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Cooperative Challenges and

Strategic Goals

SECRET 1
Situational Analysis: Challenges
in Cooperative Management
Government Challenges:
• Inadequate economic and social impact statistics on
cooperatives.
• Coordination.
• Limitation of current support from existing enterprise
development agencies for cooperatives.
• Recognition of cooperative as a unique business form and
diversity in public and private markets remains very low.
• Accessibility of cooperative registration to local communities.
• Limited promotion and awareness.
• Limited access to finance
• Limited access to technology
• Limited access to critical business infrastructure
2
A Situational Analysis:
Challenges facing Co-ops in SA..
Cooperative Management Challenges
• Poor management and technical skills
• Limited trust and social cohesion
• Democratic decision-making skills within the cooperatives
remain low
• Limited cooperation among cooperatives
• Compliance with the Cooperative legislation among new
cooperatives.

Market Challenges
• Undeveloped networks and economic value chains.
• Limited access to markets.
3
A Situational Analysis:
Challenges facing Coops in SA..

Challenges on Cooperative Organisational Structures


• Lack of strong and viable cooperative associations and
organisations.

4
Strategic principles
National Departments will be responsible to formulate sector-
based legislation /policies/strategies/ support programmes aimed at
enhancing the growth of a specific sector aligned with the National
Cooperatives Strategy

Provinces will be responsible to formulate provincial coops


strategies with support programmes aimed at enhancing the
growth of cooperatives in the province aligned with the National
Cooperatives Strategy.

District & local Municipalities will be responsible to develop


Cooperatives Implementation Plans to be integrated in support
for the CDA and Cooperative Tribunal

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Strategy attends to all the
cooperatives beneficiary base
 Focusing on youth, women, and people living with
disabilities;

 Focusing on special geographical areas: rural,


peri-urban and former homeland areas;

 Focusing and promoting social and enterprise


cooperatives – all forms of cooperatives both social
and enterprises form will be promoted in the
strategy.
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Supported cooperative types and
promoting the entire value chain
Raw Distribution
Processing Manufacturing Storage
Material

Marketing and Supply Coops

Consumer Co-
operatives
Agriculture Co-operatives
Financial Co-operatives

Worker Co-operatives- Labour intensive


e.g. mining; construction; textiles; and arts and craft

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Strategic approach for promoting
cooperatives
Strategic pillar 1: Strategic pillar Strategic pillar 3: Strategic pillar
To increase non- 2: 4:To increase
financial support Creating demand To improve financial support
services to for co-operatives sustainability of co- services to co-
cooperatives products & operatives operatives
services

These strategic programmes will be underpinned by efforts aimed at improving


the availability of quality business information and knowledge through
expanded research, communication outreach, education and training, and
monitoring.

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Coordination, Monitoring and
Evaluation

Relevant Coordination Relevant Monitoring &


Bodies Evaluating Mechanisms
Department of Trade & Industry and Provincial Support Committee on Coops
Provincial Departments Development

Government Departments Inter – Department Committee on Coops


Development

Cooperative Movement and other Cooperative Advisory Council


stakeholders

Other Bodies Cooperatives Movement, Labour &


Private Sector

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Action plan for
implementation

 Action plan for implementation attached as an


appendix to the strategy outlining key activities
and actions to be implemented by relevant
stakeholders.
 Activities not exhaustive but provide guidance
to role players.

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THANK YOU

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