Affiliation to International Organization

CCS, for becoming a member, joined International Organizations as follows:

  • International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) on September 3rd 1993
  • The Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU) on April 25th 2011
  • International Cooperative Fisheries Organization (ICFO) on November 28th, 2012
  • International Cooperative Alliance (Asia & Pacific) (ICA-AP) Women Committee on March 3rd, 2015
  • International Cooperative Alliance (Asia & Pacific) (ICA-AP) Consumer Committee on December 1st, 2015
  • ASEAN Cooperative Organization (ACO) on December 11th, 2018
  • International Cooperative Agriculture Organization (ICAO) on September 26th, 2019
  • International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) Youth Committee on January 13th, 2022

Attending the International Cooperative Training Courses and Meeting

The managers from Cooperatives, so far reaching accumulated number of 80 participants nominated by CCS attended the International Cooperative Trainings which include ICA/Japan Training courses, ICA/ACFSMC Training Courses, CCA women’s mentorship Program and ACCU Development Education Program. The Cooperative delegates up to 31.3.2022, a total number of 282 delegates from CCS and member societies presented the conference, forum and workshop which were organized by International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) and ICA-AP Regional Office, ICFO, ACCU, ACFSMC and so on.

International Cooperation

With the aim to enhance the Myanmar Cooperative Movement for the cooperative sustainable development, Central Cooperative Society(CCS) work together with its partners which comprise Association of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU), Canadian Cooperative Association (CCA) and We Effect (Swedish Cooperative Centre) to carry out the (5) projects in Myanmar. These projects are as follows:
  • Piloting the Cooperatives in Myanmar Project in Minbu Township by the fund support of CCA
  • Savings and Credit Cooperative Promotion and Microfinance Innovation Project in Ayeyawady Region and Bago Region by the fund support of United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
  • Strengthening Rural Cooperatives (SRC) Project in Maubin Township by the fund support of We Effect.
  • Sustainable Development for Cooperative Movement in Myanmar (SDCM) Project in Nyaung Done Township, Bago Township and Phyu Township by the fund support of We Effect.
  • FAO Project in Nothern Shan State, Rakhine State and Ayeyarwaddy Region by the fund support of FAO.
  • Workshop: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and We Effect (Swedish Cooperative Center), Central Cooperative Society (CCS) and Myanmar Environmental Rehabilitation-Conservation Network (MERN) organized a workshop for “ National Exchange of knowledge and Experience between Forest and Farm Producer Group on Group creation and legal status, with a special focus on Cooperatives” and took place at Cooperative Training School in Pathein from July 11th to 15th, 2016.
CCS Partners, apart from its members include the following;
  • Co-operative Bank of Myanmar
  • ICA-AP Regional office for Asia & Pacific
  • Institute for the Development of Agricultural Cooperative in Asia (IDACA)
  • Association of confederation of Credit Unions of Asia(ACCU)
  • We effect (Swedish Cooperative Centre)
  • Cooperative Development Foundation of Canada (CDF)
  • German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation (DGRV)
  • Agriterra Myanmar
  • Myanmar Environment Rehabilitation-conservation Network (MERN)
  • Agriculture Farmer Federation Myanmar (AFFM)

CCS Activities

  • Coordinating & co-operating, co-operative development efforts within the country
  • Education and training co-operative members, associate members and staff
  • Facilitating human resource development and gender integration
  • Participating in International Relations activities
  • Leading and implementing other cooperative related activities in accordance with cooperative values & principles
  • Implementing microcredit activities in urban & rural areas
  • Bilateral project implementation collaboration with local & international organizations

Training and Education

Training & Education is the most important activities of CCS. CCS training & education components include
  • Training for BODs of societies
  • Training of co-operative management for the staffs
  • Training for capacity building for CCS staff and promote local seminar, workshop & etc