Davao City (21 February) -- The 4th Mindanao Cooperative Summit will be held in the City of Gold, at The Atrium, Lim Ket Kai Center, Cagayan de Oro City on March 10, 2008.

Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will grace the occasion during the Opening Ceremonies.

Some three thousand (3,000) cooperative leaders coming from the six regions of Mindanao, including the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with partners representing the Local Government Units, Non-Government Organizations, Academe and the Business Sector will come together to bring to Her Excellency's kind attention pressing issues confronting the cooperatives.

An Assessment/Registration Fee of Eight Hundred Pesos (P850.00) will be charged per participant which includes a Complimentary Ticket to the concert of Ms. Chin-Chin Gutierrez in the evening. During the concert eve will also be the launching of the Mindanao Cooperative Cancer Society, Inc., (MCCSI) where CDA Administrator Rosalinda E. Villaseca, a cancer survivor herself, is the founding President.

This Summit is spearheaded by the Cooperative Development Authority-Cagayan de Oro Extension Office and the Regional Cooperative Development Council X (RCDC X) in close coordination with all the CDA Extension Offices and RCDCs in Mindanao.