184,000 Kurds are members of cooperatives – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr reporter, Farzad Pishkari said on Saturday at the festival of the best cooperatives of Kurdistan province in Sanandaj: increasing the share of cooperatives by 25% in the country’s economy, along with the private and public sectors, is one of the priorities. host.
He added that the government has supported the formation and development of cooperatives through various methods such as supporting tax packages, providing insurance, removing restrictions on the presence of cooperatives in all economic fields, forming a cooperative development bank with the aim of increasing the share of cooperatives and developing technical and professional training. .
Director General of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare stated: We hope that cooperatives will achieve many successes with the participation of group and team work and expand in the economic fields of the country.
Peshkar pointed out the obstacles in the way of cooperatives and added: brokers and middlemen GaryLack of recognition of production resources, promotion of fake jobs in society, lack of support of banking system to cooperatives, lack of cooperative work and lack of liquidity are the problems of cooperatives, which researchers and elites of the country should think of solutions in these cases and encourage people to enter economic enterprises. and create sustainable jobs.
He said: The 13th government is serious about supporting cooperatives in the field of the country’s economy, and we hope that the international and foreign markets will be taken over with the thoughts of the country’s economic activists.
The General Director of Kurdistan Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare announced: Currently, there are 1,938 cooperatives in Kurdistan province, which cover 184,000 members.
Pishkari added: 61 cooperatives with 3,126 people have been formed since last year.
He mentioned the number of projects that can be opened during the cooperative week as 19 projects and said: For this year, 7 cooperatives have been recognized as the best in the province according to the evaluation of existing indicators.
He pointed to the indicators for determining the top cooperatives and said: transparent financial statements, holding an annual meeting, attending domestic and international exhibitions. international It was among these indicators.