The document discusses continuing to develop cooperatives with a human-centered agenda through initiatives to increase visibility, advocacy, capacity building, networking, and collaboration. It also discusses a recent ILO report that aligned cooperatives with putting people before profit as a cooperative business model. It congratulates Western Pangasinan Multi-Purpose Cooperative on their 10th Annual General Assembly and urges active participation to bring cooperation and action to the forefront of achieving success.

1. Continue to harness your potentialities to bring the cooperative model
with a human-centered agenda to the next level with development initiatives
focused on increasing visibility, enhancing advocacy, sharing capacity building,
strengthening co-operative development networking, and collaboration with
members, civil society organizations and other stakeholders.
The Global Commission on the Future of Work, set up by the
International Labour Organisation (ILO), recently released its final
report entitled “Work for a Brighter Future” where cooperatives aligned
themselves exactly as a cooperative business model by putting people
before profit,”
Congratulations and may the good Lord bless and guide us always.
JOSEFINA B. BITONIO
My warmest congratulations to Western
Pangasinan Multi-Purpose Cooperative, the
officers, staff, all members and stakeholders on
your 10th Annual General Assembly.
It is great to know that the cooperative has
remained steadfast in upholding the cooperative
principles and values. The Management and
Board are embracing the challenges to maintain
the momentum of growth.
As you celebrate a decade of existence we
urge everyone to actively participate, be involved
and bring the cooperative to where cooperation
and action is the forefront to achieving success.