Nation-building, for all the strides and struggles we have made, is an unfinished business. And even as we begin to reap the fruits of economic and socio-political reforms, our people would always deserve more as they look upon leaders from government and from the cooperatives to lead and move them forward.

The ultimate test of good governance then is to free every Filipino from the persistent threats of hunger, disease, crime and repression, environmental degredation and to nurture in everyone the will, the drive and the energy to dream and achieve the vision for a just, humane, progressive, and secured country.

The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), pursuant to its mandate as the lead agency for the promotion and development of cooperatives and in consonance with its function to formulate, adopt and implement integrated and comprehensive plans and programs on cooperative development consistent with the national policy on cooperatives and the over¬all socio-economic development plans of the government, initiated the formulation of the 2018-2022 Philippine Cooperative Development Plan.

The plan is a result of multi-sectoral efforts. It highlights the importance of developing mutually-empowering partnerships focused on sustained efforts to address needs, problems and poverty at its roots. It attempts to address not only the lack of material resources or income, but also the absence of capabilities, opportunities and power that will allow the individual to fully assume her/his role as a member of the community.