Cooperative Management

M3: Organization
and registration
of cooperative
Juanillo, Mafi
Libunao, Dia
Lompot, Macky
Luistro, Louie
BFN-B4D
 01.
Organizing a
cooperative
Prepared by: Dia Libunao
 Step 1: Get Organized

You must have at least 15 members to do that. At once

determine the common problems you would want to solve
and the basic needs you would want to provide through a
cooperative.

● Who may become Members of a Primary

Cooperative?
○ Filipino of legal age
○ Any competent person can become a member
○ A member can exercise his rights only after
having paid the fees for membership.
What are the kinds of membership in the cooperative?
Regular Member
is entitled to all the rights and privileges
of membership as stated in the
Cooperative Code and the coops by-
laws.
Associate member
Has no right to vote and to be voted upon and is
entitled to such rights and privileges provided by
the cooperatives by laws.
● Considered a regular member when it
continues to patronize the cooperative for (2)
years and met the minimum requirements of
regular membership
Step 2: Prepare a general Statement
called economic survey

● Economic Survey is a general statement describing, among others, the

structure and purposes of the proposed cooperative. The structure and
actual staffing pattern shall include a bookkeeper.

● The structure describes the kind of cooperative being set up whether it is

primary, secondary or tertiary and whether it is a credit, consumer
transport or any other type of coop.

● The purpose defines the primary, secondary and other objectives of the
cooperative. The area of operation merely indicates the geographical or
sectoral of the coop.
Step 3: draft the cooperative’s by-laws

Example:
● The qualifications for membership; how they are
acquired, maintained and lost;
● The rights and obligations of members;
● The condition for transfer of a share of interest;
● The rules and procedures covering agenda, time, place,
and manner of calling, covering , conduct meeting,
quorum requirements, voting system, and other,
matters related to the business affairs of the general
assembly, board of directors, and committees;
 01.
Organizing a
cooperative (cont.)
Prepared by: Macky Lompot
Organizing a cooperative (cont.

Step 4: Step 6:
Register your cooperative
Draft the articles of cooperation.
Development Authority (CDA)

Step 5:
Secure bond for accountable
officers
 02.
Registration of
cooperative
Prepared by: Louie Luistro
How to register a cooperative?

● Step 1: Drafting of Documents

○ Draft the Rules

○ Draft the Disclosure Statement

○ Getting Registry Approval

● Step 2: Formation Meeting

● Step 3: Apply to Register your Cooperative

 02.
Registration of
cooperative (CONT.)
Prepared by: Mafi Juanillo
Where do you register a cooperative?

● The cooperative development authority (CDA) is the sole government

agency mandated to register all types of cooperatives. Its main office is
located at 827 Aurora Blvd, Immaculate Concepcion, Quezon city.

● To facilitate the flow of its services, extension offices have been set up.
Prospective cooperatives must submit their application to the CDA
Extension Office where the principal office of the cooperative is located.

● These are in (1) Dagupan City; (2) Tuguegarao, Cagayan; (3) Baguio City;
(4) Sto. Tomas Pampangga; (5) Manila Extension Office (MEO), Quezon
Avenue, Quezon City; (6) Calamba laguna; (7) Naga City; (8) Iloilo City; (9)
Cebu City; (10) Tacloban City; (11) Pagadian City; (12) Cagayan De Oro;
(13) Davao City; (14) Kidapawan, Cotabato; and (15) Butuan City
 How much is the registration fee?

● The following are the amount of fees to be paid for the

registration of cooperatives per CDA per
Memorandum Circular 2004-07, Series of 2004:

● The initial registration fee to be imposed shall be 1/10

of 1% of the authorized share capital or the basic fee
below whichever is higher:

• Primary Cooperatives (Php 500,000)

• Secondary Cooperatives (Php 2,000.00)
• Tertiary Cooperatives (Php 3,000.00)
• Laboratory Cooperatives (Php 50.00)
 Types of cooperatives
01 02 03

Credit cooperative Consumer cooperative Producers cooperative

is one that promotes and one the primary purpose of one that undertakes joint
undertakes savings and lending which is to procure and production whether
services among its members. distribute commodities to agricultural or industrial.
members and non- members.

04 05

Marketing cooperative Service cooperative

one which engages in the
supply of production inputs
to members and markets
their products.
one which engages in medical and
dental care, hospitalization,
transportation, insurance, housing,
labor, electric light and power,
communication, professional and
other services.
 Types of cooperatives
06 07 08

Multi purpose cooperative Advocacy cooperative Agrarian reform coop

combines two (2) or more of the a primary cooperative which one organized by marginal
business activities of these promotes and advocates farmers majority of which are
different types of cooperatives; cooperativism among its agrarian reform beneficiaries.
members and the public.

09 10

Cooperative bank Dairy cooperative

one organized for the
one whose members are engaged in
primary purpose of providing
the production of fresh milk which
a wide range of financial
may be processed and/or marketed as
services to cooperatives and
dairy products.
their members.
 Types of cooperatives
11 12 13

Education cooperative Electric cooperative Financial service cooperative

one organized for the primary one organized for the primary
one organized for the primary
purpose of owning and purpose of engaging in savings
purpose of undertaking power
operating licensed educational and credit services and other
generation.
institutions. financial services.

14 15

Fishermen cooperative Health Service cooperative

one organized by marginalized is one organized for the primary
fishermen in localities whose purpose of providing medical,
products are marketed either as dental, and other health services.
fresh or processed products.
 Types of cooperatives
16 17 18

Housing cooperative Insurance cooperative Transport cooperative

one organized to assist or one organized to assist or
provide access to housing for provide access to housing for one which includes land and
the benefit of its regular the benefit of its regular sea transportation, limited to
members. members. small vessels.

19 20

Water service cooperative Workers cooperative

is one organized to own, operate
and manage waters systems for
the provision and distribution of
potable water for its members
and their households.
one organized by workers, including
the self-employed, who are at the
same time the members and owners
of the enterprise.
RESOURCES:
● Organizing and Registering A Cooperative
(slideshare.net)

● registration-of-cooperatives.pdf (cfo.gov.ph)

● https://cda.gov.ph/frequently-asks-questions-
faqs#:~:text=In%20terms%20of%20membership%2C%
20cooperatives,of%20which%20are%20secondary%20c
ooperatives.