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1,500 delegates to participate in 5th Mindanao Cooperative Summit in Butuan City
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Mar 3, 2010 - 4:54:47 AM

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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