Call to Submit Applications for Aurora Awards 2025 The National Confederation of Cooperatives (NATCCO) invites member-cooperatives to participate and submit entries to the NATCCO Aurora Awards 2025 – Financial Category. The NATCCO Aurora Awards celebrate excellence in the cooperative sector and aim to recognize cooperatives that have made an outstanding contribution in fostering growth, innovation, […]
BSP, CDA Release Proposed Joint Circular on E-Money Issuers
BSP, CDA Release Proposed Joint Circular on E-Money Issuers The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) have released a proposed joint circular that will set guidelines for cooperatives planning to operate as electronic money issuer-non-bank financial institutions (EMI-NBFIs) or operators of payment systems (OPS). The document is titled: “Guidelines for Cooperatives Engaged or Intending to Engage in Activities […]
UN unveils 2025 International Year of Cooperatives Logo
UN unveils 2025 International Year of Cooperatives Logo The International Cooperative Alliance is pleased to announce that the United Nations (UN) has released the 2025 International Year of Cooperatives (IYC2025) logo. The IYC2025 theme Cooperatives Build a Better World, was announced on 19 June, and it showcases the enduring global impact cooperatives have everywhere. The […]
COOP-NATCCO Marks 26 Years of Championing Co-ops in Congress
COOP-NATCCO Marks 26 Years of Championing Co-ops in Congress PASAY CITY – About 242 co-op leaders from all over the country gathered at the Sequoia Hotel on September 21 and 22 for the 8th National Party Congress of the COOP-NATCCO Partylist with the theme COOP-NATCCO Party List: Dalawamput-Anim na Taong Nagtataguyod ng Boses at Adhikain ng mga Kooperatiba […]
Cua Awards for Visionary & Excellent Leadership Launched
Cua Awards for Visionary & Excellent Leadership Launched PARANAQUE CITY — The NATCCO Network has announced the search for co-op leaders who will be given the Guillermo Cua Leadership Awards. This was one of the highlights of the Aurora NATCCO Awards & Gala Night on October 5. NATCCO Chief Operating Officer, Daisybelle M. Cabal, gave the […]
NATCCO General Assembly & Leaders’ Congress on April 23-25
NATCCO General Assembly & Leaders’ Congress on April 23-25 The world has gone VUCA.* VUCA stands for volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. It describes the situation of constant, unpredictable change that is now the norm in certain industries and areas of the business world. Since our sector is in the midst of all this, more […]
Dr. Eduardo A. Morato, 73
Dr. Eduardo A. Morato, 73 The NATCCO Network mourns the passing of charismatic business guru, Dr. Eduardo A. Morato, Jr. on March 1. He was 73. Dr. Morato dedicated many years of his teaching career to guiding social enterprises to become effective engines of rural social development. He always reiterated that the best model of […]
ICA President: We are into Cooperation, not Competition
ICA President: We are into Cooperation, not Competition MESSAGE FROM ICA PRESIDENT ARIEL GUARCO 2021 is here and the pandemic continues. This virus has reached every corner of this planet. The health, economic and social impact continue to cause a lot of pain around us. That’s why cooperatives continue to put our values and principles […]
ICA’s World Cooperative Monitor
ICA’s World Cooperative Monitor Brussels, BELGIUM – The International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises (Euricse) launched on January 20 the 2020 edition of the World Cooperative Monitor during an international webinar. This is the ninth edition of the annual report, which explores the economic and social impact […]
Women-led enterprises sell P36 Million during Pandemic
Women-led enterprises sell P36 Million during Pandemic Digital channels of doing business has proven to be a boon to women-led enterprises in the Connecting Women to the Digital Economy project under the Women’s Global Development & Prosperity Initiative (WGDP) Initiative of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID’s E-PESO Chief Mamerto Tangonan reported […]