co-op development lay primarily in the hands of the private sector. These leaders also believed […]
Dept. of Finance Orders Probe of Co-ops Enjoying Tax Exemptions
Dept. of Finance Orders Probe of Co-ops Enjoying Tax Exemptions THE GOVERNMENT has now turned its sights on some 30,000 registered cooperatives as it moves to plug tax leaks, the Finance department (DoF) said in a press release on October 14. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) […]
300 Jeepney Operators Join Co-operative
300 Jeepney Operators Join Co-operative CEBU CITY — Three hundred operators of public utility vehicles (PUVs) have become members of a cooperative that will help them comply with the government’s public utility vehicle modernization program (PUVMP). The transportation division of the Cebu People’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CPMC) aims to purchase 200 new PUVs. The CPMC awaits […]
Cardona urges Asian co-ops to kick-start Gender Equality
Cardona urges Asian co-ops to kick-start Gender Equality NEW DELHI – To address the inequalities that persist in many Asian countries, the International Cooperative Alliance Asia-Pacific conducted an International Workshop on “Enhancing Gender Equality in Cooperative Business” last August 20-22 2019. NEW DELHI – To address the inequalities that persist in many Asian countries, the […]