1. DAR – CDA
Partnership Program
“Strengthening and Capacity Building of ARB
Cooperatives”

2. Background and Rationale
• In December 2012, DAR and CDA signed a
partnership program
• The program intends to operationalize a
capacity-building and development support
initiatives to help ARB cooperatives acquire
and maintain their juridical personality
through CDA’s issuance of Certificate of Good
Standing (CGS).

3. • The program commenced in April 2013
through an Orientation-Workshop where
action plans were prepared for the conduct of
the first four (4) CDA mandatory trainings and
the various technical assistance that CDA shall
provide to the ARB cooperatives.

7. How to secure CGS
In
Addition
Comp of PESOS & PISO
Install ADR
Coaching & Mentoring
Advisory, Cliniquing,
Consultancy

8.  Basic Cooperative Course
(BCC)
 Cooperative Management and
Governance
 Financial Management (FM)
 Leadership and Values ReOrientation (LVR)

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Conflict Management
Parliamentary Procedures
Strategic Planning
Audit Management
Records Management
Entrepreneurial & Business
Management
7. Basic Accounting for NonAccountants
8. Internal Control
9. Rules Formulation
10. Cooperative Standards

10. Rationale
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 2004
institutionalizes the use of An Alternative Dispute
Resolution system in the Philippines. All cooperatives
by laws include an article on the Settlement of Disputes
with Sections on Mediation and Conciliation and
voluntary arbitration. All inter and intra-cooperative
disputes shall be settled within the cooperative in
accordance with the pertinent Guidelines issued by the
Cooperative Development Authority, Art. 137 0f Republic
Act No. 9520 and its Implementing Rules and
Regulations, and its suppletory laws.

11. Objectives
Alternative Dispute Resolution and
o Provide general orientation on the voluntary
arbitration under the institutional rules
promulgated by the Cooperative Development
Authority, and in such other pertinent laws;
o Be aware of the revised guidelines governing the
conduct of mediation and conciliation proceedings
before the CDA (MC 2013-21) at the primary and
union/federation level (MC 2013-20) and
o Review of the Mediation and Conciliation
Committee duties and responsibilities.

12. Rationale
Big Brother/Small Brother Forum
The 7th Principle observed by cooperatives worldwide is
the “Concern for the Community” whereby cooperatives
work for the sustainable development of their
communities. In the big brother/small brother program,
the big brother (cooperatives) includes in their social
responsibility program the promotion of bayanihan spirit
by sharing their best practices, helping small
cooperatives learn their culture of business acumen and
management towards growth and productivity of the
small brother cooperatives anchored on the values of
“malasakit”. In this manner, the cooperatives can also
actualize the 6th Principle concerning “Cooperation
among Cooperatives”.

13. Objectives
Big Brother/Small Brother Forum
•Provide overview on the Big
Brother/Small Brother concept;
•Identification of the technical assistance
needs of the small brother cooperatives;
and
•Linking the technical needs of the small
brother cooperatives to the technical
expertise of the big brother cooperatives