Excited to join @ICAAPAC Women’s Committee workshop on #ClimateAction in the #Philippines. With support from @JCCU_Int and in partnership with @NATCCO we will discuss the Training of Trainers manual to build capacity of women and cooperators.
Cheers to more years of Sharing and Growing together! Happy 56th Founding Anniversary to all of us in MASS-SPECC! Mabuhay ang MASS-SPECC!
Mabuhay ang Kooperatibang Pinoy!
#MSP#SharingAndGrowingTogether#56thAnniversary
Our fellow co-operators from People's Micro-Finance Cooperative from Zamboanga City, have shown their solidarity with the worldwide co-op movement in celebrating the 2022 #CoopsDay.
#CoopsBuildABetterWorld
Our fellow co-operators from Fortitude, Ability, & Resilience in Business (FARB) Multi-Purpose Cooperative Polomolok, South Cotabato, have shown their solidarity with the worldwide co-op movement in celebrating the 2022 #CoopsDay.
Malinaw na may nakikita na tayong pagtaas sa mga numero. Kaya kung hindi naman sobrang importante ang lakad, huwag nalang muna ituloy. Ingat po tayong lahat! 😷💉
May we continue #SharingAndGrowingTogether as the spirit of co-operation continues to strengthen us as one strong co-op movement responsive to the challenges of time, instrumental to recovery, and a beacon of hope in the changing times.
From July 1 to 3, MSP posted trivia questions on its official page on Facebook to test the knowledge of the participants about co-operatives and their impacts on society.
Read more about this here: https://t.co/wlHsREAg0F
#RebuildBetterTogether#SharingAndGrowingTogether (2/2)
@bgiyer , Regional Director for @ICAAPAC , highlighted the role of co-operatives in times of crises. According to him, co-operatives can "serve as vehicles for promoting self-reliance and harnessing people power towards the attainment of economic development and social justice."
Here's what Dr. Martin Lowery, Board Member of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) @icacoop and Chair of the ICA Co-operative Identity Committee, says on why co-operatives should deepen their co-op identity.
Over 200 co-operative leaders, who are members of MASS-SPECC Cooperative Development Center, the largest regional federation of co-ops in the country, came together online to hold a dialogue on our “co-operative identity” during a global pandemic.
Mindanao Pride Founder Hamilcar B. Chanjueco Jr. presented the different terminologies and struggles surrounding gender and identity in his talk “SOGIE and the Co-op."
Here is his sentiment on how co-operatives can provide support to the members of LGBTQ+ Community.
The first-ever virtual Gender Congress of MASS-SPECC Cooperative Development Center underscored empowering women and promoting Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) in co-operatives.
Elenita V. San Roque, Chief Executive Officer of the Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU), said that co-operatives must provide business development services to women and train them for top leadership positions.