THE City Cooperative and Livelihood Development Centre (CCLDO), in cooperation with the Negros Educators and Advocacy Cooperative (NEAC) and Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), recently conducted a seminar on Fundamentals of Cooperative among Bacolod City coop leaders and management staff last August 9-10 at the Mayfair Plaza, 13th Street, Bacolod City.

Roel Venus, chief of Ceneco Consumer Services Division, was the invited resource speaker. He discussed the origin of cooperatives, what is a cooperative, cooperative values and principles, coop difference, overall direction of coop, strategic planning, vision, mission, goals, coop plans, program and policies.

Venus also tackled the under pinning laws covering the salient features of Republic Act 9520, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, among others. The speaker was a national awardee as the youngest cooperative chairperson of a multi-million coop. He is presently a part-time faculty member of University of St. La Salle and La Consolacion College Bacolod for college and graduate school programs, and an accredited CDA speaker and trainer for cooperatives. He was also the former chairperson of the CENECO Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CEMPCO) from 2005-2008 and 2014-1016, and the National Chairperson of Visayas Cooperatives Development Centre (VICTO National)

This seminar on Fundamentals of Cooperative is a CDA-mandatory training for newly elected coop officers and existing officers who have not yet undergone this mandate. “This is very useful for both officers and management staff especially rudimentary topics about cooperatives are explained to all participants”, he said.

At the end of this two-day event, Venus was awarded a certificate of appreciation by the NEAC chairperson Vilma Dela Vega, CDA Coop Development Specialist II Sandra Siaton and CCLDO Project Development Officer IV Brenda Burdeos.