Monday, February 05, 2007
Pavia coop bags most outstanding cooperative award
By Gina H. Celebria
A COOPERATIVE in the municipality of Pavia was named the best in the country last year while the Municipal Government under Mayor Arcadio Gorriceta bagged the most outstanding partner local government unit in the Philippines.
In ceremonies held last week in Metro Manila, the Pavia Entrepreneurs Multi Purpose Cooperative (PEMPC) was adjudged the Most Outstanding Cooperative in the Municipal Government category during the 2006 Awards for Excellence in Cooperative -LGU Partnership (CLPA).
Mila Layog, Officer-in-Charge of the Provincial Cooperative Development Office, said PEMPC will receive P500,000.
The Dingle Government Workers Credit Cooperative (DGWCC) was also named as one of the Outstanding Cooperatives in the same category with the Dingle Municipal Government as Outstanding Partner LGU. DGWCC will receive P250,000.
On the other hand, the San Dionisio Credit Cooperative of Paranaque City and the Paglaum MPC of Misamis Occidental were named most outstanding cooperatives in the City Government and Provincial Government categories respectively. Both cooperatives will also receive P500,000 each.
Layog said the National Steering and Selection Committee and the organizing institutions were composed of the Office of Senator Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel, Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG), the Polytechnic University of the Philippines - College of Cooperatives, the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), Bridge Com and Touch Mobile, Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines, Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, and Globe Telecom. It was this committee, which sent a call for nominations through government agencies, the media and civil society organizations.
Of the 72,000 registered cooperatives nationwide, only 80 nominated cooperatives qualified for the Cooperative-LGU Partnership Award (CLPA) 2006 based on the criteria for selection and documents submitted for evaluation. Of the 80 nominees, only 37 cooperatives were chosen for site validation, Layog said.
Based on the site validation reports, the National Steering and Selection Committee selected 17 outstanding cooperatives for the partnership with Provincial, City and Municipal Governments.
The CLPA was initiated in 2002 to honor and recognize cooperatives, which have partnered with local governments to pursue social or economic development.For more Philippine news, visit Sun.Star General Santos. (February 5, 2007 issue)
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