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All co-ops invited to Feb 18 National Show of Co-operative Force, QC Circle
The United Nations declared 2012 as the International Year of Co-operatives (IYC). This is a declaration to all member-countries that “Co-operative Enterprises Build a Better World.”
The first salvo for the year-long celebration of the IYC will be a convergence of all cooperatives at the National Show of Co-operative Force (NSCF) to be held on February 18 at the Quezon City Memorial Circle.
The theme for the event is “Cooperative – A Celebration of People Empowerment & Strength of the Human Spirit.” All co-op members are invited and fifty thousand are expected to attend the convergence.
According to Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) Chair, Dr. Emmanuel M. Santiaguel, “The NSCF aims to increase public awareness about co-operatives and their contributions to advance People, Planet, Prosperity& Peace for sustainable development.” The CDA is the sole government agency regulating the more than 20,000 cooperatives in the Philippines with combined membership of seven million individuals.
“This will show that co-operatives are not just ‘pautangan’ where people get loans, but that as the UN declared, co-ops are more than just money but are actually enterprises that build lives, communities, and the planet,” he said at a meeting of the IYC Celebrations Steering Committee recently.
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