MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, May 6 (PIA) --- The Cooperative
Development Authority of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(CDA-ARMM) hosted the 2016 provincial cooperatives summit in Lanao del
Sur held in Marawi city, May 3, as part of the regional agency’s
comprehensive plans and programs.
With the theme: “Economic
Sustainability and Good Governance Through Cooperativism,” the event was
attended by over a thousand leaders of cooperatives in the province.
The summit was hosted by CDA-ARMM headed by regional administrator
Dimnatang M. Radia.
ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman who spoke
before the summit’s participants said cooperativism is a priority
initiative under the regional government’s poverty alleviation agenda.
Aside
from Gov. Hataman, other officials who graced the event include:
Orlando Ravanera, CDA chairman; Amenodin Elias, Central Mindanao CDA
director; Pama Dimapanat, ARMM secretary of the Department of
Transportation and Communications; Jehanne Mutin, chairperson of the
Regional Commission of Bangsamoro Women (RCBW); and Mocammad Rakiin,
Lanao del Sur provincial administrator who represented provincial
Governor Mamintal Adiong, Jr.
Rakiin said cooperativism is a
program fully supported by Gov. Adiong. For his part, CDA chairman
Ravanera said people can be empowered to craft their own destiny as they
come together through the cooperative.
“Cooperativism is
about empowering the poor and invulnerable especially in taking full
control of available resources of Mindanao,” Ravanera said. “We believe
cooperativism is the only effective approach in achieving true peace in
the region,” he said.
RCBW chairperson Mutin, meanwhile, said
the women’s sector understands the concept of the cooperative,
specifically the collaborative efforts of its members.
The
summit, said CDA-ARMM administrator Radia, is one of the initiatives of
CDA-ARMM in accordance with its mandate to promote the viability,
growth and sustainability of cooperatives as instruments for equity,
economic development and social justice.
Among CDA-ARMM’s
accomplishments are the Computerized Registration System and Kapit-Bisig
Program as a one-stop shop converging three major programs of CDA-ARMM,
namely registration, regulation and development of cooperatives.
Such
convergence is aimed at convening cooperatives in every municipality as
well as in harmonizing programs and projects supporting cooperatives in
various national line agencies. (BPI/APB/PIA-10)
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