The Provincial Cooperative Development Council (PCDC) will conduct an assessment and evaluation of all Municipal Cooperative Development Councils (MCDC) in the province.
According to Hon. Josephine Socorro Jumamoy, PCDC Chair, the assessment is in line with the program of PCDC to strengthen, monitor and assist cooperatives in the province, as well as encourage the creation of local coop councils in their respective municipalities.
Based on the data from the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) there are 30 MCDCs considered active while 18 are inactive or LGU’s have yet to create their MCDCs.
During the visit, the PCDC team will meet with the local coop leaders, assess and evaluate their cooperatives as to their profile, financial report, among others.
The PCDC chair will also meet with the Local Chief Executives to discuss the advantage and benefits of having strong coops and active MCDC’s. in their municipalities.
They will also identify probable tourism sites handled by cooperatives for development and marketing assistance.
The PCDC chair will be joined by CDA, the officers of PCDC, and chairperson of other active MCDC’s.
The visitation and assessment is also in line with the celebration of Coop Month with the theme: “Bohol Tourism Enterprise Development through Cooperatives”.
Scheduled to be visited are Jagna – Oct 3; Balilihan – Oct 6; Calape – Oct 8; Pilar – Oct 10; Inabanga – Oct 13; Trinidad – Oct 15; Batuan – Oct 16; and Bilar on Oct 20.
Other municipalities are also being scheduled pending the approval of the PCDC budget for 2009.
PCDC hopes to get their budget approved in order to sustained their projects and efforts to strengthen cooperatives and to improve the quality of life of its members.
Trainings and workshops, monitoring, website development, coop congress are among the lined-up activities for PCDC next year. (PIA/Bohol)
