More than 30 cooperative officers undergo workshop

The officers that joined the workshop were composed of coop chairpersons, managers, treasurers, auditors and bookkeepers of the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs).
The seminar was part of the Program Beneficiaries Development under the Social Infrastructure-Local Capability Building (SILCAB) that aims to provide necessary interventions to capacitate the cooperative officers with Reportorial Requirements workshop that will help the ARBOs to comply with the requirements needed to get a Certificate of Good Standing and Certificate of Compliance from the CDA.
The identified ARBOs in the Agrarian Reform Communities (ARC) and non-ARC areas were the Panaghupong Sa Nagkahiusang Guntinganung Magbabaol Multipurpose Cooperative (PANGUMA-MPC) of Barangay Gunting, Barili; Carcar Community Farmers’ Multipurpose Cooperative (CCFMPC) of Barangay Can-asujan,Carcar; Liburon Multipurpose Cooperative of Barangay Liburon, Carcar City; Media Once Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative (MOFAMC) of Barangay Media Once.
In other pats of the province the following ARBOs joined the workshop--Toledo City Langtad Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multipurpose Cooperative (LARBMPC) of Barangay Langtad; Naga City Agrarian Reform Community Beneficiaries Multipurpose (ARCBMPC) of Barangay Balirong, Naga City; Canhabagat Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CMPC) of Barangay Canhabagat, Medellin; San Jose Multipurpose Cooperative of Barangay San Jose, Medellin; Don Virgilio Gonzales MPC in Medellin; Media Once Farmers’ Cooperative (MOFAMC) in Toledo City; United Farmers Cooperative of Barangay Bunga, Toledo City; Hagnaya Organized People for Environment (HOPEMPC) of Barangay Hagnaya; Carmen and Lower Natimaoan MPC of Barangay Lower Natimoan, Carmen.
The seminar-workshop was conducted by a team from the DAR’s Beneficiaries Development and Coordination Division headed by DAR BDCD SILCAB Point Person JudyMaratas with Cooperative Development Specialist Myrna Dollosa of CDA-7as the resource person.
DAR-7 assistant regional director and concurrent PARPO II Antonio del Socorro said the partnership program of DAR-CDA is also a collaborative effort in adapting Capacity Development as a strategy to address knowledge, skills and capacity gaps or constraints of cooperative officers and members. (mbcn/hfg/PIA7/with reports from DAR-7)
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