The Good Cooperative Government

From August 21 to 23 of this year, I participated on behalf of my Savings and Credit Cooperative Santa Rosa de Lima, of a quite good academic event, organized by CIDERURAL (Central of Cooperatives of Rural Development), DGRV (German Confederation of Cooperatives ) and the Ministry of Production (Perú).

The speaker was Carlos Fiore, a very cool Paraguayan, who in addition to being an expert on the subject, always put as a framework the explanations given, the ethical issue; that has a lot to do with the way people move, act, in short, LIVE; Do they live with a sense of ethics, with spirituality, trying to collaborate with the one next to them, or trying to hinder the processes? That kind of reflections were present throughout the event, and in my opinion is what we need most when we talk about corruption .

The event emphasized a lot in the topics such as: corruption of officials and partners, conflicts of interest, risk management, governability, and the ethical issue was worked from the beginning; and I confirmed what I have always thought: that Ethics is transversal and is present in all our actions, in our daily work, in our life, and it is the way we act before the problems and that it is not easy to maintain our firm principles, but it is the only option if we want to build sustainable policies in the long term.

I see lately that through the Peruvian State, and with multiple leaderships, we are advancing a few but at a firm pace for the strengthening of the Peruvian Cooperative System, and this is a collective construction that will bear fruit in the medium and long term.

El Buen Gobierno Cooperativo

Del 21 al 23 de agosto del presente año, participé en representación de mi Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Santa Rosa de Lima, de un evento académico bastante bueno, organizado por CIDERURAL(Central de Cooperativas de Desarrollo Rural), DGRV(Confederación Alemana de Cooperativas) y el Ministerio de la Producción(Perú).
El ponente fue Carlos Fiore, un paraguayo muy buena onda, que además de ser experto en el tema, siempre ponía como marco de las explicaciones que daba , el tema ético; que tiene mucho que ver con la forma en que las personas se mueven, actúan, en suma, VIVEN;  viven con el sentido de la ética, con espiritualidad , tratando de colaborar con el de a lado, o tratando de obstaculizar los procesos?ese tipo de reflexiones estuvieron presentes durante todo el evento, y a mi parecer es lo que más necesitamos cuando hablamos de corrupción.

El evento enfatizó mucho en los temas como: corrupción de funcionarios y socios, conflictos de interés,gestión de riesgos, gobernabidad, y el tema ético se trabajó desde el inicio;  y confirmé lo que siempre he pensado: que la Ética es transversal y se encuentra presente en todas nuestras acciones, en nuestro quehacer cotidiano, en nuestro trabajo, y es la forma como actuamos ante los problemas y que no es  fácil mantener nuestros principios firmes, pero es la única opción si deseamos construir políticas sostenibles a largo plazo.

Veo últimamente que a través del Estado Peruano, y con liderazgos múltiples estamos avanzando de a pocos pero a paso firme para el fortalecimiento del Sistema Cooperativo Peruano, y ésta es una construcción colectiva que dará frutos a mediano y largo plazo.

Extreme experience: Forum of Social Innovation and Biodiversity

.From June 25 to 30 this year I had the privilege of being part of the group that participated in the International Forum: Social Innovation and Biodiversity in Pereira, Colombia, promoted by the British Council.

It was an extreme experience as I put in the title for several reasons that I happened to share:

1. There was a mixture between academics, local actors and leaders, where each from his experience shared his own point of view and thus enriched the learning.

2.Construction of horizontal relationships: Having as a participant an English teacher and at the same time a leader of a peasant community, and that both share the same table at lunch for example, symbolically represents the fact that there are no hierarchies, but rather relations between pairs.

3. Get to know teachers "sui generis" like Simon Best, who told me about his trips around the world, and who is an open book and from whom you can learn a lot, and how Simon so simply explained a topic sometimes complex like the Pitch, is rare to see.

4. To know people with such joy, who enjoy what they do, who do not conform, who generate changes, as is the case of Adán,  Juan Fernando, Ana Milena, Javier, Sara, Andrés, to name a few examples.

5. Visit experiences that fill your heart with hope when you see that people like those who lead the Crisol organization in Las Colonias (Pereira), may have achieved with mainly using a tool that in these modern times is in disuse: LOVE, and give us He says that what we need to transform our lives and the lives of others mainly revolves around that word, and that the rest comes in addition.

My special thanks to Sara, Andrés and Javier for organizing this magical academic adventure that I am sure has led each one of us to discover, rethink or undertake new challenges, new dreams, new projects, and from now on, the hand of this beautiful human group that inspires us to continue paddling to build a less unequal and more supportive world.

                                         "Alone we move fast, Together we will go far"