What About Cooperative Unions?

What About Cooperative Unions?

Registered cooperatives and federations may organize a federation or join cooperatives unions to represent the interest and welfare of all types of cooperatives at the provincial, city, regional, and national levels.

Cooperative unions may have the following purposes :

• To represent its member organization;
• To acquire, analyze, and disseminate economic, statistical, and other phases of cooperatives within its area of operation;
• To sponsor studies in the economic, legal ,financial, social, and other phases of cooperation, and publish their results;
• To promote the knowledge of cooperative principles and practices;
• To develop the cooperative movement in their respective areas of operation;
• To advice the appropriate authorities on all question relating to cooperatives;
• To raise funds through membership fees and contribution , donations, and subsidies from local and foreign sources whether private or government; and
• To do and perform such other activities as may be necessary to attain these objectives.

Cooperatives unions may assist the national and local government in the letters of development activities in their respective areas of operation.