By NORDIS-KALINGA
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BAGUIO CITY — The Cordillera Disaster Response and Development Services (CORDIS-RDS) launched a Simple Bookkeeping Training-Seminar that was attended by a total of 25 participants from various people’s organizations including cooperatives in the entire province of Kalinga last May 13-14, 2011 at Alexandra Hotel, Dagupan, Tabuk City.

The Seminar-Workshop was initiated in response to the request of concerned organizations building their capacity in the management of their socio-economic projects like rice mill, rice cooperatives, animal dispersal and the like. It is to help sustain and improve these different livelihood programs.

The two-day affair had commenced with an orientation on bookkeeping piloted by Mr. Romy Salang-ey of the CORDIS-RDS.

The speaker pointed out the importance of bookkeeping in the operation of cooperatives and other businesses of the concerned participants. Followed by an interactive sharing primarily on the management of the cooperatives giving focus on the encountered difficulties of the organization in management. The varied groups work on and offered various solutions to the presented problems as well as providing ways and tips in developing the livelihood programs.

The afternoon session focused on the different ways and methods of bookkeeping including the necessary tools needed for it with its appropriate application in the various cooperatives. Participants were grouped according to their organizations and required to apply their acquired bookkeeping skill through a workshop of a situational event.

Presentation of the participants’ workshop outputs was done on the second day with Mr. Salang-ey as the evaluator. # nordis.net