Guidelines Governing Promotion, Organization, Registration, Development and Regulation of Cooperatives to be Established by Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs)/ Indigenous Peoples (IPs).

These Guidelines provide for the orderly promotion, organization, registration, development and regulation of cooperatives organized by and among Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs)/Indigenous Peoples (IPs), taking into consideration their unique culture, tradition, customary laws and practices.
The CDA and NCIP shall initiate activities that will promote the organization of cooperatives among ICCs/IPs. Cooperatives may be organized within or outside the Ancestral Domains (ADs), with at least thirty (30) cooperators, under the conditions prescribed in Section 8. Section 14 sets up documentary requirements for registration of cooperatives. The Guidelines further provide for: membership and board of directors (BOD) and officers of cooperatives among ICCs/IPs, settlement of disputes, monitoring and inspection, etc.