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♠ Korean Cooperative Eduation Institute

Cooperative Education Institute The purposes of the Cooperative Education Institute are to foster the idea of self-help and cooperation, and to promote the voluntary and democratic cooperative movement through adult education, in order to contribute to the economic, social, cultural and spiritual development of the people.
Purpose The Cooperative Education Institute, originally known as the Voluntary Cooperative Center, was founded in 1962 by Sr. Mary Gabriellas Mulherin, a Maryknoll Sister. The Institute, located in Seoul, is a voluntary organization and a school of adult education which has its own residential and training facilities for education and training in leadership for social development.
The Cooperative Education Institute provides the following programs: Leadership Training The aim of the leadership education and training program is to motivate the participants and to provide them with practical and concrete methods of organizing and developing the human and material resources of their own villages, communities, occupational groups or association into such cooperative organizations as credit unions, buying clubs, consumers cooperatives, medical, housing, agricultural and fisheries cooperatives, on the basis of need. Special Training The Institute offers training programs to meet specific needs of groups, locations and development projects Extension Work The Institute provides necessary technical and consultation services to groups and organizations through extension work. Research The Institute offers action oriented research, together with professional examination and recommendation for various kinds of development projects.
Reference :  National Credit Union : Federation of Korea