A delegation made up of 42 representatives of the savings and credit cooperatives, under the coordination of the Federation of Savings and Credit Cooperatives of Honduras (Facach), made a twelve-day visit to the Republic of India, focused on sector training. This is part of the services that Cooperatives of the Americas manages for its member organizations.
From 6-18 October, the agenda included exchanges with the National Union of Cooperatives of India, the IFFCO fertilizer cooperative, the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) and the National Bank for Agricultural Development (Nabard). The visits included organisations involved in development at the national, state, regional as well as village/town levels.
Among other topics, the topics discussed included advocacy, advocacy, research and model policies; training networks, capacity building and human resources policies, education and training, and relations with the public sector.
This internship, in addition to strengthening the links between regions of the International Cooperative Alliance, allowed the interns to experience first-hand the reality of financial cooperativism in the Asian country.
The visit was made possible through coordination with the International Cooperative Banks Association (ICBA) and the leadership of its President, Mr. Bhima Subrahmanyam, as Academic Leader.
The internship was also supported by ICA Asia-Pacific President Chandrapal Sigh Yadav and Regional Director of the ICA Regional Office Balu Iyer, who have helped coordinate the visits.
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