Institute of Cooperative Studies ICS

30/04/2013

November 24, 2012

30/04/2013

Dear Co-operators

We have just launched our e-learning site http://www.virtucademy.com/ during MASS-SPECC's 39th General Assembly last April 20, 2013.

We have uploaded the first course, BASIC COOPERATIVE COURSE and we hope that all MASS SPECC members and anyone interested to learn about the cooperative should go through this course so that all will have not only the same but also a better understanding of what a cooperative is.

To access the coop courses, you first have to sign up and complete the information required and select MASS SPECC as the "organization" which courses you would like to access.

So what are you waiting for? Sign up now at http://www.virtucademy.com/

30/04/2013

The Institute of Co-operative Studies (ICS) is a center of learning for co-operatives. Its Mission is “to deliver quality learning programs and grow co-operators who are committed to building the movement and the nation.”

Co-operators are individuals who are not just involved in the co-operative but are committed to living its ideals as well as promoting the cause of the co-operative movement as a whole. Co-operators also see the real value of the co-operative enterprise in the transformation of the lives of its members, in its contribution to the improvement of the lives of people in the community, and ultimately in the balanced and inclusive growth of the national economy.

As a co-operative institution of learning:

We strongly believe in...
Upholding the Co-operative Values and Principles
Contributing to Building the Co-op Movement
Contributing to Nation Building

We are committed to...
Developing the Competence of our learners
Delivering Quality learning programs
Fulfilling our Responsibility to the movement & to society

ICS is a subsidiary of MASS SPECC Cooperative Development Center, a regional federation of co-operatives based in Cagayan de Oro City. A merger of the Mindanao Alliance of Self-Help Societies and the Southern Philippines Educational Cooperative Center, MASS-SPECC is the country’s strongest co-operative federation serving some 390 affiliate co-operatives throughout Mindanao.
(For more information about MASS SPECC, please visit http://www.mass-specc.coop.)

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