Why form a cooperative?

1. Why Cooperative?

2. Why do you want to
form a cooperative?

3. Issues in the community:
• Lack of job opportunities;
• Inadequate income to support the family;
• Lack of education/knowledge;
• Inequitable distribution of wealth and power;
• People are not united “to each his own”;
• Peace and order situation.

4. Build and transform
lives thru
cooperativism

5. 2020: 10 Largest Cooperative
https://www.ica.coop/en/newsroom/news/world-cooperative-monitor-new-ranking-
largest-cooperatives-now-available

6. 17.6 million
Filipinos who lived
below the poverty
threshold estimated
at PhP 10,727, on
average, for a family
of five per month in
2018.
Subsistence incidence
among Filipinos, or the
proportion of Filipinos
whose income is not
enough to meet even the
basic food needs, was
registered at 5.2
percent in 2018. The
monthly food threshold for
a family of five was
estimated, on average,
at PhP 7,528.
PSA Reference No.: 2019-209
Release Date: 06 December 2019
109 M
population
16.4%

7. To pursue the 2020 Vision, the document outlines five
critical themes to form part of the co-operative sector's
agenda, which have been devised by Cliff Mills and Will
Davies, Centre for Mutual and Employee-owned
Business, University of Oxford, under the guidance of an
ICA Planning Work Group.
The ICA Blueprint, which was launched
in a draft format at the General
Assembly last October, sets out a path
that envisions co-operatives to be the
fastest growing form of enterprise by
2020.

8. These critical themes are:
1. Elevate participation within membership and
governance to a new level
2. Position co-operatives as builders of sustainability
3. Build the co-operative message and secure the co-
operative identity
4. Ensure supportive legal frameworks for co-operative
growth
5. Secure reliable co-operative capital while guaranteeing
member control

9. ILO Centenary Declaration:
Cooperatives call for people-centred
business models for a fair, secure,
and inclusive Future of Work (2019)

10. Cooperatives deliver a wide range of goods
and services aligned with their members
needs. More than half of the world’s
cooperatives are estimated to focus on
agriculture and food production, while financial
cooperatives serve more than 857 million
people worldwide, including 78 million people
living on less than US$2 a day.

11. The Global Commission on the Future of
Work, set up by ILO recently released its
final report entitle” Work for a Brighter
Future” where coops aligned themselves as
a cooperative business by putting people
first before profit. Cooperatives are key
actors in achieving the actions proposed.
https://www.ica.coop/en/media/news/cooperatives-people-first-approach-
proves-effective-social-and-economic-development?page=3

12. “As people-centered enterprises characterized by
democratic control, prioritizing human
development and social justice within the
workplace. Cooperatives enable communities to
own and govern joint economic tools to solve their
most central needs (production, employment,
housing, health, education, credit, insurance, etc.)
through democratic ownership and participation,
thus generating inclusive and sustainable growth,
and leaving no one behind

13. ICA 1995: Seven Cooperative Principles
Principles are guideposts in the organization and management of
cooperatives in which their values are put into practice.

14. Cooperative Principles
Cooperatives differ from other business types
in that there is a set of guiding principles for
operation. These principles provide a
philosophical foundation for the business by
establishing a governance structure and the
method by which profits are distributed. The
original Rochdale Principles have been
distilled into the following Cooperative
Principles

16. Universal
Values
Cultural
Values
Personal-
Ethical
Values
you
Self
Reflection

17. In a co-op, all members are in charge; so individuals must be
accountable for their actions, responsibilities, and duties. Thus, a
co-op cannot function properly if the members are neglectful of
their responsibilities to their job, the co-op, their fellow members,
and themselves.

18. DEMOCRACY
Co-ops are controlled, managed and operated by
its members. Thus, suggestions are heard and
accepted to make the services or products more
responsive to their needs.
Thus, it empowers members to participate and
vote in meetings.

19. EQUALITY & EQUITY
o EQUALITY is about giving everyone access to
the same resources and treating them the same.
Every member is only entitled to one vote
regardless of the amount of his/her contribution.
o EQUITY is the concept of providing
disadvantaged persons and privileged people with
fair accommodation and treatment according to
their needs - in order to put them on equivalent
ground.

20. SOLIDARITY
This is the value of “fellowship” amongst members of a
co-op (worker-owners or member-owners) and more,
including: other co-ops, organizations, and individuals
who are linked by a shared concern or cause.
Thus, it is essential for cooperatives and cooperators to
recognize the importance of working together to support
others in their struggles, goals, and efforts – and for
others to do the same for them.

21. Honesty
Openness
Social
Respon-
sibility
Caring
for
Others
HONESTY
Truthfulness, fairness and
sincerity in all dealings.
The dealings may be between
the members & the cooperative;
among members the
themselves; between & among
cooperatives

22. OPENNESS
One that promotes collaboration where the members
are free to share their views and suggestions with an
emphasis on learning s opposed to being right.
Characterized by transparency and free access to
knowledge and information.

23. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The economic activities undertaken and
decisions made in the co-ops as a business
enterprise are balanced by the needs and
interests of their members and the community.

24. CARING FOR OTHERS
Co-ops bring people together to meet a
shared need through operation of a
democratically- controlled business.
Co-ops are open to all who can take
advantage of their benefits.

25. AUTONOMY AND
INDEPENDENCE
EDUCATION,
TRAINING &
INFORMATION
COOPERATION
AMONG
COOPERATIVES
CONCERN FOR
COMMUNITY
DEMOCRATIC MEMBER
CONTROL
MEMBER ECONOMIC
PARTICIPATION
VOLUNTARY AND OPEN
MEMBERSHIP
SELF-HELP
SELF-
RESPONSIBILITY
EQUALITY
HONESTY OPENNESS
SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
DEMOCRACY
CARING FOR
OTHERS
SOLIDARITY
CO-OP PRINCIPLES ARE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF CO-OP VALUES
CO-OP /ETHICAL VALUES ARE THE FOUNDATION OF THE CO-OP PRINCIPLES
EQUITY

26. Low Income
Middle Income
High Income
DA, DAR, DILG, DTI,
TESDA, DSWD, BFAR,
LBP, NCIP, LGUS, NGOs
How?
Convergences, Partnership through a multi-sectoral
approach