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CO-OPvention 2024 shines spotlight on ‘inclusive growth and community resilience’ CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, PHILIPPINES — MASS-SPECC Cooperative Development Center, the largest regional co-op federation in Mindanao with over 300 primary co-operatives, successfully held the 2024 MASS-SPECC CO-OPvention from May 28 to 30 in Cagayan de Oro City. The event featured the Managers’ Congress, the […]

AADC, Care Philippines, MASS-SPECC launch project simulation for typhoon readiness The AGRI-AQUA Development Coalition – Mindanao (AADC) and Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere – Philippines (CARE Philippines), in collaboration with MASS-SPECC Cooperative Development Center and its member-co-operatives, have initiated a project to support cash distributions through the Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MCPA) using the Pinoy

MASS-SPECC celebrates Int’l Women’s Day with COOPera’tEBA: Eba Talks, women entrepreneurs CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines — In celebration of International Women’s Day last March 8, 2024, MASS-SPECC Cooperative Development Center, in collaboration with Andam Higala, Inc., proudly introduced the “COOPera’tEBA: A Gender and Development Program.”  The program kicked off with “EBA Talks,” an enlightening online

A Watershed Moment Grow members to grow the co-operative. This is the paradigm shift that will help ensure that co-operatives in Mindanao remain the people-centered enterprise envisioned by the pioneers. (Photo Source: Oro Integrated Cooperative Facebook Page) In August 2016, MASS SPECC celebrated its 50th anniversary with the theme “50 years of growing co-operatives into