e-Forum of Government Programs and Services part of the 2020 Co-Op Month Celebration Keynote Speaker RD Jo B. Bitonio

2. RD Jo B. Bitonio. DPA
CDA Regional Office 1

3. Thank you for the generous
introduction fr Dr. DCQ,
a coop icon who brought
the recognition of
making the co-ops
known in the region and
the entire country. Truly
a credible representative
of our coops in Region 1.

4. My solidarity greetings and respect to
Hon. Governor of Ilocos Sur
Ryan Luis V. Singson
Hon. SPM Atty. Ronnie
Rapanot Chair Com on Coop
Partners from National
government Agencies: DA, NFA,
NTA, NIA, LBP
CDA Ilocos Sur Team

5. At the outset, I like to acknowledge
and express my heartfelt thanks
and gratitude to our legislator
champions Sen Migz Zubiri Chair
Com of Coop Senate and his
counterpart - Cong. Canama –
Chair Com of Coop Lower House
initiated the enactment the
holding of CMC every October of
the year. Thus, the celebration of
CMC was given utmost
importance.

6. This is their way of looking
back and acknowledging
the contributions of the
cooperatives nationwide
to SE Devt OF THEIR
COMMUNITIES in their
105 years of existence.

7. • My SINCERE thanks and
gratitude to the Provincial
Govt Hon. Governor of Ilocos
Sur Ryan Luis V. Singson, all
LGUs in Ilocos Sur, Our
development partners (NGAs)
for being supportive to the
cause co-ops and their role as
partner of government in the
delivery of services to the
grassroot level.

8. Resilience
pagiging
matatag
Our theme this year is –
The idea of organizational resilience – the
need for co-ops to respond to a crisis, risk.
Pag aralan yung mga concepts and
principles of risk management, business
continuity and crisis management kasama
na Disaster Resiliency Preparedness
Program

9. • Resilience is the process of being able to
adapt well and recover, to get better
quickly in times of problems arising
disaster or business wise.
• Before madevelop coop resilience start
tayo sa sarili natin. As co-ops leaders
should be able to develop resilience so
that we can cope adaptively ABLE TO
bounce back after changes, challenges,
setbacks, disappointments, and failures
and this pandemic.

10. Jan-Sep 2020, 25 -29% Losses; Ubos CDP; nagalaw
GRF, nagamit CETF, Direct expense etc.
• Need to plan to sustain the
operation of the coop;
• Craft and implement
sustainability plan immediately
(Strat Planning Oct 30);
• Element of a sustainable
Excellence: right guidance, right
human and financial capital, right
technology, right governance and
thinking and right partners

11. • The Cooperative Development
Authority (CDA) conducted an
online survey to all types and
categories of reporting
cooperatives in the country to
measure/determine the effect of
COVID-19 pandemic to their
business operation and their
provision of services to members
and community,

12. On RESILIENCY
91.7% of the
respondents’ business
operation were affected
by the
outbreak/pandemic
while 8.3% responded
that their operation
were not affected.

13. • Having encountered several
problems in the co-ops
operations, some measures have
been undertaken by the co-ops to
ensure continuous delivery of
services to their members.
Among these actions, in its order
of the application of measures,
are adopting staggered schedule,
partial opening , online service
and home delivery service for
easier and accessible transaction
for their members and patrons.

14. • Having a business continuity plan
(BCP) is vital to any business
organization, it helps the
cooperatives’ operation adjust
towards unplanned and
unexpected disruptions. Almost
half of the respondents(48.4%
)said they were able to utilize their
BCP, while an alarming number of
respondents (39.8%) said they did
not have a BCP and the remaining
11.8% respondents showed they
did not implement their BCP.

15. • is most often defined as
meeting the needs of the
present without compromising
the ability of future
generations to meet theirs. It
has three main pillars:
economic, environmental, and
social. These three pillars are
informally referred to as
people, planet, prosperity and
peace.
On the other hand, Sustainability

16. • The United Nations sees hope
in the co-operative model,
noting that in the face of
multiple crises and natural
disasters, co-operatives have
maintained high credit ratings,
increased assets and turnover,
and expanded their
memberships base.

17. • There is a clear and direct
relationship between
sustainability and how
co-operatives describe
themselves. The linkages to
social dimensions of
sustainability are stronger than
the linkages to environmental
and economic dimensions, but
all three are present.

18. • Co-op sustainability in
investment can fall under the
terms ESG for environment,
social, and governance
• In order to support your
individual sustainabiity goals
and Social Responsibility
Projects, the co-op’s social
funds should be invested in
Environmental , Social,
Governance

19. • CDA is reaching out coops and
partners, we conduct
consultation now esp in the
crafting of MCs and guidelines.
6 po yung clusters na nasa batas
grouping ng mga coops per
functional areas. So far CFSBI
and Human Services yung nka
pagstart na. In coming days we
shall be inviting you for the
other clusteral consultation
meetings

20. In closing, let me share to
you a quotation of
Cascio, an american
author, "Resilience is all
about being able to
overcome the
unexpected,
Sustainability is about
survival. The goal of
resilience is to thrive.“

21. • Tunay na malayo na po
narating ng sector ng
kooperatiba, tayo po ay
nararamdaman ng iba ibang
NGAs/LGUs. Sila po ay
nagtitiwala sa kakayanan ng
mga Koop na maging partner
nila na CS nila sa pagbibigay ng
tulong sa mga communidad
where your coop are located

22. • Continue to serve the low
income families so that we
can contribute to the
poverty reduction program
of the government thru co-
ops programs
• Have a wonderful day.
• Again HCM ALL