OCB - Institucional

Promotion and defense for cooperative interests

The Brazilian Cooperative Organization (OCB) is the highest agency for representing cooperatives in the country. It was created in 1969, during the IV Brazilian Cooperative Congress. The entity substituted the Brazilian Cooperative Association (ABCOOP) and the National Cooperative Union (Unasco). This unification was a decision taken by the cooperatives themselves.

Among its attributions, the OCB is responsible for promoting, stimulating and defending the cooperative system, at all political and institutional instances. It also has the responsibility for preserving and enhancing that system, and for encouraging and advising the cooperative societies.