Cooperatives benefit from technical training
DPI, Guyana, Thursday, June 28, 2018
A three-day technical training and capacity-building workshop for cooperative movements concluded today.
The exercise highlighted the importance of key areas such as effective communication, accounting, data collection, management, and marketing planning, just to name a few.
The three-day workshop was conducted by the International Labor Organisation (ILO) in collaboration with the Department of Cooperatives and the Ministry of Social Protection at the Tower Suites Hotel, from June 25-27.
The exercise highlighted the importance of society and information on key areas such as effective communication, accounting, data collection, management, and marketing planning among other topics. It forms part of the government’s efforts to revitalise the cooperative movement in the country by presenting opportunities for economic growth development, cooperation and social cohesion.
At the opening ceremony on Tuesday, representative of the Ministry of Social Protection, Sheldon Daniels noted that the workshop will help the participants to better understand and appreciate the evolution and role of the cooperative movement in the social, economic and political and cultural development of Guyana.
Consultant at the ministry, Francis Caryl said, “the fact that this workshop is being held to equip practitioners with much needed technical skills and capacity is a testimony of the enlightened thinking and approach being embraced, illustrated and demonstrated by the Cooperative Development Department of the Ministry of Social Protection.”
ILO specialist, Kelvin Sergeant, in his remarks highlighted, the fact that cooperative is a vital tool to improving the living conditions of citizens globally since it aids in making available essential infrastructure and services.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) was established in 1919 as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. The agency deals with labour problems, particularly international labour standards and social protection.
By: Kimberley Ferreira.