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COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Regional Extension Offices

REGION I3/F Siapno Bldg., Perez Blvd.2400 Dagupan City, Philippines

Tel No. (075) 5235445 Fax 5228285

C A R3/F EDNCP Bldg., 358 Magsaysay Avenue,

2600 Baguio City, Philippines

Tel. No. (074) 3002683/84 Fax 4426731

REGION II3/F De Yoro Bldg., Mabini St.

3500 Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, Philippines

Tel. No. (078) 8441001 Fax 8444473

REGION III2/F CLK Bldg., Dolores, Sn. Fernando City,

2000 Pampanga, Philippines

Tel. No. (045) 9635107 Fax 9635106

N C R6th Flr., BenLor Bldg, 1184 Quezon Avenue,

1103 Quezon City, Philippines

Tel. No. (02) 3320019

REGION IV2/F Hectan Penthouse, Chipeco st., Halang,

4027 Calamba, Laguna, Philippines

Tel. No. (049) 5451486

REGION VJ. Miranda Avenue, City Hall Compound,

4400 Naga City, Philippines

Tel. No. (054) 4739053 Fax 8112763

REGION VI

92 Valencia St., Leganes,

5003 Iloilo City, Philippines

Telefax No. (033) 5240460 / (033) 3292055

REGION VII

REGION X

REGION VIII783 Real St.,Seaside Fatima Village,

6500 Tacloban City, Philippines

Tel. No. (053) 5235065

G/F Trinidad Bldg., Yacapin St.9000 Cagayan De Oro City, Philippines

Tel. No. (088) 8573900 Fax 2313820

REGION XIGB CAM Bldg., Monteverde st.,

8000 Davao City, Philippines

Tel. No. (082) 3008433 /34 Fax 2227710

REGION XIICoop Human Resource & Livelihood Dev’t. CenterApo Sandawa Poblacion, Kidapawan City,

9400 Cotabato, Philippines

REGION XIII (CARAGA)3/F Balebria Bldg., Pili Drive,

8600 Butuan City, Philippines

Tel. No. (085) 2255613 Fax 3425530

ARMM DSWD 12, Old Bldg., ARMM Compound,

9600 Cotabato City, Philippines

TEL. No. (064) 4218723

Tel. No. (064) 27842-55 Fax 2881731

CDA CENTRAL OFFICE827 Aurora Blvd., Brgy.Immaculate Conception ,Cubao, Quezon CityTel. No. (02) 7256604

REGION IXCerilles Building, B. Aquino St.

Sta. Lucia SDistrict, 7016 Pagadian City

Tel. No. (062) 2141398

5th Flr., CFI Bldg., Capitol Compound,

Capitol Site, 6000 Cebu City

Philippines

Telefax (032) 2317224

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CDA OFFICIALS

EMMANUEL M. SANTIAGUEL, Ph.D.Chairman

NELON B. ALINDOGAN

Cooperative Research, Information & Training Division (CRITD)

Cooperative Project Development & Assistance Division (CPDAD)

MELISSA C. SANTOS, MGM,ESP

Atty. PURITA L. ONG, CPA

Chief Legal Division

IMELDA E. BALDO

OIC Chief Registration Division

Institutional Development Department (IDD)

Chief

Legal and Registration Department (LRD)

Atty. ELIZABETH O. BATONAN, CPA

Chief, Finance Division

Chief, Planning Division

TERESITA LEIGHLANY T. CARIASO, Ll. B.

Member

FE D. CAINGLES, CPA,MPSDirector, IDD

MERCEDES D. CASTILLO Member

GIOVANNI T. PLATERO, CSEE

Deputy Executive Director

Atty. NIEL A. SANTILLAN, CESO V

Executive Director

Atty. ELEONOR T. HERNANDEZDirector, LRD

PEDRO T. DEFENSOR, Jr., MBA,MPS

Chief

BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS

& Director, Gen. Admin.& Support Department (GASD)

EULOGIO T. CASTILLO, Ph. D. Member

development, transferring the registration and regulation functions

of existing government agencies on cooperatives as such and

consolidating the same with the authority, appropriating funds

therefore, and for other purposes”, Republic Act 6939 was enacted

to create the Cooperative Development Authority.

POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

R.A. 6939 has granted the CDA the following main powers, functions

and responsibilities:

1. Formulate, adopt and implement integrated and comprehensive

plans and programs on cooperative development consistent with

the national policy on cooperatives and the overall socio-

economic development plans of the government;

2. Develop and conduct management training programs upon

request of cooperatives that will provide members of

cooperatives with the entrepreneurial capabilities, managerial

expertise, and technical skills required for the efficient

operation of their cooperatives and inculcate in them the true

spirit of cooperativism and provide, when necessary, technical

and professional assistance to ensure the viability and growth

of cooperatives with special concern for agrarian reform, fishery

and economically depressed sector;

3. Support the voluntary organization and consensual development

of activities that promote cooperative movements and provide

assistance towards upgrading managerial and technical

expertise upon request of the cooperatives concerned;

4. Coordinate the efforts of the local government units and the

private sectors in the promotion, organization, and development

of cooperatives;

5. Register all cooperatives and their federations and unions,

including their division, merger, consolidation, dissolution or

liquidation. It shall also register the transfer of all or

substantially all of their assets and liabilities and such other

matters as may be required by the Authority;

6. Require all cooperatives, their federations and unions to submit

annual financial statements, duly audited by a certified public

accountant, and general information sheet;

7. Order the cancellation after due notice and hearing, certificate

of registration of cooperatives for non-compliance with

administrative requirements and in cases of voluntary

dissolution;

8. Assist cooperatives in arranging for financial and other forms

of assistance under such terms and conditions as are calculated

to strengthen their viability and autonomy;

9. Establish extension offices as may be necessary and financially

viable to implement this Act. Initially, there shall be extension

offices in the cities of Dagupan, Manila, Naga, Iloilo, Cebu,

Cagayan de Oro and Davao;

10. Impose and collect reasonable fees and charges in connection

with the registration of cooperatives;

11. Administer all grants and donations coursed through the

government for cooperative development, without prejudice

to the right of cooperatives to directly receive and administer

such grants and donations upon agreements with the grantors

and donors thereof;

12. Formulate and adopt continuing policy initiatives and

consultations with cooperative sector through public hearing;

13. Adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its internal

operations;

14. Submit an annual report to the President and Congress on the

state of the cooperative movement; and

15. Exercise other functions as may be necessary to implement

the provisions of cooperative laws and, in the performance

thereof, the authority may summarily punish for direct

contempt any person guilty of misconduct in the presence of

the authority who seriously interrupts any hearing or inquiry

with a fine of not more than five hundred pesos (P500.00) or

imprisonment of not more than ten (10) days, or both. Acts

constituting indirect contempt as defined under Rule 71 of

the Rules of Court shall be punished in accordance with the

said rule.

COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) is a government

agency created by virtue of Republic Act. No. 6939 in compliance

with the provisions of Section 15, Article XII of the Philipine

Constitution of 1987 which mandates Congress to create an agency

to promote the viability and growth of cooperatives as instruments

for equity, social justice and economic development. RA. 6939 was

signed into law on March 10, 1990.

The CDA is governed by the Board of Administrators consisting of

a Chairman and six (6) members appointed by the President and

are chosen from among the nominees of the cooperative sector with

two (2) representatives each from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

They serve for a term of six (6) years without reappointment.

MANDATE

The CDA is mandated by law to promote the viability and growth of

cooperatives as instruments of equity, social justice and sustainable

economic development.

VISION

An effective and efficient regulatory agency working towards the

development of viable, sustainable, socially responsive and globally

competitive cooperatives.

CORE VALUES

Excellence, Commitment, Integrity and Teamwork (ExCITe).

MISSION

To e n s u r e t h e s a f e a n d s o u n d o p e r a t i o n o f

coope ra t ives .

LEGAL BASIS

In fulfillment of the provisions of Section 15, Article XII of the

Philippine Constitution “to have an agency that would promote the

viability and growth of cooperatives as instrument of equity, social

justice and sustainable economic development, defining its powers,

functions and responsibilities, rationalizing government policies

and agencies with cooperative functions, supporting cooperative