1,500 delegates to participate in 5th Mindanao Cooperative Summit in Butuan City
BUTUAN
CITY, March 3 (PNA) - At least 1,500 delegates coming from various parts
of Mindanao are set to participate in the forthcoming two-day 5th
Mindanao Cooperative Summit to be held at downtown hotel, resort and
convention center at this region’s capital city on March 4 and 5, this
year.
The various committees from the Regional Cooperative
Development Council (RCDC)-Caraga region and Philippine Information
Agency (PIA) announced Tuesday that all preparations are all already set
for the big cooperative confab.
Top cooperative leaders in the southern island already
pledged their two-day attendance.
Francis Loque, chairperson of RCDC Caraga region and also
chair of the summit’s host executive committee, led the final
coordinating conference on Tuesday and lay down preparations.
This year’s 5th Mindanao Cooperative Summit carries the
theme: “Mindanao Coops in the Face of Present Day Challenges:
Outsmarting Impacts of Global Financial Crisis”, where RCDC Caraga will
host the summit for the first time.
The summit aims to provide an avenue for cooperative
stakeholders in different regions in Mindanao to enrich their
understanding on the current trends of outsmarting impacts of global
financial crisis and create a synergistic response to its challenges,
Loque said.
Also, the summit will bring together cooperative leaders
from different regions as well as guests from all over the country.
“It will be a rare learning opportunity as seasoned speakers
will talk and share best practices and success experiences as examples
to develop and strengthen cooperatives in Mindanao,” he added.
Aside from cooperative concern, the delegates in that
two-day summit are also expected to tackle the current problem on El
Nino and Mindanao power crisis.
“Our main agenda of this summit is how to strengthen
Mindanao cooperatives towards development and progress,” said Region
Xlll PIA Regional Director Abner Caga. (PNA)
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