Co-ops encouraged to go for Gold! Co-ops are not charity organizations, but rather enterprises that serve members and the community. And the key to excellent service and sustainability is to meet Asian standards. This was the gist of NATCCO Consultancy Team & Knowledge Resource Center’s free webinar on Access Branding Attended by 34 participants from […]
Co-ops allowed to operate as essentials businesses
Co-ops allowed to operate as essentials businesses The Government has released the guidelines for Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ), where credit co-ops are listed as among the “essential businesses” allowed to operate. The MECQ will start implementation on March 16. It is in line with the World Health Organization’s warning against rushing the lifting of […]
Co-ops Take Business Continuity Planning Course online
Co-ops Take Business Continuity Planning Course online In the midst of the COVID-19 Crisis, thirty-two participants from 14 co-ops participated in NATCCO Training Group’s first offering of the Business Continuity Planning Training Course for co-ops on May 4 to 5. The course is done online through a Webinar. The BCP workshops are conducted in partnership […]
Adapting and Preparing Co-ops for Post-COVID
Adapting and Preparing Co-ops for Post-COVID With the global pandemic caused by the Corona Virus, all establishments and institutions must adapt and prepare for the “new normal.” On April 29, Bayan Academy conducted an online forum entitled “Preparing cooperatives for new normal” hosted by Patch Dulay, Program Director of Bayan HUB and Mary Rose Gobb, […]
Co-ops excepted from ECQ in Quezon City
Co-ops excepted from ECQ in Quezon City Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte announced on April 25 that establishments providing loans and credits to the poor – including co-operatives – are exempted from the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) protocols. Without compromising social distancing, Belmonte explained that these establishments that provide arrangements for “microfinancing, loans or credit’’ […]
Co-ops are “Essential” during COVID-19 Crisis
Co-ops are “Essential” during COVID-19 Crisis MADISON, Wis.—World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is calling on national-level authorities and regulators to ensure that co-operatives are properly designated as “essential” during the COVID-19 crisis. Some jurisdictions do not currently include co-ops in the definition of essential, even though this classification has been extended to banks. Co-ops […]
DA, DILG: Co-ops, farmers may continue operating during ECQ
DA, DILG: Co-ops, farmers may continue operating during ECQ Why are some co-ops unable to operate and forced to close during the quarantine? This was the question asked by co-op leaders at an online meeting between the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), COOP-NATCCO Partylist, and the Philippine Cooperative Center (PCC), and representatives of NATCCO primary co-operatives. […]
Co-ops Continue Serving Members Amidst COVID-19
Co-ops Continue Serving Members Amidst COVID-19 Whether in to support the frontliners – healthworkers, law enforcers, and military personnel – or providing financial services or producing and marketing food, co-ops are in the thick of the fight! On March 23, Congress approved Republic Act 11469 or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, giving President […]
Co-ops in the time of COVID-19 Part 2
Co-ops in the time of COVID-19 Part 2 Cooperatives are doing their part in the nationwide fight against the COVID 19. As of April 6, 2020. NATCCO Network cooperatives have shared 91M to support the members, community, staff and officers. Many co-ops in the NATCCO Network are still operating with skeletal workforce. Those with Kaya […]
Co-ops in the time of COVID
Co-ops in the time of COVID Cooperatives are doing their part in the nationwide fight against the COVID 19. Many co-ops in the NATCCO Network are still operating with skeletal workforce. Those with Kaya Payment Platform and Kaya ATM allow their members to operate digitally. But beyond their day-to-day operations, some co-op have performed thus: […]