The year 2011 has been a great year for Nueva Segovia Consortium of Cooperatives.  It is definitely a year to be remembered in the history of NSCC because of so many blessings, and activities conducted.  Here’s how 2011 became a colorful year for the whole NSCC Network.

NSCC PLAZA GRAND OPENING AND BLESSING - MARCH 27, 2011 –the biggest project accomplished by the Coop.  It is now being utilized as the Center of Cooperative Education in the Region.  It is a commercial center that is giving benefit to the Municipality of Caoayan and all network that NSCC serves. Most Rev. Orlando Quevedo, Archbishop of Cotabato and the Founder of NSCC came and graced the occasion.

NSCC AS MOST OUTSTANDING COOPERATIVE IN THE ENTIRE LUZON – awarded by the National Livelihood Development Corporation as one of the most outstanding cooperative from among its conduits in the entire Luzon.  It was awarded on September 28, 2011 during the 6^th Sipag Awards Ceremony.

NSCC AS ACCREDITED TRAINING PROVIDER – NSCC was able to pass the criteria of the Cooperative Development Authority as one among its pool of Training Providers for Cooperatives in the whole country.

NSCC PAGUDPUD  BRANCH OPENING – the 10^th BRANCH of NSCC was opened on October 28, 2011 in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.  Said branch will be serving upland municipalities and other remote municipalities of the Province of Ilocos Norte.

NSCC PLAZA A BUSY VENUE FOR COOP LAKBAY ARAL, TRAININGS AND SEMINARS – cooperatives from different parts of the country visited the NSCC Plaza for their lakbay aral and some big cooperative organizations like the National Confederation of Cooperatives and Asian Women in Cooperative Development Forum (AWCF) and Philippine Federation of Teachers and Employees Coop (PFTEC) came and conducted their trainings at NSCC Plaza. Different Government and Non-Government Agencies also came and utilized NSCC Plaza as their venue for their learning activities.  Ballet Philippines also held an outstanding performance at the stage of NSCC Plaza.

NSCC Plaza has now become a favorite destination for lakbay arals, cooperative trainings and other learning activities of cooperatives. 

Here are some of those cooperatives who visited, and enjoyed their stay while at NSCC PLAZA:

1.       WAMPCO (Wilson Agra Multipurpose Cooperative) = SURIGAO– June 13, 2011

2.       MIFSADECO = IFUGAO – July 23, 2011

3.       SRT ALCALA COOP = PANGASINAN – July 28, 2011

4.       ST. JUDE MPC = LUCENA CITY  – August 19-21, 2011

5.       COURT OF APPEALS CREDIT COOP= ERMITA, MANILA – August 27, 2011

6.       PHILIPPINE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES COOP – August 17-20, 2011

7.       PAG-ASA FOUNDATION ST. BENEDICT MPC = AGOO, LA UNION  – September 21, 201I

      More pictures on NSCC PLAZA facebook.

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One of the key contributions of the PinoyME Foundation (PMEF) to the microfinance industry is bringing about a credit line for MFIs through the Small and Medium Enterprise Credit (SMEC) of the Philippine Business for Social Progress. With this credit line, PMEF has become a catalyst for the growth of MFIs.

Deogracias Vistan, PMEF chair said: “We focused on addressing certain needs of the microfinance sector and of microentrepreneurs. In terms of direct support we try to identify MFIs that would be in a position to obtain loans that can vary from generally three months, six months, to one year or two years. So we are not a MFI. We don’t lend directly to individual borrowers, we lend to MFIs.”