Seminar tackles co-op financial statements

MANILA, Philippines - The Center for Global Best Practices is launching a two-day seminar on accounting for cooperatives to be held March 8 and 9 at The Peninsula Manila, Makati City. 

The program features Prof. Elenita S. Mantalaba, an expert practitioner with a mastery of cooperative accounting. She has written seven manuals and books on this topic. She was a director of the PUP Institute of Cooperatives (1997 to 2004). She was part of the Senate and House of Representative technical working group that drafted RA 9520 Coop Code of 2008 and its IRR in 2010 as well as the development of the standard chart of accounts and performance standards for coops.

This seminar is accredited by the PRC-CPE Council. Accountants attending this event will earn CPE credits.

For more details, check www.cgbp.org; call Manila lines 842-7148/ 59 or 556-8968/ 69; Cebu lines (032) 512-3106/ 07.