1. Special Citation
for Cooperatives

2. Category of Special Awards
• Exemplary Environmental Protection and
Conservation Program
• Outstanding Community Involvement and
Development Program
• Excellence in Membership Growth and
Expansion Program
• Remarkable Cooperative Solidarity and
Partnership Program
One winner per category will be selected from
among the entries from the regions

3. Criteria
the award will be based on the programs/projects/
activities undertaken by the cooperative for the year
2013.
• Exemplary Environmental Protection and
Conservation Program
The cooperative must have remarkable programs/
projects that promote environment awareness and
advance the community in terms of environment
protection and conservation.
Remarkable: sustainable, not ordinary, noble, pioneering

4. Possible Programs/ Projects/ Activities
• Environmental development projects such as provision of waste
bins/ container for biodegradable and non- biodegradable residuals,
recycling projects, regular street cleaning dredging of canals,
garbage can projects, etc.;
• Adoption of protected areas
• Attendance/ Participation in for a related to environment
• Presence of policy and advocacy for environment development (i.e.
environmental concerns are incorporated in the coop by laws or its
vision ,mission, goal or in the coop development plan)
• Provision of budgetary allocation for Environment Related Activities
• Presence of committee on cooperative environmental concerns
• Conducts environmental research
• Participation/ Advocacy of climate change mitigation
• Watershed development
• Environmental consciousness building
• Rainforest conservation building
• Coastal clean up

5. Criteria
• Outstanding Community Involvement and
Development Program
The cooperative must have remarkable
community development and social welfare
programs/ projects/ activities initiated and/ or
participated that contributes great impact to the
members and the community and nation as a
whole.

6. Possible programs/ projects/ activities
• Health, medical mission, feeding program and
other programs that improve the quality of life in
that community
• Programs responsive to Gender, Elderly, Youth
and Persons with Special Needs, donation to
community projects;
• Participation/ contribution to the achievement of
Millennium Development Goals ( MDG);
• Presence of policy and budget for the
implementation of the programs

7. Criteria
• Excellence in Membership Growth and
Expansion Program
The cooperative must have exemplary
performance in terms of building cooperation
among cooperatives and alliances/network
linkages with the other cooperatives. Implement
activities that promote cooperation among
cooperatives.

8. Possible Programs/ projects/ activities
• Affliction and Participation in the cooperative federation/
union (local/ international0
– Remittance of CETF
– Pro-active participation in summits/ convergences initiated
by the feds/ unions (taking roles in the implementation of
the)
• Participation with other cooperatives along these concerns:
• Technology transfer
• Marketing alliances and Supply Chain (business matching)
• Research and Training Support (e.g. big brother program,
continuous education & training)
• Donations/ grants ( cash/ kind)
• Lakbay-aral

9. Criteria
• Remarkable Cooperative Solidarity and
Partnership Program
The cooperative must have exemplary
performance in terms of increasing
membership. Unique strategy to promote
regular members will be given more weight.

10. For Information and Dissemination
Josefina B. Bitonio
OIC Director
Encoder
Eric Justine R. Ancheta
OJT – University of Luzon
Summer 2014