Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives (OCB)

Key figures

Cooperatives

4,600

Members

20 million

Equivalent to 10% of Brazil's population.

Total assets

R$784.3 billion

Direct jobs

493,000

Share of national grain output

53%

Municipalities covered

85%

In 264 municipalities, cooperatives are the only financial institution present.

Key points

• Cooperatives account for 25% of national storage capacity and employ 8,000 technical assistance and rural extension professionals.
• They operate the largest service network among financial institutions, with 7,600 points, and hold 32% of the supplementary health market.
• The OCB system's three strategic axes: Representation (three branches; trade union; systemic), ESG (governance and management, social, environmental) and Business (market access, innovation, WeareCoop), underpinned by training, promotion, monitoring, communication and data.
• International work runs on two tracks: corporate diplomacy (GERIN) and market performance (GEDEC). GEDEC's business programme offers four solutions — marketing organisation, national promotion, qualification to export, and international promotion — preceded by a diagnosis.
• The PEIEX export qualification programme targets 50 agricultural cooperatives; 27 were already participating, with 23 places remaining.
• SomosCoop ('We Are Coop') is the national movement to promote cooperativism, aiming 'to awaken the pride of being a cooperativist and connect people who believe in the power of working together'.

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Editor's note

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