{"id":21152,"date":"2024-07-08T16:27:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21152"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:28:00","slug":"national-cooperative-week-highlights-importance-of-collaboration-and-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/national-cooperative-week-highlights-importance-of-collaboration-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"National Cooperative Week Highlights Importance of Collaboration and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>National Cooperative Week commenced with an interfaith service at the Ministry of Labour&#8217;s Brickdam office, marking a week of activities under the theme &#8220;Co-operatives build a better future for all.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Cooperative Development Officer Janaknauth Panchu underscored the historical significance of cooperatives, emphasizing their ongoing relevance in modern society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he expressed concern over the operational status of many registered cooperatives, noting that only 160 out of approximately 1500 are currently functioning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panchu called for enhanced regulatory measures and highlighted instances where defunct cooperatives have been exploited by unauthorized groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gillian Burton Persaud, Ministerial Advisor and representative of the Guyana National Co-operatives Union Limited (GNCU), emphasized the need for cooperatives to expand beyond small ventures and encompass broader aspects of Guyanese culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stressed the role of cooperatives in promoting food security and empowering individuals who lack financial resources to undertake agricultural experiments and innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The week-long celebration will conclude on July 6 with a Market Day, aimed at promoting cooperative products and services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Cooperative Week commenced with an interfaith service at the Ministry of Labour&#8217;s Brickdam office, marking a week of activities under the theme &#8220;Co-operatives build a better future for all.&#8221;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21154,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21152\/revisions\/21154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}