A STRONGER Ating-Koop Party List for a STRONGER Cooperative Movement - Program and Political Agenda

Ating-Koop's political agenda can be summed up into making the cooperative sector STRONGER. STRONGER is an acronym that stands for S - Sponsoring pro-Coop bills, T - Tax exemption of cooperatives, R - Regionalize training centers, O - Oppose political control, N - Network with other agencies, G - Grassroots consultation, E - Environmental protection, and R - Respect for human life.

Ating-Koop is envisioned to build and develop a mass-based and program-oriented Party that shall advance pro-people and pro-cooperative issues and legislative agenda, participate in national and local elections to support pro-cooperative causes and candidates;

Ating-Koop aims to continuously struggle for electoral reforms to eliminate fraud and other schemes that subvert the people's will; Actively participate in deliberations at all levels of the legislative processes to ensure the passage of laws that are in line with the Party's programs and attuned to the needs of the people;

Ating-Koop primarily advocates pro-cooperative issues in Congress, provincial and city councils, municipal and barangay councils and other legislative or law-making bodies, institutionalize and make mandatory the appointment of qualified and competent cooperative officers in local government units; institute protective measures for cooperative against interests that hinder its growth and development;

Ating-Koop is set to harness government and private resources to establish a system of training and education for members, managers, chairpersons, board members, and all cooperators to inculcate cooperative principles and values, laws, and regulations on cooperatives, and other best practices of the cooperative movement.

Ating-Koop further advocates for the establishment of an "Institute for Cooperative Education" in State Colleges and Universities in coordination with cooperative federations and unions; work with government and educational institutions in launching a massive tri-media campaign to promote cooperative education among the citizenry;

Ating-Koop intends to pass laws that shall strengthen cooperative federations and unions by streamlining their functions, avoiding duplication of work and cover the broadest areas possible; Advance legislation that shall institute more fiscal and non-fiscal incentives for cooperatives including, but not limited to, tax exemptions and holidays and oppose any efforts that impose unjust and undue taxation measures on cooperatives;

Ating-Koop aims to align government infrastructure programs with the developmental needs of cooperatives, such as farm-to-market roads, post-harvest facilities and other basic needs of cooperatives; Harness national and local governments and agencies to strengthen linkages with and among public market coops with agricultural and consumer coops, build collection points and institute other measures that shall rationalize coop marketing and distribution of network; Furthermore, it will harness government-cooperative cooperation to strengthen housing, transport and youth cooperatives;

Lastly, Ating-Koop will pursue to establish the "Department of Cooperatives" to harmonize all government and private sector efforts towards enhancing the cooperative movement. Establish the office of "National Cooperative Relations Commission", a quasi-judicial agency with exclusive and primary jurisdiction to settle and mediate disputes between and among cooperatives and its members.