The Muntinlupa City government has established its own Cooperative Development Council to benefit cooperatives.
Mayor Ruffy Biazon signed Ordinance No. 2023-102 passed by the Muntinlupa City Council, “creating the Cooperative Development Council of Muntinlupa, defining its objectives, functions, and appropriate funds thereof and for other purposes.”

Mayor Ruffy Biazon at the 2nd General Assembly Meeting & Credit Surety Fund Orientation at the Alabang Public Market in July (Photo from Mayor Ruffy Biazon)
The Muntinlupa City Cooperative Development Council (MCCDC) will “coordinate and harmonize the implementation of various cooperative plans, programs, and projects of the government.”
It will also assist the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) “in the broad-based monitoring and coordination of the implementation of the Philippine Cooperative Development Plan (PCDP), through the collective efforts of all sectors and to develop such mechanism in line with the PCDP; and “propose policies affecting cooperatives for local and national implementation.”
The Muntinlupa City Cooperative Development Council will be composed of the mayor as chairperson. Its members are the chairperson of the Committee on Livelihood and Cooperatives of the City Council, and chairpersons or representatives of registered and accredited primary and secondary cooperatives.
Its members from the city government will be the heads of the City Cooperative Development Office, Department Of Agriculture-ESO, Public Employment and Services Office, Muntinlupa Traffic Management Bureau, Lake Management Office, Community Affairs Development Office, Gender and Development Office and City Planning and Development Office, and the director of the Muntinlupa City Technical Institute, university president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa and college director of the Colegio de Muntinlupa.
Also included are representatives from national government agencies and financial institutions. These are the Department of the Interior and Local Government-Muntinlupa, Schools Division Office, Department of Trade and Industry Regional Office, Bureau of Internal Revenue-RDO 53B Muntinlupa, Social Security System Alabang-Muntinlupa Branch, Pag-lBlG Fund Muntinlupa Branch, PhilHealth Regional Office, National Housing Authority NCR South District Office, Landbank of the Philippines, Development Bank of the Philippines and Veterans Bank.