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Cooperative Development Department, Southern Province

Southern Provincial Cooperative Development Department under the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Development, Irrigation, Water Supply and Drainage, Food Supply and Distribution, Trade Cooperative Development has the main rank of Cooperative Development Commissioner and Registrar of Cooperative Societies and the main rank of the Deputy Commissioner's offices is Assistant Commissioner of Cooperative Development. ........

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Welcome !

Welcome to the official website of the Southern Province Cooperative Development Department !

Our Vision

To become the pioneer in the provincial Co-operative Sector by 2025.

Our mission

Strengthening the contribution rendered by the Cooperative movement towards the national economy by guiding the co-operative sector in accordance with government policies to meet the economic, social and cultural needs of the community led by the Southern Province Co-operative movement.

Objectives of the Department

  • Management of the entire cooperative society system.
  • Giving advice.
  • Audit and monitoring legal work
  • To contribute to economic, social, cultural and educational development.
  • Registration of Cooperative Societies.
  • Development of cooperative societies.
  • Informing and guiding members of Boards of Directors, Committees, General Councils of Cooperative Societies.
  • Project and campaign work
  • Main Functions

  • Registration of Cooperative Societies.
  • Incorporation and Dissolution of Co-operative Societies.
  • Guiding and auditing the development activities of cooperative societies.
  • Providing cooperative legal interpretations.
  • Conducting Special Investigations for Co-operative Societies.
  • Amendment of By-laws for Co-operative Societies Committee Members.
  • Administration of Cooperative Fund.
  • Appointment of committee members for cooperative societies.
  • Regulation of Co-operative Societies.
  • Liquidation and cancellation of co-operative societies.
  • Latest News

    Heta lowa dinana Samupakaraya*** The special training program was held on 03rd and 04th of August at Kataragama Bogahapalassa Provincial Council Tourist House Hall, and here a special training program was held for a group including presidents and general managers of major cooperative societies registered under this department including various services in the southern province. A training program was held. There, sessions were held on human behavior and performance evaluation and strategic planning in organizations. .

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    Latest Events

    One year diploma courses and two-day workshops are conducted for Cooperative Development Officers.

    Southern Province Management Development Training Institute conducts training programs for all officers.

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    Our services

    Representing the southern province, socializing the cooperative thinking in accordance with the market economy system and providing support to the development activities of those societies with the aim of promoting the cooperative system, and guiding the preparation of the charter, set of rules and related regulations with the institutional facilities legal system that helps to work according to the cooperative thinking, national development. Strengthening cooperative thinking by contributing to is our leading service.

    Contact us

    • Cooperative Development Department, No. 147/3, Pettigalawatta, Galle
    • southerncoopdcd@gmail.com
    • www.coop.sp.gov.lk
    • (+94) 091-2235950/ 091-2226554/ 091-2235952

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