The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) is a proactive and responsive lead government agency for the promotion of sustained growth and full development of the Philippines cooperatives for them to become broad-based instruments of social justice, equity and balanced national progress.
History of the Cooperative Development Authority
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- 19151915
The Rural Credit Cooperatives Association Act (P.A. 2508) was enacted to promote credit cooperatives, but the responsibility was transferred to the Bureau of Agriculture in 1916.
- 1940 to 19471940
The National Cooperatives Administration (NCA) was created in 1941, unfortunately, World War II hindered the operations of many cooperatives. NCA was re-enacted in 1945, but was converted to the National Cooperatives and Small Business Corporation (NSCB) in 1947.
- 19501950
The NSCB was abolished and replaced by the Cooperatives Administration Office (CAO) under the Department of Commerce and Industry.
- 19521952
Several measures were enacted in 1952 such as the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing Administration (ACCFA) and the Code of Agrarian Reform.
- 19571957
The Philippine Non-agricultural Cooperatives Act was enacted that governed all non-agricultural cooperatives.
- 19681968
The Agriculture Cooperative Development Office was created in 1968.
- 19721972 - BCOD
During the martial law, Presidential Decree No. 1 abolished the CAO and organized the Bureau of Cooperatives Development or BCOD.
- 19861986
The 1986 people power revolution made way for cooperative leaders to lobby for the adoption of a cooperative-friendly legislation.
- 19871987
The Philippine Constitution was enacted and in Section 15 of Article XII mandated Congress to create an agency to promote the viability and growth of cooperatives as instruments of equity, social justice and economic development. The Bureau of Agricultural Cooperatives Development or BACOD was created in 1987 under Executive Order No. 116.
- 19881988
In 1988, the late Cong. Pedro P. Romualdo, Representative of the Province of Camiguin, authored a Cooperative Code house bill, together with the late Cebu Representative Cong. Pablo P. Garcia as its co-author. The late Sen. Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. authored and co-sponsored a bill to enact the Cooperative Code. The late Senator Heherson Alvarez authored the CDA Charter bill. After the twin measures were introduced in the Senate Floor by both solons, both measures were sponsored by the late Senator Agapito "Butz" Aquino being the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Cooperatives.
- 19901990 - Twin laws
The bill was passed and signed into law by the late President Corazon Aquino, on March 10, 1990, the Republic Act No. 6938 or the Cooperative Code of the Philippines, and Republic Act No. 6939 or the CDA Charter.
- 20192019
The amendment of the CDA Charter was initiated by Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri, which paved the way for the passage of RA 11364 or the Cooperative Development Charter of 2019, which strengthened the CDA. It was signed into law by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte last August 08, 2019 and took effect on August 29, 2019.