TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN-The Department of Agrarian Reform Provincial Office of Cagayan (DAR-Cagayan) is now an accredited Cooperative Training Provider after it has complied with the qualifications and requirements of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA).
A Certificate of Accreditation
was personally delivered and handed over by CDA-Region 02 Regional Director
Angelito U. Sacro to DARPO-Cagayan represented
by Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO) Virgilio M. Acasili on June 19,
2013 at the latter’s office in Tuguegarao City.
Prior to DARPO-Cagayan’s accreditation, there are no accredited cooperative training provider the Cagayan province.
Prior to DARPO-Cagayan’s accreditation, there are no accredited cooperative training provider the Cagayan province.
The CDA’s accreditation program is
mandated under the Cooperative Code of 2008 (Republic Act No. 9520) which aims to
institutionalize the conduct of coordinated, rationalized, and
standardized education and training for the cooperative and its officers and
members. The law requires cooperative officers to attend and complete trainings from accredited training providers as mandatory requirement to
develop their competencies in effectively performing their functions
in the management of cooperatives.
Failure to complete the mandatory
trainings will result to the coop’s being declared as non-compliant and it will lose certification of good standing (CGS). Without the CGS, a cooperative
cannot secure tax exemption privileges from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
as it is one of the requirements in order be given tax exemption.
The accreditation of
DARPO-Cagayan as a cooperative training provider shall primarily benefit thousands
of agrarian reform beneficiaries who are members of agrarian reform cooperatives throughout the province of
Cagayan. /cds
