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Strengthen your technical capacities to effectively support the Annual Ordinary General Assembly process.

Technical Advisory for the General Assembly and filing submission to INACOP -INTERNAL INACOP-

Aprende a orientar, revisar y acompañar a las cooperativas en la organización de su Asamblea Anual, conforme a la Ley General de Cooperativas y su Reglamento. Desarrolla habilidades para aplicar criterios técnicos, validar expedientes y brindar asesoría preventiva que garantice transparencia y cumplimiento institucional.

  • Certificate of completion
  • 100% online course
  • Level Intermediate
  • More than 8* hours of content
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Learn to guide, review, and support cooperatives in organizing their Annual Assembly, in accordance with the General Cooperative Law and its Regulations. Develop skills to apply technical criteria, validate files, and provide preventive advisory that ensures transparency and institutional compliance.

The course strengthens the technical capacities of INACOP personnel to guide, support, and verify the proper celebration of Ordinary General Assemblies of cooperatives.

Through practical cases and applied exercises, participants learn to review files, validate minutes and resolutions, provide preventive advisory to cooperatives, and apply uniformly the criteria established in the General Cooperative Law, its Regulations, and the Data Update Form. This ensures more effective, transparent advisory aligned with institutional requirements.

¿A quién esta dirigido?

  • INACOP technical personnel
  • Cooperative Registry personnel
  • Cooperative Promotion and Development
  • *Management and Cooperative Promotion and Development personnel
  • *Personnel from INACOP Regional and Subregional Offices
  • Legal Advisory (optional)

What will you learn?

How to guide cooperatives in the planning, calling, and holding of the Annual Ordinary General Assembly.
How to guide cooperatives to fully comply with the assembly agenda, in accordance with Article 6 of the Regulations of the General Cooperative Law
How to review minutes applying strikethrough, interlineation, and certifications
How files should be assembled and how to prevent corrections or rejections

Course sessions

1
Step 1
Legal Framework and Technical Role of INACOP

You'll learn:

Understand the legal and regulatory framework governing Ordinary General Assemblies, define the role of technical staff as advisors and reviewers, in accordance with the requirements of the General Cooperatives Law and its Regulation and the Cooperatives Registry.

2
Step 2
Advisory services in planning, agenda and convening

You'll learn:

Provide support in preparation and convening of the Annual Ordinary General Assembly, verifying deadlines and requirements.

3
Step 3
Oversight of the Annual Ordinary General Assembly and Election of Board Members, in accordance with the Cooperative's Bylaws

You'll learn:

Observe the conduct of Assemblies, ensuring quorum, mandatory minimum agenda, voting and elections.

4
Step 4
Technical Review of Minutes and Documents

You'll learn:

Review and validate minutes, resolutions, and other documents using technical and regulatory criteria.

5
Step 5
Integration of the file and support for submitting documentation to INACOP's Cooperative Registry

You'll learn:

Guide in the integration and submission of the complete file to the Cooperative Registry.

Adriana García

Registradora de Cooperativas

INACOP

Paola Sic

Registradora Auxiliar de Cooperativas

INACOP

Manuel Contreras

Director Escuela de Empresas Cooperativas - NCBA CLUSA

Dayana Cabrera

Escuela de Empresas Cooperativas - CBS

Coordinadora Operativa

Completion

Obtendrás el certificado de reconocimiento al completar satisfactoriamente las actividades prácticas del curso, participar activamente en todas las sesiones y demostrar dominio en la revisión, validación y presentación de los expedientes de la Asamblea General Ordinaria conforme a la normativa vigente.

How does this course contribute to the technical and operational strengthening of INACOP?

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Frequently asked questions

The course is completely free and there are no fees to pay. The scholarship is provided by USDA and USAID to participate in CBS training programs. To get a scholarship, you just need to request it through the available scholarship program.

To get a scholarship, you just need to request it through the available scholarship program.

Generally, to request a scholarship you fill out an application form provided during enrollment or, if you are already registered on the CBS platform, you can click "Request classroom access" on each course page — just make sure you are signed in to see it. To gain access, you must be registered on the CBS platform.

In most cases there are no restrictions, unless the course targets a specialized topic such as accounting, agriculture, trade, etc.

The course Technical Advisory for the General Assembly and filing submission to INACOP -INTERNAL INACOP- runs for 8 hours spread across 1 weeks.

The course material will be available for download in the Virtual Classroom. In addition, in the Platform Resources section you can access various reading, reference and application resources.

Certificates are only granted to those who have satisfactorily completed all the activities of the modules that make up the course.

Participants must complete the assigned activities, attend the scheduled sessions to resolve questions, engage in community discussions or forums, and follow the established rules of conduct.

The scheduled office hours are calendared spaces where instructors or tutors are available to answer questions, receive projects, provide follow-up, and offer additional information or new courses to scholarship recipients.